Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane) – Gavin de Becker
The Socially Skilled Child Molester: Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused – Carla van Dam, Ph.D. (Provides a thorough description of common types of child molesters)
Conversations with a Pedophile: In the Interest of our Children – Amy Hammel-Zabin, Ph.D. (Describes the “grooming process” from the perspective of the perpetrator)
Healing and Recovery
Miss America by Day –Marilyn Van Derbur (A memoir about surviving incest)
Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest – Holly A. Smith (Written from the perspective of a seasoned caseworker)
The Colors Within: One Rainbow Reclaimed – Jana Adams
(The journey of healing from an abused child to an empowered woman)
Books for Children on Prevention
Some Parts are Not for Sharing, Julie K. Federico (For ages 6 months and up)
It’s MY Body – Lory Freeman (For ages 3-8)
Loving Touches – Lory Freeman (For ages 3-8)
My Body is Private – Linda Walvoord Girard (For ages 6-11)
The Right Touch – Sandy Kleven (For ages 3-8)
The Trouble with Secrets – Karen Johnsen (For ages 3-8)
Your Body Belongs to You – Cornelia Spelman (For ages 3-6)
Books for Children on Healing and Recovery
Sarah’s Waterfall: A Healing Story about Sexual Abuse – Ellery Akers (For ages 7-12)
A Very Touching Book for Little People and for Big People – Jan Hindman and Tom Novak (For ages 6-12)
I Can’t Talk About It – Doris Sanford (For ages 4-8)
Something Happened and I’m Scared to Tell – Patricia Kehoe, Ph.D. (For ages 3-7)
Something Is Wrong at My House – Diane Davis (For ages 3-12)
1. In a high school graduation class of 1,000 students, approximately 250 will have been sexually abused in their lifetime. True or False?
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