Child Survivor and Family Support and Treatment
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TAALK's mission is to break the silence that surrounds child sexual abuse and shift public consciousness from passive acceptance, to the belief that "There is No Excuse for Sexual Abuse."
The following list is provided in our efforts to raise awareness of the existing epidemic of child sexual abuse, educate the public to take action to protect children, provide support services to victims and their families, and provide prevention program consulting.
Support
National Children's Alliance
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
(800) 239-9950
(202) 452-6001
Email: info@nca-online.org
Call Children's Advocacy Center nearest you and they should be able to refer you to a support group or a therapist near you that specializes in child sexual abuse.
Parents Anonymous® Inc.
675 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite 220
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-6184
Fax: (909) 625-6304
Email: parentsanonymous@parentsanonymous.org
Parents Anonymous® encourages all parents to ask for help early, whatever their circumstances, to effectively break the cycle of abuse to protect today's children and strengthen tomorrow's generation of parents. Parents Anonymous® builds upon the strengths of parents to ensure that children live and grow in safe, nurturing homes by offering families help today and hope for the future. To ensure the accessibility of Parents Anonymous® programs to all community members, whether they are married, single, divorced, teen parents, grandparents, or step-parents, Parents Anonymous® groups meet in settings such as local community centers, churches, schools, housing projects, shelters, and prisons. Parents Anonymous® also operates local 24-hour hotlines to provide an immediate response to parents seeking help.
The Network is made up of accredited community- based Parents Anonymous® organizations.
Treatment
Central Agencies Sexual Abuse Treatment Program
197 Euclid Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6J 2J8
(416) 216-0278/9
Fax: (416) 216-0280
CASAT is a coalition of approximately 40 Toronto agencies whose mission is to promote maximum recovery from child sexual abuse. CASAT works to improve services for children, youth and families affected by sexual abuse.
Working in partnership with parents and youth, CASAT functions to develop support and treatment services for child and youth victims of sexual abuse, their families and offenders. CASAT works to ensure that these services are responsive to the diverse needs of individuals affected by sexual abuse and that these services are based in research and established best practice.
FindCounseling.com
700 S. Clinton St., Suite 110
Chicago, IL 60607-4307
(312) 435-5452
FindCounseling.com provides comprehensive resources for individuals interested in mental health and disability issues. Focuses primarily in Illinois, but has resources in some other states. Allows individual to search resources on several different criteria such as reason for counseling, method of counseling, patient type, language, managed care organization, location preference, and therapist gender. Also provides articles on different mental health issues.
Sidran Institute - Traumatic Stress Education and Advocacy
200 E. Joppa Road, Suite 207
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 825-8888
Fax: (410) 337-0747
Email: help@sidran.org
The Sidran Institute, a leader in traumatic stress education and advocacy, is a nationally-focused nonprofit organization devoted to helping people who have experienced traumatic life events. Their education and advocacy promotes greater understanding of:
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The early recognition and treatment of trauma-related stress in children;
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The understanding of trauma and its long-term effect on adults;
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The strategies leading to greatest success in self-help recovery for trauma survivors;
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The clinical methods and practices leading to greatest success in aiding trauma victims;
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The development of public policy initiatives that are responsive to the needs of adult and child survivors of traumatic events.
