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SUGGESTED READING ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

Reading recommended for adults:

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis

The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused As a Child, A Support Book by Laura Davis

Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew, Ellen Bass

When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery by Karthryn Hagans

Child Lures: What Every Parent and Child Should Know About Preventing Sexual Abuse and Abduction by Kenneth Wooden

I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass, Louise Thornton (contributor)

Father-Daughter Incest by Judith Lewis Herman

Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women by E. Sue Blume

Innocence Lost? Protecting Your Child from the Trauma of Abuse by Debbie Mahoney, Branko Romano

Reading recommended for children:

The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse by Sandy Kleven, et al.

Something Happened and I'm Scared to Tell: A Book for Young Victims of Abuse by Patricia Kehoe, Carol Deach

My Body Is Private by Linda Walvoord Girard


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