Child Sexual Abuse: What Adoptive Families Need to Know (for Parents)

As families prepare to welcome a child through adoption, it is important that they consider the possibility that their child was or will be exposed to sexually inappropriate contact. This training provides information about sexual abuse prevalence, dynamics and offender characteristics, as well as about how children talk about it and how parents can most effectively respond to a child who is disclosing sexual abuse or exhibiting problematic sexual behaviors. Tips for establishing healthy body safety boundaries and messages to empower children to talk to their parents if they are exposed to sexually inappropriate contact is also discussed.

Alyssa Layne, MSW, LCSW – Adoption Social Worker, Holt International Children’s Services

Course length: 60 minutes

Cost to register: $15
If you are a NCFA member, look for your discount code in the membership portal.

Recorded on September 23, 2021.

PLEASE NOTE – This course does NOT provide social work CE credits. If you are an adoption professional seeking Social Work CE credit for this course, please register for this webinar here instead: https://adoption.talentlms.com/catalog/info/id:154