{"id":3927,"date":"2015-11-24T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2015-11-24T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T01:03:22","slug":"link-chicago-area-advocate-program-helps-children-recover-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2015\/11\/24\/link-chicago-area-advocate-program-helps-children-recover-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; Chicago-area Advocate program helps children recover from sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2560,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1QErwz1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1QErwz1&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For months, Erin Hagerty tried to get the young boy to open up about his traumatic past. Instead, he spent entire sessions avoiding eye contact, staring at the wall and refusing to speak.<\/p>\n<p>But Hagerty, a clinical psychologist with the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program didn&#8217;t give up on the child, who had been abandoned by his parents and sexually abused by multiple relatives. She built predictable routines \u2014 like starting sessions with a joke \u2014 into each meeting. She offered him choices in activities, which helped him feel more in control.<\/p>\n<p>In time, the boy learned to trust Hagerty and began sharing his feelings and experiences, while he and his new adoptive family learned how to work together. 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