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Child Sexual Abuse
Lampion Center is boldly stepping forward with a comprehensive, community wide program to prevent and treat child sexual abuse. We know that child sexual abuse is prevalent in our community and across the nation. This abuse is preventable and the time to act is now.
Phase one of this project is already completed. Twenty five professionals from our city became fully certified facilitators of the Stewards of Children program and, as such, they are now able to train others in pro-active strategies to protect children from sexual abuse.
Phase two will be sharing these prevention steps and strategies with civic groups, churches, day care centers, after school programs, other non profit agencies, and the community at large. To receive this training on-line, visit: www.darknesstolight.org Stewards of Children page. In the coming months, a positive media campaign will help reinforce the message.
Phase three is of utmost importance- Expanding the availability of Lampion Center's treatment services to care for those who have already suffered. Lampion Center is the leader in treatment for sexually abused children, adults, and their families. Expanded awareness will bring increased requests for services and we are dedicated to meeting these needs without delay.
Deputies learn to prevent sexual abuse of children
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 4:27 PM CDT Updated: Mar 28, 2010 4:21 PM CDTVANDERBURGH CO., IN (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's office teamed up with the Lampion Center to help prevent the sexual abuse of children.
Sheriff Eric Williams, his deputies and staff attended three hours of training through the Stewards of Children Program.
The program is designed to teach deputies how to prevent, recognize and react to signs of abuse.
Sheriff Williams said if his office learns how to protect children, they can take that knowledge into the community.
"We find a lot of times that the active employees of the sheriff's office are also are little league coaches and doing a lot of things with youth in our community so to give them the tools to be the expert that sometimes the community expects them to be while they are in those roles, but it teaches them how to do things to make sure that the opportunity for sexual child abuse doesn't occur," Sheriff Williams said.
The sheriff said nationwide, one out of four girls and one of six boys will experience a form of sexual abuse before the age of 18
