Missouri-based long-term kidnap and CSA survivor Shawn Hornbeck was interviewed by CBS last weekend, with the angle of an interview with someone who endured a similar ordeal to the recently rescued Jaycee Lee Dugard in California.
Being a media site we’re not sure how long it will be hosted for, so like the BAFTAs, view it soon.
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– CBG
Over at the Psych Central website, they’ve started up a blog party in support of World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day is promoted by the World Health Organization to help raise awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and what the world’s governments and health organizations are…
The Daily Mail reported the findings of an inquest today into the death of Derick Tempest, 30, who had been abused at 13 by two men. He disclosed to friends and his partner but never reported his own case to police nor his suspicions about whether two further teenagers he saw in his attackers’ company…
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– Good, it’s not often that we think about how our sites work for those with disabilities, I’m glad there are folks working to be more inclusive.
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A month ago five more people were charged with using Facebook and Twitter in April 2012 to name a Welsh woman who was raped by a football player. That group trial began at Prestatyn Magistrates’ Court today and we’ll bring you the outcome of the case when it concludes. The Belfast Telegraph has the updated story…
Even just the headline made me think of those days when I was in my 20s, dealing with the trauma and shame of my childhood and the major depression that I was not getting proper treatment for. I didn’t take care of myself. I didn’t even meet the basic needs of sleep, food, etc., because, in my mind, I wasn’t worth it. I didn’t deserve to live a healthy, content life. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand what self-care was or why it was necessary; I lacked a belief that I deserved it.
This makes sense. Even something as common and necessary as background checks are only going to catch people who’ve already been caught before. It’s a good thing to do, but it leaves that gap. What doesn’t leave a gap is having policies and procedures in place that prevent anyone from being able to abuse kids when working with your organization. If being alone with a child is simply not acceptable for anyone, that closes those gaps.
As the article goes on, that means rules like not giving kids gifts, not driving them home, etc. That’s what works, and it has to just be the culture in the organization, no questions asked. Create that culture, and you’re making the best effort to protect kids that you can make.
