Library: Child Sexual Assault
Resources from Parenting Safe Children
Resources from Parenting Safe Children
Off Limits: A Parent’s Guide to Keeping Kids Safe from Sexual Abuse – Sandy K. Wurtele & Feather Berkower, LCSW
Prevention Team™ of Caregivers tool – Feather Berkower, LCSW
Behaviors to Watch Out for When Adults Are with Children – Feather Berkower, LCSW/Stop It Now!
Family Online Safety Agreement (for children, tweens, and teens) – Feather Berkower, LCSW
Back to School Screening Packet: Questions about Body-Safety Policies and Practices – Feather Berkower, LCSW
Nanny Packet: Guidelines for Screening Nannies & Babysitters and Sample Agreement Form (with body-safety rules) – Feather Berkower, LCSW
Some Parts are Not for Sharing – Julie K. Federico (For ages 6 months+)
My Body is Special and Private – Adrianne Simeone (For ages 2-7)
I Said No! A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private – Kimberly & Zack King (For ages 3-10)
My Body! What I Say Goes! – Jayneen Sanders (For ages 3-7)
Miles is the Boss of His Body – Samantha Kurtzman-Counter and Abbie Schiller Abbie Schiller (For ages 3-8)
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)
My Body Belongs to Me – Jill Starishevsky (For ages 3-8)
A Secret Safe to Tell – Naomi Hunter (For ages 3-8)
Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept– Jayneen Sanders (For ages 3-8)
Stand in My Shoes – Bob Sornson Ph.D. (A book about empathy for ages 8 -9)
C is for Consent – Eleanor Morrison (For a wide range of ages)
Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors – Jayneen Sanders (For ages 6-12)
What Makes a Baby – Cory Silverberg (For preschool through 7)
Sex is a Funny Word – Cory Silverberg (For ages 7- 11)
Who Has What? – Robbie H. Harris (For preschool ages+)
It’s Not the Stork – Robbie H. Harris (For ages 4+)
It’s So Amazing – Robbie H. Harris (For ages 7+)
It’s Perfectly Normal – Robbie H. Harris (For ages 11-15)
DATING SMARTS: What EVERY teen needs to know to date, relate or wait – Amy Lang, MA
Where Did I Come From? – Peter Mayle (For ages 4-8)
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships – Ruth Bell Alexander (For ages 12+)
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 & 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)
I’m Happy-Sad Today – Lory Britain, PhD (For ages 3-8)
MY Body MY Voice MY Power – A Coloring Journal for Girls – Lory Britain, PhD (For ages 4-9 depending on maturity level)
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane) – Gavin de Becker
Someone Should Have Told Me – Holly-ann Martin (For young children)
Hayden-Reece Learns What To Do if Children See Private Pictures or Private Movies – Holly-ann Martin (School-age children)
The Sex-wise Parent: The Parent’s Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family, and Talking to Kids About Sex, Abuse, and Bullying – Dr. Janet Rosenzweig
The Parent’s Guide to Talking About Sex: A Complete Guide to Raising (Sexually) Safe, Smart and Healthy Children – Dr. Janet Rosenzweig
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex, but Were Afraid They’d Ask: The Secrets to Surviving Your Child’s Sexual Development from Birth to the Teens – Justin Richardson & Mark Schuster
Beyond the Big Talk: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens – Debra W. Haffner
Miss America by Day – Marilyn Van Derbur (A memoir about surviving incest)
Parenting with PTSD: the impact of childhood abuse on parenting – Joyelle Brandt & Dawn Daum
The Courage To Heal – Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child – Laura Davis
Family Watchdog (Free service to locate sex offenders)
The Kempe Center (Training and education for the prevention of child sexual abuse)
1 in 6 (Support for men who have been sexually abused)
(MOSAC) Mothers of Sexually Abused Children
Childhelp USA (24-Hour National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-ACHILD)
International Center for Assault Prevention (School based programs addressing bully, stranger, and sexual abuse by known people)
AMAZE – Sexuality Education Online for Kids & Parents (For preschool through high school)
Theravive – Therapist referral service
1-888-PREVENT