Preventing Child Abuse: Creating a Safe Place

Book, 2009, 195 pp
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How can a church or nonprofit organization prevent child abuse from occurring in its facilities and among its members?

A good place to begin, according to Beth Swagman, Director of Abuse Prevention for the Christian Reformed Church, is by adopting a comprehensive child abuse prevention policy. "If the implementation of an abuse prevention policy by every congregation in your denomination reduces the incidence of child abuse by even a few percentage points, that is a significant achievement for the protection of children."

Preventing Child Abuse will guide churches and nonprofit organizations through the process of designing and implementing the policies and procedures they need to keep their children safe. Now in its fourth edition, Preventing Child Abuse has been expanded to include both churches and nonprofit organizations. Many appendices and other useful materials have been added to help your church or nonprofit organization create a comprehensive abuse prevention policy.

Includes screening procedures for volunteers and staff, abuse-reporting procedures, and guidelines for handling allegations of abuse, among other resources.

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