Child Abuse Prevention Links
Books on Child Abuse and Prevention

The Season of Hope

The Season of Hope addresses an array of questions from youth-serving organizations about protecting children in a nonprofit’s charge from harm, whether they are program participants, employees or volunteers. http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/pubs/hope.htm

Kidding Around? Be Serious!
A Commitment to Safe Service Opportunities for Young People

Kidding Around is written for organizations that use young volunteers in their programs. It reviews the legal responsibilities arising from your organization’s use of young volunteers, and examines how traditional risk management processes apply to programs offering service opportunities to young people.

http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/pubs/hope.htm

Breaking the Silence: You Can Stop the Violence and Help Them Heal

This 6-panel brochure defines physical, emotional, sexual, and child abuse. It outlines myths and common beliefs that will help you better understand what you can do to help. Sold in packages of 25. http://www.adventsource.org/book.aspx?ID=22256

RECRUIT & NURTURE AWESOME VOLUNTEERS FOR CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
By Christine Yount

This book provides guidance on how your organization can recruit, train, retain and manage volunteers, keeping them focused and “fired up” to support your mission. http://www.adventsource.org/book.aspx?ID=22256 Inocence Lost: Protecting your child from the trauma of abuse. On- and off-line safety issues. Written by Debbie Mahoney, founder of Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers. Available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

Other Resources:

Map of Registered and Convicted Sex Offenders and Predators
http://www.familywatchdog.us

Child Abuse Prevention Network
(A Worldwide Collaborative Project, with Special Private Access Services for Members) http://child-abuse.com

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
(Key collaborators with Cornell’s Child Abuse Prevention Network in building special Internet resources for legal problems in the field of child maltreatment)
http://www.abanet.org/child

National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama, focused on prevention and treatment options for physically and sexually abused children and their families. Uses a child-centered, family focused approach.
http://www.ncac-hsv.org

Family Research Laboratory.
The Family Research Laboratory (FRL) is an independent research unit at the University of New Hampshire devoted to the study of family problems
http://www.unh.edu/frl/frlbroch.htm
http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/index.htm
http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/index.htm

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto:
http://www.torontocas.ca/site-up/wordpress/?cat=4