Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth and Family Serving Organizations

Learn about the nature and scope of child sexual abuse, boundary-violating behaviors that, if not addressed, can escalate to illegal offenses; the impact of child sexual abuse on children’s learning, social-emotional development, and health/mental health; how to handle of disclosures from youth; and the legal obligations of youth and family serving organizations to report suspected or disclosed cases. Objectives:  1.  Learn about the nature and scope of child sexual abuse and the behaviors that might indicate that an adult poses a sexual risk to a child or that a child might be a victim. 2. Learn about boundary-violating behaviors that can be precursors to sexual abuse, and how professionals can prevent child sexual abuse by identifying and responding to these behaviors.  3. Learn about how to respond appropriately to disclosures by youth and will learn about the fears and biases that often undermine the reporting of suspected cases by youth…