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   "Message addresses the complex issue
     of child sexual abuse in an innovative
    and powerful way."

    --Linda Baarslag-Benson, M.A., C.M.H.C


Workshops offer "immediacy and reality"

This hands-on interactive two-day session is designed to enhance the participants' understanding of childhood sexual abuse; specifically, as abuse impacts the typical developmental stages from birth to age eighteen. Through the use of puzzle boards, age cards, abuse cards, and affect/effect cards, the participant will experience what it is like to be a sexually abused child. Follow-up topic-of-discussion designed to address issues relevant to specific disciplines.

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"There is an unusual degree of immediacy and reality which adds greatly to the power of the experience in deepening the participants' understanding of this difficult but crucial topic."

Philip S. Dale, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Dept. of Communication
Sciences & Disorders
University of Missouri-Columbia

Not intended for those who have been sexually abused or parents of children who have been sexually abused.

Workshops will address:
  1. Definition of sexual abuse.
  2. State laws particular to your state.
  3. What is normal sexual development.
  4. Childhood trauma.
  5. Effects of sexual abuse on a child's development. 
  6. Behaviors seen in children from birth-to-age eighteen who have been abused.
  7. What to do if you suspect a child is being sexually abused. 
  8. What to do if a child discloses abuse to you.
  9. How to write objective observations.
  10. Traits of sexual offenders.
  11. How to protect children from sexual abuse. 
  12. How to protect yourself as a person interacting with our youth.
Methods of Instruction
Large group lecture/discussion, small group interactive session with puzzles, and small group exercise and discussion.

Plans for transferring of skills:
Participation in discussion groups.
Participation as peer observer and coach.
Practice of skills in workshop through assignment.

No text/or required reading


Workshop goals and objectives

The participant will:
  1. Develop a clear understanding and appreciation of childhood developmental stages as they relate to the child's cognitive abilities for comprehending, remembering, and disclosure of sexual abuse. Engage in an exercise designed to enhance his/her understanding of how language development influences a child's ability to provide a verbal description.

  2. Develop an appreciation for the consequences surrounding disclosure of sexual abuse by a child to an adult, e.g., teacher, school counselor, aide, friend's mother.

  3. Experience the variety of reactions and coping mechanisms, unique to each child, in response to sexual abuse. Engage in an exercise designed to enhance and explore his/her understanding of physical behaviors that may be indicators of sexual abuse.

    4. Instructor Profile
    Joyce Kay Wilson, M.Ed., 1988. Currently assesses and provides early-intervention services to infants and toddlers with suspected and/or diagnosed developmental delays through The Family Resource Center, Monroe Public Schools and the Sultan School District. Has worked with Dr. Philip Dale (University of Washington Department of Psychology) on project investigating the hypothesized relationships between language and play. Creator of the Message Sexual Abuse Education Program.


    text Productions 
    PO Box 811 
    Snohomish, WA 98291-0811 
    We welcome your questions
    regarding this unique curriculum and value your comments:
    questions@Messageproductions@verizon.net
    copyright © 1999--2007 by Joyce Kay Wilson