Sexual Abuse
Who does Sexual abuse happen to?
Anyone
Fact or myth: 25% to 35% of children/teens make false allegations of abuse.
Myth: 4%-8%
What is the best thing to do if you are not sure if something is sexual abuse?
ask an adult you trust
True or false: 90% of perpetrators are strangers.
False. 90% of perpetrators are people victims know and trust.
Fact or myth: The most important factor in how child victims manage their experiences is the quality of the treatment they receive.
Myth: The most important factor in how child victims manage their experiences is the presence of a believing, supportive, and protective adult caregiver.
___% of child sexual abuse victims never tell anyone.
60%
What is Sexual Abuse?
Any sexual (private parts) interaction between a child and an adult (or other child). Sexual abuse can include both touching and non-touching behaviors. Child sexual abuse can include looking at or touching the child’s private areas, having the child look at or touch the adult’s private areas, using objects/things to touch private parts, and looking/showing pictures or videos of private parts.
Fact or myth: Most children do not tell anyone about the abuse.
Fact: They are often silenced through threats or fear of not being believed. Some children don’t have the words to speak about what is happening to them.
Over ___% of children and teens who receive TF-CBT experience significant improvement after 12-16 weeks.
80%
Name 3 things that might suggest that a child has been or is being sexually abused?
What is Nightmares, withdrawal, anger, anxiety, depression, not wanting to be left alone with certain people, inappropriate sexual knowledge, etc.
Fact or myth: 60% of children who experience trauma have no post traumatic symptoms (feelings/behaviors).
Myth: 20% of children do not experience post traumatic symptoms. The impact of the trauma on the child depends on many factors including the how long it happened, how many times it happened, and how severe.
1 in ___ children experience sexual abuse by age 18.
1 in 10
How come kids may feel like the sexual abuse was their fault?
They may feel like it is their fault because they let the abuser touch their private body parts or because they touched the abusers private body parts. It is important to understand that the abuser made them feel confused or scared. Sexual abuse is always the abusers fault, no matter what!
Fact or myth: Effects of childhood trauma include anxiety, depression, health problems (emotional and physical), disconnection, isolation, confusion, being `spaced out’, and fear of new experiences.
Fact: There is no one size fits all but a reduced quality of life is a constant.
Is Sexual abuse ever the victims fault?
Never.