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.

Highlight: Nursery 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
 
Becoming a Father
Becoming a Father

Helps young men accept the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood.

Child Discipline: Guidelines for Parents
Child Discipline: Guidelines for Parents (English / Spanish)

A guide to better awareness of the purposes and probable results of different approaches to child rearing.

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.

Parenting Children with Disabilities: Their Special Needs & Yours
Parenting Children with Disabilities: Their Special Needs & Yours

Increase parents' awareness of and their ability to teach their children self-advocacy and self-protection strategies.

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.

   
Seniors
Elder Abuse: Help Put an End to It
Elder Abuse: Help Put an End to It (English / Spanish)

Discusses the causes, forms, and effects of elder abuse.

   
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.

Partner Abuse: What Women Should Know
Partner Abuse: What Women Should Know (English / Spanish)

Encourages women in abusive situations to seek help and describes common patterns of abuse.

   
General
 
Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse
   
 

Child Abuse Reporting Laws in the US and Canada

 
Child Protection Law in Michigan
 
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