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.
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Facts*
1 in 4 women and 1 in 20 men self-report having been sexually abused as children, almost always by someone they knew, trusted, or loved. 87% of sexual abuse cases are never reported. It is estimated that 93% of sexual abuse victims know their abusers. Additionally, 35-50% of abusers are less than 18 years of age.
What is Child Sexual Abuse?
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) defines child sexual abuse as any sexual activity with a child where consent is not or cannot be given. This includes sexual contact that is accomplished by force or threat of force, regardless of the age of the participants, and all sexual contact between an adult and a child, regardless of whether there is deception or the child understands the sexual nature of the activity. Sexual contact between an older and a younger child also can be abusive if there is a significant disparity in age, development, or size, rendering the younger child incapable of giving informed consent. While many people think that child sexual abuse always involves rape of a child, the truth is that child sexual abuse can include both touch and non-touching behaviors. Both are damaging to children and teens and both are against the law.
Touching Behaviors can Include:
- Deliberate contact with a child or teen’s genitals, buttocks or chest/breats
- Penetration of the child or teen’s mouth, anus, or vagina with an object or body part
- Making a child or teen touch another person’s anus, penis, or vagina
- Coercing a child or teen to sexually touch him/herself, the abuser, or another child
Non-touching Behaviors can Include:
- Exposing oneself to a child or teen
- Viewing and violating the private behaviors of a child or teen
- Taking sexually explicit or provocative photographs of a child or teen
- Showing pornography to a child or teen
- Communicating with a child or teen about sexually explicit fantasies or experiences in person, by phone, via email, internet, etc.
*Information gathered from EnoughAbuse.org Program Materials.
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