This Week’s Links (weekly)
Oakland coach breaks silence about sexual abuse tags: CA Male sex-abuse survivors learn it’s OK to talk about it – Boulder Daily Camera tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Gawker Trolling Article
It’s not directly about child abuse at all, and many of this blog’s trolling problems went away after the network was shut down in its previous form. However, Gawker published an interesting feature on one particular internet troll at the end of last week. See for yourself at their site here.
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UK TV and Radio Presenter Jimmy Savile Abuse Allegations Cause Rise in Calls
Almost a fortnight ago there were a handful of historical allegations against UK DJ and TV Presenter Jimmy Savile, who died last year. By the end of last week there were over 60 allegations from more than 340 calls to the police force in charge. Today the National Association of People Abused In Childhood (NAPAC)…
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This Week’s Links (weekly)
Sexual Abuse – Is Justice Ever Served, Really? tags: CA Breaking Through the Fear of Speaking About Child Abuse by Kylie Devi tags: CA World Mental Health Day Blog Party, October 10, 2012 tags: CA Going public with depression tags: CA The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of…
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Sandusky gets 30 to 60 Years in Prison
Overnight for UK readers, Jerry Sandusky’s sentence was decided by a Pennsylvania court at 30 to 60 years for the abuse of 10 boys abused either through Penn State University or the charity where he worked to help troubled children. NBC has the story here with the sentencing order as a PDF and further reaction to the…
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Resources for Troubled Teens
Last week a student advisor sent me a message about a project her students are working on to use social media to share helpful resources for teens, especially troubled teens who might be in need of help. They call themselves the Happy Hearts Club and their mission is ” raise awareness of issues that teens…