THE SAFE CENTER
and
The Enough Abuse Campaign
Together Fight Child Sexual Abuse
We are reaching out to talk to you about an exciting initiative which is making a significant difference
in the lives of the children in Nassau County. The Enough Abuse Campaign helps adults understand how
to protect children from sexual abuse. It is a sad fact that so many children are victims of child sexual
abuse, and equally sad that there is a lot we as adults could have done to protect them if we only had
the information and training.
The Safe Center, a nonprofit organization located on Long Island that we are working with, has set a
goal to train every adult in Nassau/Suffolk County in the Enough Abuse curriculum over the next few
years. We teach people how to recognize the warning signs of a predator, or of a child who may be
being victimized. Additionally, we learn to reduce the opportunities for sex offenders to harm children
and to create communities where kids can learn, play, and grow free of the threat of sexual abuse.
We are working to spread the word about this important program, and hope you’ll join us in getting
trained. We are looking to put together trainings at PTA’s, places of worship, community groups, even
business. Bethpage Federal Credit Union is the first corporation on Long Island to agree to get its
employees trained. Can you think of a group or company who would host a workshop so we can spread
the word about stopping sex abuse? We have attached the nine different workshops to choose from.
Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you.
Lisa Zimmerman
Enough Abuse Trainer
The Safe Center LI
15 Grumman Road West Suite 1000
Bethpage, NY 11714
(631) 748-0141
Email: [email protected]
The Safe Center’s services are available for all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, marital status, disability, or age.
enough secrets  enough shame  enough hurt  enough confusion  enough denial
enough child sexual abuse
Module 1A: (60 -90 minutes)
Module 1B: (60 minutes)
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Digest Module provides audiences
with a brief and general overview of the problem of
child sexual abuse using the public health strategy.
This module provides a lot of general information
about child sexual abuse in a short amount of time.
It can be helpful to give audiences an overall sense
of the issue. The drawback to this module is that it
does not allow for in-depth on each topic as the
separate modules allow.
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Social Conditions Module explores the
question of what the social conditions are that
allow child sexual abuse to flourish.
Participants can expect brief and general overview
about each of the following topics from other
modules:
● Understanding child sexual abuse as a
public health problem
● Common strategies to prevent child sexual
abuse
● Social conditions that support the problem
of child sexual abuse
● Impacts of child sexual abuse on survivors
and communities
● Behavioral and physical signs of possible
child sexual abuse
● Who sexually abuses children and why
● Tactics used by those who sexually abuse
children
● Strategies to prevent and protect
Participants will learn about common strategies
used to prevent child sexual abuse that are focused
on preventing re-victimization and how the public
health strategy offers a way to prevent child sexual
abuse before it ever happens. Using the public
health strategy, this module explores how social
messages, secrecy, and silence play a role in the
ongoing problem of child sexual abuse. Finally,
participants will have an opportunity to learn
strategies to help break the social condition of
secrecy and how to report suspected abuse.
Module 1C: (60 minutes)
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Abusers Module focuses on who
sexually abuses children, why they do it, and how
adults can keep kids safe.
Participants will learn about characteristics of adult
and juvenile offenders and explore reasons why
people sexually abuse. Information is also provided
on tactics commonly used by some types of
abusers and behavior signs in adults that might
indicate they pose a risk to children. Finally, we will
discuss key strategies to prevent and protect
children, what to do if they are concerned about
the behavior of an adult, and how to report
suspected abuse.
Module 1D: (60)
Module 3: (90 minutes)
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Impacts Module focuses on what the
impacts of child sexual abuse are on survivors and
communities.
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Abusers Module is a presentation
focused on exploring the question of who sexually
abuses children, why they do it, and how adults can
keep kids safe.
Participants will learn about the Adverse Childhood
Experiences Study and how abuse impacts survivors
socially, emotionally, and cognitively over a
lifetime. We will discuss how to recognize behavior
and physical signs of possible sexual abuse in
children and teens, and strategies to prevent and
protect, how to respond to disclosures, and how to
report suspected abuse.
Module 2: (90- 120 minutes with group activity)
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Social Conditions Module is an
interactive presentation focused on exploring the
question of what the social conditions are that
allow child sexual abuse to flourish.
Participants will learn about common strategies
used to prevent child sexual abuse that are focused
on preventing re-victimization and how the public
health strategy offers a way to prevent child sexual
abuse before it ever happens. Using the public
health strategy, this module contains an interactive
activity in which participants explore how social
messages, secrecy, and silence play a role in the
ongoing problem of child sexual abuse. Finally,
participants will have an opportunity to learn
strategies to help break the social condition of
secrecy and how to report suspected abuse.
Participants will learn about characteristics of adult
and juvenile offenders and explore reasons why
people sexually abuse. Information is also provided
on tactics commonly used by some types of
abusers and behavior signs in adults that might
indicate they pose a risk to children. And also, key
strategies to prevent and protect children including
important communication messages, what to do if
they are concerned about the behavior of an adult,
and how to report suspected abuse.
Module 4: (90 - 120 minutes with group activity)
Enough Abuse: Strategies for Your Family and
Community: Impacts Module is a presentation
focused on exploring the question of what the
impacts of child sexual abuse are on survivors and
communities.
Participants will learn about the Adverse Childhood
Experiences Study and how abuse impacts survivors
socially, emotionally, and cognitively over a
lifetime. Information is also provided about the
public cost to society. How to recognize behavior
and physical signs of possible sexual abuse in
children and teens, and strategies to prevent and
protect including key communication messages,
how to respond to disclosures, and how to report
suspected abuse.
Module 5: Understanding & Responding to the
Sexual Behaviors of Children (URSBC) is an
interactive workshop designed for parents, early
education and care professionals and others who
have contact with children and/or their families.
Participants can expect to learn the following:
 Understand that open and direct
communication about child sexual
behaviors is a key strategy for preventing
child sexual abuse and supporting healthy
development.
 Learn how to communicate and respond to
children’s sexual behaviors based on
knowledge about sexual development and
an assessment of the context of the
behavior.
 Learn how to model good communication,
foster empathy and promote accountability
 when responding to children’s sexual
behaviors. These are protective factors for
healthy development.
Activity: Several scenarios are presented describing
sexual behaviors of children that participants might
witness in their homes, in day care settings, schools
and other youth-serving organizations. Small group
discussions give participants an opportunity to
apply their new knowledge about how to assess
and respond to these behaviors in ways that model
good communication, empathy and accountability.
These responses can help build protective factors
in children so that their risks to be victimized or to
perpetrate sexual abuse can be reduced.
Workshop options:
120 Minute –– Ages 0-17, with Group Activity
90 min – Ages 0-17, no group activity
90 min- School ages- ages 6-17, with group activity
90 min- Mid-late childhood- ages 6-12, with group
90 min- Early Childhood- 0-5, with group activity
90 min- Adolescence - 13-17, with group activity
Module 6: It’s Not Just Jenna (90 -120 min)
It's Not Just Jenna is an 18-minute video coproduced by Massachusetts Citizens for Children
and Alvid Productions to educate middle and high
school youth, their parents and other youth-serving
professionals. The accompanying 62 slide "Learning
and Discussion Guide" PowerPoint promotes and
facilitates post-viewing discussion about the
lessons Jenna's story teaches us about child sexual
abuse and how to prevent it. Participants will learn:
1. Behavior signs to be aware of in adults that
might indicate they pose a risk to children
or teens;
2. Ways sexual abusers “groom” or establish
trust with potential victims and their
families;
3. Behavior signs to look for in children or
teens that may indicate they are being or
have been sexually abused;
4. Reasons that make it difficult for victims of
child sexual abuse to tell;
5. How to respond if we see behavior signs in
an adult that indicate they might pose a risk
to children and teens; and
6. How to respond if we see behavior signs in
a child or teen that raises concerns they
may have been or are being sexually
abused.