Learning how to recognize and report child abuse is our first step in being a voice for the many child victims that silently suffer abuse.
MAKE A REPORT:
STEP 1: Gather Information
- The more identifying and locating information provided, the more effective CPS can be when investigating the case.
STEP 2: Make the Report
- Even things that may seem insignificant can have meaning to an investigator.
SIGNS OF ABUSE: (can include but not limited to)
BEHAVIORAL
- age-inappropriate sexual knowledge
- sleep disorders
- eating disorders
- delinquent behavior
- sudden onset of fear of adults and/or places
PHYSICAL
- unexplained genital injuries
- genital or oral sores
- sore throats
- pregnancy
- frequent urinary tract infections
What is GROOMING? taking an undue interest in someone's child
- showing pornography to the child
- talking about age-inappropriate sexual topics or adult issues with child
- inappropriate touching, i.e., tickling or wrestling
- encouraging inappropriate sexual behavior from child
- making excuses to be alone with child
- viewing child nude or exposing self/nudity to child
[ Perpetrators not only groom children,
they also groom parents, families and communities. ]
Resources
Rather mail in a donation?
Children's Advocacy Center of Grayson County
Attn: Martha Nuckols
910 Cottonwood
Sherman, TX 75090
*All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law (see IRS code 170)
1-800-252-5400 Child Abuse Hotline
- BELIEVE THE CHILD
- REASSURE THE CHILD
- TAKE ACTION
1 in 4 GIRLS and 1 in 6 BOYS
will be SEXUALLY ABUSED
before their 18th birthday
by someone they know and trust
but only 1 in 10 children will tell someone
