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again.” You can play a powerful role in helping a teen who has been sexually abused, but you cannot guarantee perfect results in a sexual abuse case. Hopefully the information we’ve provided here will encourage you to break the silence about sexual abuse and equip you with some tools to utilize if sexual abuse has impacted a child in your life.

recommended resources

• All materials by Toni Cavanagh Johnson, Ph.D. Her books and pamphlets can be ordered from her website, www.tcajohn.com.

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network [www. nctsnet.org ]. Provides resources and information for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals on child traumatic stress.

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE. Free, confidential, available 24 hours a day.

• RAINN: Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network [www.rainn.org ] references

American Psychological Association Online. (n.d.) Understanding child sexual abuse: education, prevention, and recovery. Retrieved February 22, 2011, from http://www.apa.org/ pubs/info/brochures/sex-abuse.aspx

Briere, J., and Eliot, D.M. (2003). Prevalence and Psychological Sequence of Self-Reported Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse in General Population: Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(10).

Indicators of child sexual abuse. Handout by the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo/Moorhead.

Nelson, J. R. & Kjos, S. (2008). Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience, Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. https://www.searchinstitutestore.org/ Helping_Teens_Handle_Tough_Experiences_p/0324-w.htm

Reprinted with permission from Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience, by Jill Nelson and Sarah Kjos. Copyright © 2008 by Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 800.888.7828, www.search-institute.org. All rights reserved.