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More About This Title When Your Child Has Been Molested (Revised)
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The Authors
Kathryn Brohl, M.A., is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked in the field of child welfare for more than thirty years. She is the author and coeditor of numerous books and trains child welfare advocates on trauma.
Joyce Case Potter has twenty years' experience as a freelance writer and is also active in the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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Reality Checks ix
Introduction xi
1 Learning your child has been molested 1
2 Reporting child sexual abuse: Investigation and prosecution stages 17
3 Supporting your child after his disclosure 27
4 Physical and emotional signs of child and youth sexual abuse 45
5 Your professional support team 59
6 The formal/forensic interview: Helping investigators work effectively with your child 65
7 The judicial process: Why it takes a while 77
8 Understanding grief stages and secondary traumatic stress 87
9 working with a counselor 103
10 Helping your child recover 115
11 The impact on family members 129
12 Strengthening family communication 135
13 Dealing with extended family and others 145
14 When you or your child must appear in court 153
15 When the sexual abuse is incest 165
16 You know your family is getting better when … 179
Glossary 189
Additional information 197
Resources 203
About the authors 207
Index 209
