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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807885003321

Autore

Reju Deepak <1969->

Titolo

On guard : preventing and responding to child abuse at church / / by Deepak Reju

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Greensboro, North Carolina : , : New Growth Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-939946-99-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

261.8/3271

Soggetti

Church work with children

Child abuse - Prevention

Child abuse - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Should You Care? -- Section One: Getting Familiar with the Problem of Child Abuse -- Chapter 1: The Nature of the Problem -- Chapter 2: The Stewardship of Children -- Chapter 3: The False Assumptions We Make -- Chapter 4: Types, Techniques, and Targets of Sexual Predators -- Chapter 5: Why the Church? -- Section Two: Eight Strategies for Protecting Against Abuse -- Chapter 6: Creating and Implementing a Child Protection Policy -- Chapter 7: A Check-in and Checkout Process -- Chapter 8: Membership -- Chapter 9: Screening and Verification -- Chapter 10: Building Design -- Chapter 11: Training Your Staff and Volunteers -- Chapter 12: Preparing Church Leaders, Parents, Children, and Teens Before Abuse Happens -- Chapter 13: Getting to Know the People and Resources in Your Community -- Section Three: Three Strategies for Responding to Abuse -- Chapter 14: Helping a Church to Be Responsible by Reporting Child Abuse -- Chapter 15: Helping a Church to Respond Wisely to Victims, the Congregation, and the Media -- Chapter 16: Helping a Church to Deal Wisely with a Child Abuser -- Conclusion: Our Witness, Our Responsibility, Our Fears, and Our Hope -- Appendices -- Appendix A: A Really Quick Guide to Writing and Implementing a Child Protection Policy -- Appendix B: Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse -- Appendix C: How Do I Talk to My Kids about Sexual



Abuse? -- Appendix D: An Example of a Screening Application -- Appendix E: Child Abuse and Neglect Training Sheet1 -- Appendix F: Training Scenarios for Staff and Volunteers -- Endnotes.

Sommario/riassunto

On Guard offers churches eight strategies for preventing child abuse and three for responding to it, helping to move church staff and leaders beyond fearful awareness to prayerful preparedness.