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Children And Trauma
Do Children Sexually Abuse Other Children?
Especially For Parents
Especially For Parents of Adolescents
Feeling Good Again Guide For Parents & Therapists
First Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurts
Guess How Much I Love You
Helping Children With Sexual Behaviour Problems
Helping Your Child Recover From Sexual Abuse 
How Long Does It Hurt?
How To Survive The Sexual Abuse Of Your Child
Next Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurts
Strong Mothers
Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviours
What's Happening In Our Family
When Your Child Has Been Molested

Children And Trauma : A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Children And Traumaby Cynthia Monahon
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"Through gentle and skilled care for their frightened children, parents are also able to recover what a child’s trauma has often shattered: their own sense of power as protectors and healers for their children.”  This book is primarily about one-off traumas, and recognises that these are different to many abuse experiences.

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Do Children Sexually Abuse Other Children : Talking with Your Children About Child Sexual Abuse 
produced by Stop It Now! US
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A booklet designed to help and encourage parents to talk to their children about sexual abuse, recognising that many abusers start abusing as teenagers, and aiming to stop it as soon as possible.

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Especially For Parents 
Especially For Parentsby DeAnn Yamamoto-Nading

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Written for parents of sexually abused children who are just beginning to cope with this trauma in their lives. It validates the parents' sense of confusion, anger and sadness, and offers practical suggestions and information to help them support their child.

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Especially For Parents of Adolescents
Especially For Parents of Adolescentsby DeAnn Yamamoto-Nading
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As above, but written to take account of the particular emotional needs and issues of adolescents.

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Feeling Good Again Guide For Parents And Therapists
Feeling Good Again Guideby Burt Wasserman
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"Parents want to know what their child is going through in treatment for sexual abuse. More importantly, they want and need to know how they can help." Click here to see the Children's Workbook. 

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First Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurts : Tiddlers and Toddlers

First Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurtsby Caroline Archer  (Foreword by Dr. Vera Fahlberg)

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An excellent, accessible book for adoptive parents, with a deliberately ambiguous title: “Each one of us needs to accept that being hurt and being able to hurt are reciprocal parts of ourselves, which we must bring together and begin to understand.”

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Guess How Much I Love You
Guess How Much I Love Youby Sam McBratney
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A delightful, illustrated book for children who may have difficulties believing they’re loved.

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Helping Children With Sexual Behaviour Problems : A Guidebook for Parents & Substitute Caregivers
Helping Children With Sexual Behaviour Problemsby Toni C. Johnson
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A helpful booklet for parents & carers of children under 12, who're worried about their sexual behaviours. Offers reassurance, tackles common myths, and provides information about what's normal and suggestions of how to deal with any problems. The illustration shows the first edition, however we stock and will send you the new Second Edition.

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Helping Your Child Recover From Sexual Abuse
Helping Your Child Recover From Sexual Abuseby Caren Adams & Jennifer Fay
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“You are there when the nightmares happen. You provide the limits on sexually aggressive or manipulative behaviour. You provide your child's day-to-day sense of security, and you can encourage your child's growth and recovery.... There is no one more essential to your child's recovery from the trauma of sexual abuse.”

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How Long Does It Hurt?  A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends and Their Families
How Long Does It Hurtby Cynthia L Mather with Kristina E. Debye. Foreword by Eliana Gil.
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"It's important that as you read this book you remember that every teenager's situation is unique. What happened to one teen may not have happened to you… The purpose… is to help you see that what you're going through happens to a lot of kids, that however you are feeling is OK, and that there is life after sexual abuse."

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How To Survive The Sexual Abuse Of Your Child 
How To Survive The Sexual Abuse Of Your Childproduced by ACT for Kids
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Offers straightforward answers to common questions such as : How do I know my child is telling me the truth? Will my child need counselling? What about my feelings?

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Next Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurts : Tykes and Teens
Next Steps In Parenting The Child Who Hurtsby Caroline Archer  (Foreword by David Howe)
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A companion volume to First Steps above, based on the author’s increasing experience: “For adoptive parents of older children, and those youngsters with particularly challenging behaviour…”

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Strong Mothers : A Resource for Mothers & Carers of Children Who have been Sexually Assaulted
Strong Mothersby Anne Peake & Marion Fletcher
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A valuable & moving resource written by a mother whose children have been sexually assaulted and a Principal Psychologist. Contains detailed advice and personal experiences about the many aspects and stages of caring for children who've been abused.

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Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviours : What's Natural and Healthy
Understanding Children's Sexual Behavioursby Toni Cavanagh Johnson
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"This booklet provides a definition of natural and healthy childhood sexual behaviours and then contrasts this with 20 characteristics of children's sexual behaviours which may alert adults that an assess-ment of the child by a qualified professional is indicated."  The illustration shows the first edition, however we stock and will send you the new Second Edition.

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What's Happening In Our Family : Understanding Sexual Abuse Through Metaphors
What's Happening In Our Familyby Connie Ostis, Ph.D, LCSW
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Aims to help parents and counsellors understand how abuse occurs, by using stories that expose the manipulative relationships begun and maintained by abusers. The stories also explain the harm that's caused, and suggest ways to cope, and to protect children.

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When Your Child Has Been Molested : A Parents' Guide to Healing and Recovery
When Your Child Has Been Molestedby Kathryn Brohl & Joyce Case Potter
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Includes current research and information on the effects of abuse on boys and girls, as well as proven techniques for therapy, healing, and recovery. Using everyday language, the authors provide information, comfort, and advice on how to put the pieces back together again after a child has been sexually abused.

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