Excerpt from article in The Tennessean. It’s a taboo that parents at the Brown Center for Autism don’t want to talk about. Their children, and all kids with developmental disabilities, are four times more likely to be sexually abused than their peers. That’s especially scary for parents of children who cannot speak. Protecting those children …
by JOYANNA WEBER, Cleveland Daily Banner – Staff Writer More than 70 Cleveland State Community College students attended Stewards of Children training Tuesday to become certified facilitators in preventing the sexual abuse of children. The training was offered through a partnership with The Hope Center: 10th Judicial District Children’s Advocacy Center and a grant from Athens …
The City of Germantown is now an acknowledged leader in keeping kids safe from child sexual abuse. It is the first city in the US to be designated as a Partner in Prevention by Darkness to Light as a result of a partnership with the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. Darkness to Light is a nonprofit child sexual abuse …
On July 13, the day after the Freeh Report exposed the sins of Penn State’s leaders for all the world to see, the Memphis Child Advocacy Center went to Facebook with a well-timed invitation: The report on Penn State is a wake-up call: Institutions & organizations, make sure your house is in order, make sure …
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