Free Webinar: How Understanding and Responding to Children's Sexual Behaviors Can Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

Date: April 25, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM -2:30PM Eastern

This workshop covers how to determine whether sexual behaviors in children are age-appropriate and how to respond to behaviors that are outside of what you would expect to see in children of various ages.  Register:  Stop It Now Webinar

Objectives

• What are Age Appropriate Sexual Behaviors in pre-pubescent children
• How to use context to determine whether behaviors are concerning or harmful
• How to respond appropriately including talking with parents or other adults about concerning behaviors
• Practice putting knowledge into action by discussing various scenarios

This workshop is particularly appropriate for professionals who work with families or children, including child care providers, home visitors, teachers, and staff of youth serving organizations.
The focus is on pre-pubescent children
Presenters

Yvonne Cournoyer - Program Director, Stop It Now!

Sarita Hudson - Director of Public Engagement, Stop It Now!



April is Sexual Assault Month!

Web Conference: End Child Sexual Abuse within the Sexual Violence Prevention Movement

During 2012 there will be 9 web conferences to explore themes of how to end child sexual abuse and build the network of those committed to addressing this issue.
The first web conference on May 3, 2012, is titled “Including Efforts to End Child Sexual Abuse within the Sexual Violence Prevention Movement.”

This session focuses on the power and possibilities of local, statewide and national strategies to highlight child sexual abuse prevention as foundational to sexual violence prevention efforts throughout the lifespan



This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 2 PM Eastern Time (1 PM Central, Noon Mountain, 11 AM Pacific, 10 AM Alaska, 8 AM Hawai’i).


Sponsor: Ms. Foundation for Women
Web Conference Facilitators: Joan Tabachnick and Cordelia Anderson
Speakers:

• Sally J. Laskey, Director Special Projects, National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• Donna Dunn, Executive Director, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• Gina Scaramello, Executive Director, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center