Information Resources 

Stop The Pain Of Child Abuse

Helps readers recognize the forms of abuse, contributing factors, and ways to prevent and end abusive situations. Offers advice on stress control. 8 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

Emotional Neglect: Being Hurt By What Is Not There

By Jon Korfmacher, Ph.D. Clearly describes different forms of emotional neglect, how children at different ages exhibit signs of emotional neglect, why some parents fail to meet their child's need for loving attention, and forms of help that are available for all family members. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Think You Know Something About Child Abuse?" Questions & Answers

Helps readers become effective forces in child abuse prevention. Includes overview of child abuse and abusers, plus specific advice on helping parents improve their parenting skills. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"

The Truth About Sexting -- Think B4 U "Send"

As cell phone and Internet use increases, so should the reminders to teens that what they send out in a text can haunt them for the rest of their lives. This straightforward pamphlet for mature teens and young adults explains both the positive and the negative aspects of texting, making it clear that one's privacy is not guaranteed and that a sexual message sent to one person can easily be seen by others. Explains that sexting can lead to bullying, serious legal problems, and attention from online predators, and offers advice on the dos and don'ts when receiving a sexual text. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

Sexual Abuse -- A Threat To Our Children

Helps parents and the community protect children from sexual abuse. Discusses the causes and serious effects of abuse, and what to do if an incident occurs. Urges parents to teach children how to protect themselves. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8". Same content as Classic illus. "Child Sexual Abuse" (16667)A.

Cyberbullying -- Keeping Your Child Safe

Just like other forms of bullying, cyberbullying can cause problems in school and inflict emotional pain. With an eye-catching design, this pamphlet is a compelling way to acquaint parents with cyberbullying, help them determine if their child is involved as a victim or a bully, and -- most importantly -- help them learn how to prevent incidents by monitoring online activities and teaching Internet safety. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

Talking About Child Sexual Abuse

By Cornelia Spelman. Highlights the signs and behaviors in children that may indicate abuse. Outlines an approach for discussing abuse with a child. Provides instructions for screening baby sitters and child-care centers and for reporting suspected abuse, offers guidance to adults who were sexually abused as children, and more. 16 pages, 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Parenting Children With Disabilities: Their Special Needs & Yours

Children with disabilities are more likely to be maltreated than those without disabilities. This booklet helps increase parents' awareness and their ability to teach their children self-advocacy and self-protection strategies. It offers clear guidance on providing positive discipline, starting and staying involved with an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), becoming knowledgeable about their children's disability, getting to know their children's caregivers, and building a strong support system for themselves and their children. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

Safety On The Internet -- Shut Out Online Predators

It's exciting to reach out to others via the Web -- and easy to forget that a sexual predator could be hiding behind a friendly online identity. This pamphlet alerts mature teens and young adults to the techniques predators use to lure victims into danger, underscores the importance of keeping personal information off the Internet, and tells where to report strange or inappropriate activity. Eye-catching colors and layout and clear, bulleted text make for a presentation young people will pay attention to. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

Drugs -- Bad For You, Worse For Baby

Leaves no doubt of drugs' dangers to users and to babies before and after birth. Urges users to get help, and tells where help can be found. 8 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

How Substance Abuse Affects Parenting Skills

Provides important guidelines for positive parenting, and explains how the disease of substance abuse can get in the way. Details the dramatic and negative effects substance abuse can have on a parent's behavior, judgment, impulse control, and other parenting skills. The booklet then looks at the short- and long-term effects of substance abuse from the child's perspective, as well as the complications caused by substance abuse during pregnancy. Concludes with a self-test to help readers recognize the warning signs in themselves, and tells where to turn for help and treatment. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

Child Abuse -- How To Report It And Help Stop It

Enlist community members in the effort to end child abuse with this eye-catching, compelling pamphlet. A simple chart helps readers quickly learn how to spot the physical and behavioral signs of abuse, and concise text explains how to respond if abuse is suspected, and when and how to file a report. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

Family Violence Hurts Children -- Help Stop The Pain

Straightforward booklet takes readers inside the violent home and describes the ways they can help children in such environments improve their self-esteem, social skills, and self-control. Same text as Classic booklet "How Family Violence Affects Children." 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

Never Shake A Baby

Parents learn that they should never use shaking as a means of quieting a crying child... and certainly never as a punitive measure. Booklet provides a memorable discussion of the serious harm that even a few seconds of shaking can do to an infant, and gives parents positive techniques for helping their baby -- and themselves -- cope with stressful situations. 8 pages, 5 1/2" x 8"

Bullying -- What Would YOU Do?

This engaging booklet does more than explain what bullying is and how it can hurt everyone at school -- it also gets children involved in the action with "The Mad Paddlers." At three key points in this engrossing story, readers are asked to make a decision for the main character when he witnesses his friends bullying a classmate. Readers are given two choices at each decision-making opportunity, only one of which will lead to a positive outcome. They are then shown the consequences of their decisions -- bad and good -- on the story's characters, given a chance to reconsider their decision, and guided to a happy ending. Perfect for helping readers understand peer pressure and learn to handle real-life situations, the booklet also includes an "advice column" that answers questions about bullying, writing elements that help strengthen decision-making skills, and a list of ways students can help make their school a bully-free environment. 16 pages, 5 1/2" x 8". Ages 9-11

Bullying -- Not Cool In Any School

Some have been bullies' targets, some have been bystanders to incidents of bullying, and some have been bullies themselves. This pamphlet reaches out to preteens and young teens with clear messages about why bullying cannot be tolerated in their schools and communities -- and what each person can do to prevent and end it. Audience-targeted format with full-color, multicultural photographs and to-the-point text make this pamphlet an excellent addition to anti-bullying efforts in schools and community youth programs. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

This could be the world's smallest survival kit! This slim, colorful pamphlet provides explanations of the common reasons children misbehave, and offers general tips for encouraging good behavior; dealing with misbehavior; and handling specific situations, including temper tantrums, aggressive behavior, bad language, stealing, and lying. Emphasizes that physical punishment is never an appropriate response. 8 panels, 3 1/2" x 8"

Provides words of support plus practical advice on how to comfort a crying baby, how to cope with a colicky baby who can't be comforted, and how to stay in control when things seem to be getting out of control. A valuable tool for reducing incidents of unintentional injury to infants. Similar content to STAGES(TM) pamphlet "Help Me With My Crying" (705900)A. 10 panels, 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"