It can be very difficult to talk about

 Sexual Abuse

What is child sexual abuse?

Sexual abuse includes sexual intercourse

or its deviations. Yet all offences that

involve sexually touching a child, as well as

non-touching offenses and sexual exploitation,

 are just as harmful and devastating to

a child’s well-being.

What types of Sexual Abuse

 is there?

Touching

Fondling
Making a child touch an adult’s sexual organs
Penetrating a child’s vagina or anus

Non-touching

Engaging in indecent exposure

Exposing children to pornographic material,
Deliberately exposing a child to the act of sexual intercourse

Sexual Exploitation

Soliciting a child for the purposes of prostitution
Using a child to film, photograph, or model pornography.

*Kommon Ground is a program of JOURNEYS, Inc. Child Placement Services 

http://www.journeyscps.org/

 Copyright  2010-11

Your BODY

 belongs to YOU

You have a right to

decide how and when

someone touches you.

If somebody tries to

touch you in ways

that don't feel good

or seem right, say NO.

And be sure to tell

somebody too!!

Signs and Symtoms

of a child that may

 have been

 sexually abused

Inappropriate interest or

knowledge of sexual acts