General Resources

New Products
Questions from the Pickle Jar: Teens and Sex
Questions from the Pickle Jar: Teens and Sex (Book & DVD) (Book) (DVD)

By Ron DeBoer
Humorous, helpful, and honest perspective on sexuality.

Preventing Child Abuse: Creating Safe Places
Preventing Child Abuse: Creating Safe Places (2009 edition)

By Beth A. Swagman
Policies and insights to reduce the risk of abuse in church and other organizations.

Highlights: Nursery Policy

                  Hall Monitor

                  Screening Policy

   
Books
Responding to Domestic Violence
Responding to Domestic Violence

By Beth A. Swagman
The church can respond to and prevent domestic violence.

Safe Keeping
Safe Keeping

By Henni Helleman and Patricia J. Vos
An innovative abuse prevention curriculum for grades K-8.

   
Booklets
Emotional Abuse: What you should know.
Emotional Abuse: What you should know.
   

Small-Fee Booklets

Parents
 
   
   
Emotional Abuse: Everything You Say Makes a Difference
Emotional Abuse: Everything You Say Makes a Difference

Illustrations that offer a better understanding of what emotional maltreatment is.

   
Resolving Family Conflict: A Parent's Handbook
Resolving Family Conflict: A Parent's Handbook

Help your family learn how to resolve conflicts.

Staying Safe on the Internet: A Guide for Parent
Staying Safe on the Internet: A Guide for Parents (English / Spanish)

Help parents prevent online abuse in ways that allow their children to continue to enjoy the Internet for its educational and entertainment value.

   
 
   
   
Women
Into the Light: A Guide for Abused Women
Into the Light: A Guide for Abused Women

Helps women understand how abusive relationships are created through manipulation, isolation, and denial.

   
   
General
 
Guidelines for Ministerial and Counseling Relationships

 

 
Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse
   
 

Child Abuse Reporting Laws in the US and Canada

 
Child Protection Law in Michigan
 

Child Safety Survey - March 2010

The Child Safety survey results are now available.  Also, read Part 1 of the summary report on the survey.

 

Statistics and Information on

Information to establish a child safety committee, develop policies, and suggested implementation strategies

 

Sample Child Safety Policies

 

Sample School Polices

  • School Sexual Harassment Policies
  • Sexual Harassment Law

 

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