scholarly journals Interventions for families victimized by child sexual abuse: Clinical issues and approaches for child advocacy center-based services

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poonam Tavkar ◽  
David J. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Advocacy ◽  
Clinical Issues ◽  
Child Advocacy Center

scholarly journals Child Advocacy Center Based Group Treatment for Child Sexual Abuse

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace S. Hubel ◽  
Christopher Campbell ◽  
Tiffany West ◽  
Samantha Friedenberg ◽  
Alayna Schreier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Child Advocacy ◽  
Child Advocacy Center

Sexual Abuse Disclosure Mediates the Effect of an Abuse Prevention Program on Substantiation

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223
Author(s):  
Molly R. Elfreich ◽  
Margaret C. Stevenson ◽  
Crystal Sisson ◽  
Alexandria P. Winstead ◽  
Katelyn M. Parmenter
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Child Advocacy ◽  
Forensic Interview ◽  
Child Advocacy Center ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Abuse Disclosure ◽  
Sexual Abuse Disclosure

Although abuse prevention programs have proliferated, little research has explored the direct effects of such programs on actual child sexual abuse disclosure rates, and no research has explored the effects of such programs on child sexual abuse substantiation. Employing a quasi-experimental design, the present research reflects an exploration of the effects of exposure to the Think First and Stay Safe™ abuse prevention program on abuse disclosure rates of 319 children who underwent a child forensic interview within 2015–2018 in a Midwestern child advocacy center. Supporting our mediational hypotheses, children exposed (vs. not exposed) to the Think First and Stay Safe™ program were significantly more likely to disclose abuse during the forensic interview, which in turn predicted significantly increased abuse substantiation likelihood.

The Links Between Sexual Abuse Severity, Running Away, and Parental Connectedness Among Youth at a Hospital-Based Child Advocacy Center

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-383
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Saewyc ◽  
Janna R. Gewirtz O'Brien ◽  
Kathleen K. Miller ◽  
Laurel D. Edinburgh
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Advocacy ◽  
Running Away ◽  
Abuse Severity ◽  
Child Advocacy Center ◽  
Parental Connectedness

“Victim, Perpetrator, or Just My Brother?” Sibling Sexual Abuse in Large Families: A Child Advocacy Center Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 4887-4912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafna Tener ◽  
Noam Tarshish ◽  
Shosh Turgeman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Family System ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Child Advocacy ◽  
Sibling Sexual Abuse ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Advocacy Center ◽  
The One ◽  
Critical Policy

Sibling sexual abuse (SSA) is a continuum of childhood sexual behaviors that do not fit the category of age-appropriate curiosity. Although SSA may be the most prevalent and longest lasting form of intrafamilial sexual abuse—as well as the one with the worst repercussions—it is also the least reported, studied, and treated. Based on 100 mostly religious Jewish families referred to a child advocacy center (CAC) in Jerusalem from 2010 to 2015, this qualitative study examines SSA characteristics, dynamics, and perceptions of deviancy in multisibling subsystems. The findings are based on an analysis of case summaries, demographic charts, and documented conversations between social workers and siblings. Qualitative document analysis reveals two types of SSA dynamics: “identified perpetrator” and “routine relationship,” the latter being a particularly understudied dynamic that challenges common stereotypes. We also found sibling perceptions of deviancy to vary along a continuum from deviant to completely normative. These perceptions are affected by the type of dynamics as well as by factors associated with disclosure. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the lived experiences of children involved in SSA as an input with critical policy, treatment, and research implications. Interventions must be adjusted to the family system and sibling subsystem’s perceptions and needs to avoid treatment that exacerbates the crisis already experienced by the family. Common assumptions—there must be a “perpetrator”; abuse is necessarily traumatic; and treatment should focus on the trauma—are challenged by the routine type. We conclude that treatment should account for the complexity of SSA by shedding these assumptions and considering the sibling subsystem as an autonomous unit within the large family.

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