UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. A handbook for young people, parents and professionals working with children.

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

The immediate and long term negative effect of child sexual abuse can never be over emphasized. Everyday we hear news of one horrible story or the other of children and young people been sexually abused. The reported cases on the media are just a small fraction of the numerous cases of child sexual abuse that occur on a daily basis.

About one in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. About one in 7 girls and one in 25 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18. Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults occur to children ages 17 and under. This is alarming and not an issue that anyone should turn a blind eye to.

The most annoying part of child sexual abuse is that the perpetrators are usually people that are close to the child. About 90% of children who are victims of sexual abuse know their abusers. Only 10% of sexually abused children are abused by a stranger. This even makes it somehow difficult for the child to be protected because you can not really say who the perpetrators might be. Parents, siblings, relatives, neighbour, teacher and friends had been known to perpetrate the crime of child sexual abuse.

Because of the magnitude of the problem, it is important for everyone, parents, teachers, care givers and even children and teenagers to not only be aware, but be fully involved in preventing sexual abuse as much as possible. Awareness and prevention skills are vital tools to help fight the crime. And that is why this book was put together. The more people are informed about child sexual abuse, the fewer victims there will be.

Please do not say it does not concern you. If you escape it, your child, siblings or relative might not. Help in anyway to create as much awareness as possible. You will be saving a life and a future.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Understanding and Preventing Child Sexual Abuse is a book that gives an insight into the epidemic and crime of child sexual abuse and it’s overwhelming negative effect on the child. The book contains facts and figures to help drive the message home and create more awareness among young people, parents and professionals working with children. The more people are informed about child sexual abuse, the fewer victims there will be.

In Understanding and Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, the author explore the issue of child sexual abuse, the perpetrators, the risk factors, the consequences and strategies for preventing it. The book also contains advice for those who were sexual abused as a child.

CONTENT OF THE BOOK

Understanding and preventing child sexual abuse covers the following areas:

1. The Issue of Child Sexual Abuse
- What is child sexual abuse?
- The magnitude of Child Sexual Abuse
- Myths and facts about child sexual abuse
- Characteristics of child sexual abuse.
- Perpetrators of child sexual abuse
- Sexual abuse of the male child

2. Risk Factors and Consequences
- Circumstances under which child sexual abuse occur.
- The grooming process
- Factors that increase a child risk to sexual abuse
- Consequences of child sexual abuse
- Physical effect of child sexual abuse

3. Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
- Reporting child sexual abuse
- Signs that are child is being sexually abused
- Rules of safety for a child
- How to prevent child sexual abuse

4. Advice for those who were sexually abused as a child


THE AUTHOR

CYRIL ISI is a versatile communicator, youth mentor, child advocate and human capacity developer. He is a graduate of Accountancy with a post graduate certificate in Mass Communication. He is a CEF and CEM professionally trained children and teens instructor and coach. He is the CEO of ONUS Communications, a Printing, Public Relations and Event Management Company.

He is a writer, speaker and he regularly facilitates in training programmes for corporate, academic and religious institutions. He is a committed agent of change and founder of TotalChild Children and Teens Network (TCTN), an NGO that engages, empower and equip teenagers and children inorder for them to fulfill God's plan and purpose for their lives. He is the brain behind Winning Ways, an online blog that chronicles principles for successful living. Other books authored by him include: Developing a Healthy Self Esteem and Exploring the Secrets of Exam Success.

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CYRIL ISI
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