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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS

Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse

Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse

Guidance for Helpers

ISBN: 9781849057127
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Children need to be able to disclose their experiences of sexual abuse in order to stop the abuse and get help.   
 
Practical and accessible, this book offers guidance on how professionals can identify potential abuse cases and create safe opportunities for children to talk about sexual abuse. The book explores challenges in facilitating and responding to disclosures of abuse, such as: how to recognise the signs, ask the right questions and react to a disclosure. It also draws on research carried out with children who have experienced sexual abuse, to convey how experiences of disclosure feel to those making them and what informs a decision to tell or not tell.   
 
Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse will be suitable for any professional working with a child or young person, including social workers, psychologists, child/family therapists, health care workers, school nurses, school counsellors, health visitors, police and youth workers.

By Rosaleen McElvaney

Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS

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Format: PAPERBACK

Pages: 160

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Child sexual abuse and its impact. Chapter 3: Containing the secret. What we know about child abuse disclosure. Chapter 4: Believing children. Chapter 5: Recognising the signs. Chapter 6: Asking questions. Chapter 7: Understanding self-blame and shame. Chapter 8: Helping friends tell. Chapter 9: After first disclosure.

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