You can read the toolkit from beginning to end or use the table of contents to skip to the section most relevant to your immediate communications questions or goals: 1. [...] Framing research speaks to the power of foregrounding people who are at risk of committing CSA and who do not—but we recognize that not everyone working in CSA prevention necessarily works on prevention from the angle of people who are at risk of committing CSA. [...] Because we know the factors that contribute to child sexual abuse, including inadequate supervision of adults who interact with youth, insufficient education of youth about appropriate behavior, and the prior exposure of youth to earlier abuse, we can address the root causes and prevent child sexual abuse. [...] One powerful way to expand responsibility in our communications is to describe how proposed interventions actually work to prevent child sexual abuse: — When we provide prevention programs to people who are at risk of committing child sexual abuse, we can make a real difference in the lives of so many. [...] As just one example: A middle-school teacher who experiences unexpectedly strong pleasure from the attention of a child, believes the child is mature enough to consent to sex with adults and can arrange for opportunities to offend against the child due to inadequate prevention policies, practices, and even the physical structure of the school.
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Table of Contents
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Toolkit 1
- Contents 2
- Introduction to the Toolkit Materials 2
- Avoiding Common Communications Traps 2
- Using the Help Provided Narrative 2
- Crafting Your Characters and Point of View How to Generate Empathy and Engagement 7 2
- Crafting Your Plot and Setting How to Create Narrative Momentum 9 2
- Help Provided Narrative Checklist 11 2
- Sample Legislative Testimony 2
- Social Media Posts 2
- Grab-and-Go Starter Language 2
- Endnotes 2
- Introduction to the Toolkit Materials 3
- Getting Started 4
- Avoiding Common Communications Traps 5
- Using the Help Provided Narrative 7
- Crafting Your Characters and Point of View How to Generate Empathy and Enagement 7
- Crafting Your Plot and Setting How to Create Momentum 9
- Help Provided Narrative Checklist 11
- Sample Legislative Testimony 12
- Social Media Posts 14
- Grab-and-Go Starter Language 16
