Darkness to Light
Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are violated by someone they know and trust. This includes youth leaders of all types: teachers, coaches, ministers, mentors, counselors, and parents.
The Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center is pleased to announce an important new prevention program in the greater Traverse Bay area: Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children sexual abuse prevention program. This program takes a direct and comprehensive approach to the problem of sexual abuse within youth-serving organizations. A compelling video, the core of the curriculum, includes the stories of several courageous individuals who were victims of sexual abuse as children and who have contributed a great deal of time and effort as adults toward ending the cycle of abuse.
This program is ideal for the training of staff and volunteers in youth-serving organizations; it is also appropriate for the parents of children served by these organizations. Traverse Bay Advocacy Center has an authorized facilitator, who has been fully equipped to implement this program. The facilitator will lead a 2.5 hours training session, including a discussion of the information presented in the video. Each participant also receives two pieces of curriculum, a workbook and Darkness to Light's 7 Steps to Protecting our Children.
Our authorized facilitator is also able to guide organizations through the development of sexual abuse prevention policies and procedures. Both the training and the policies and procedures are important steps toward creating environments that are safe for children.
Sexual abuse has enormous costs: Children are hurt, the reputations of organizations are destroyed, insurance settlements are astronomical. Your organization can't afford to ignore it: Protect their only Childhood.
Contact the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center at tbcac@traversebaycac.org, or call (231) 929-4250 for more information.
Period of PURPLE Crying
The PURPLE Crying program is the name given to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome's evidence-based SBS prevention program, which includes a full color 11-page booklet and a 10-minute DVD intended to be given to parents of new infants. Visit www.dontshake.org for more information
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, is a term used to describe the constellation of signs and symptoms resulting from violent shaking or shaking and impacting of the head of an infant or small child.
Abundant information exists about SBS/AHT from which it is difficult to gather the information for which you seek. The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS), www.dontshake.org, has compiled articles and information from the wealth of knowledge.
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