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Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Hanes (Book & DVD)

What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety by Jaclyn Friedman

Hotlines Organizations Books

Hotlines

1-800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673) National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-888-PREVENT (888-773-2362) Stop It Now!, Stop Child Sexual Abuse
1-866-FOR-LIGHT (866-367-5444) Darkness to Light, End Child Sexual Abuse
1-800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453) The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-THE-LOST (800-843-5678) National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-844-733-4251 DrugRehab.com

Books

Children

I Said No! A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private by Kimberly King & Zach King (ages 4 and Up)

What Makes A Baby by Cory Silverberg (ages 3-7)

Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU by Cory Silverberg (ages 7-10)

Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee & Noami Bardoff (ages 5-8)

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman (ages 3-7)

Mom and Mum are Getting Married by Ken Setterington (ages 5-6)

I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings (ages 4-8)

Teen & Youth

It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse (workbook) by William Lee Carter

My Girlfriend's Pregnant: A Teen's Guide to Becoming a Dad by Chloe Shantz-Hilkes

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls by Sonya Renee Taylor

Parents & Caregivers

The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse by Joelle Casteix

When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parents’ Guide to Healing and Recoveryby Kathryn Brohl, Joyce Case Potter

The Parent's Guide to Talking About Sex: A Complete Guide to Raising (Sexually) Safe, Smart, and Healthy Children by Janet Rosenzweig

Questions Children Ask and How to Answer Them by Miriam Stoppard

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

The Transgender Teen by Stephanie Bril & Lisa Kenny

Survivors

Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Hanes (& DVD)

What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety by Jaclyn Friedman

Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse: Practical Self-help For Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children by Carolyn Ainscough & Kay Toon

Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Workbook: Practical Exercises For Working On Problems Resulting From Childhood Abuse (Practical Companion to Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse) by by Carolyn Ainscough &‎ Kay Toon

Disability

Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency by Michael Gill

Treating Sexual Abuse and Trauma With Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Developmental Disabilities: A Workbook for Clinicians by Vanessa Houdek & Jennifer Gibson

When Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Hit Puberty: A Parents’ Q&A Guide to Health, Sexuality and Relationships by Freddy Jackson Brown & Sarah Brown

Tax-deductible donations made possible by The Effing Foundation

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