Schedule
A Free Presentation
If you would like to schedule a training or customize a presentation for your group or organization, please contact The Signs of Hope at +1(702)366-1640 or email community@sohlv.org.
We have multiple FREE presentations available, offered by trained facilitators that range from 30 minutes to 2 hours in length. Presentations and high-quality materials are geared toward specific audiences including medical and mental health professionals, parents, and those who work in youth-serving organizations.
All presentations provide the most up-to-date information on child sexual abuse prevention. The information presented is all cited, well researched, and well-received.
Partnership
The Signs of Hope
In March 2015, The Signs of Hope, formerly The Rape Crisis Center, partnered with Prevent Child Abuse Nevada and brought the Enough Abuse! Campaign to Nevada to educate and empower our community to end Child Sexual Abuse.
The Enough Abuse Campaign and the creation of its’ materials were originally funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Enough Abuse! materials were created by Prevent Child Abuse Massachusetts.
Signs & Symptoms of Child Sexual Abuse*
Changes in a child’s or teen’s behavior can sometimes be clues that sexual abuse has occurred. Behavior signs can also be associated with many other stresses that children experience as a result of family or school problems so don’t immediately conclude that sexual abuse has occurred.
Behavioral Changes
- Expressed unwillingness or fear to be left in the care of a particular person or to play with a particular child.
- Reluctance or fear of certain places, such as showers and bathrooms.
- Change in the child’s behavior when a particular person is present.
- The use of new words to describe genitalia or sexual behavior.
- Sudden self-consciousness about genitals.
- Sexual behavior that is inappropriate for the age of the child.
- Involving other children in sexual behaviors or using toys or dolls to act out sexual scenarios.
- Discomfort or reluctance in giving details about time spent with another adult or child.
- Regression to babyish habits, such as thumb-sucking.
- Fearful behavior towards examination of the mouth.
- Nightmares, bedwetting, fear of the dark, difficulty falling asleep, new fears.
- Increase or decrease in appetite.
Physical Changes
- Any irritation, abrasions, swelling, skin tears, bleeding or infection of the child’s genitals or anus, or any unexplained injuries around the mouth.
- The roughened or calloused area between the baby’s buttocks may signal chronic rubbing of the area from sexual abuse.
- Pregnancy or confirmation of a sexually transmitted disease in a child.
- Vaginal or penile discharge, sometimes accompanied by unusual odor.
- Urinary infection or difficulty with urination.
- Headaches, stomach pain, loss of appetite, and sleeping problems.
These physical symptoms can sometimes indicate that sexual abuse has occurred, but physical symptoms are often not present after sexual abuse. Like behavioral changes, these symptoms can be brought on by other stressors and events.
*Information gathered from EnoughAbuse.org Program Materials.
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