Voice of the Faithful Unites With Massachusetts
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership
Organizations Collaborate to Ensure Child Safety
Via Educational Programs
Newton, Mass., - April 3, 2003 - Voice of the Faithful (VOTF),
a group of over 30,000 mainstream Catholics formed in response to
the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis, today announced its alliance
with the Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership
(MCSAPP). Currently, VOTF is working with MCSAPP to coordinate the
workshop Taking Action to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Strategies
for Your Community, to take place this Saturday, April 5th, 8:30-5
p.m., at the John Hancock Conference Center, Boston, MA.
About Strategies for Your Community
Who should attend?
Parents, community leaders, educators, concerned adults, professionals
- anyone interested in developing a community response to prevent
child sexual abuse.
What will attendees learn?
Through plenary sessions and interactive workshops led by national
and state experts, including child advocates who are adult survivors
of child sexual abuse, participants will learn about:
- Groundbreaking research
that links child abuse to adult health risk behaviors responsible
for the leading causes of death in America;
- Myths and facts about
child sexual abuse and its victims and perpetrators;
- What to watch out
for when adults are interacting with children;
- Five factors to guide
parents in assessing the difference between normal sexual exploration
behavior in children and sexually offending behaviors;
- The five essential
steps communities need to take in order to develop an effective
response to prevent child sexual abuse; and
- Specific prevention
programs and strategies that have reduced proven cases of child
sexual abuse.
The conference is organized by the Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse
Prevention Partnership (MCSAPP) and funded through a grant from
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control. For more information regarding
this conference, please visit: http://masskids.org/abuse/Workshop.html
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