Prevention Tip Sheets

Everyone can take steps for prevention. Check out our prevention tip sheets to find what you can do. Learn about steps you can take for whether it's keeping your family safe, finding a safe school or camp for your kids, safety on the internet and more.

Share Prevention Tip Sheets in Your Community

We encourage you to print and share these tip sheets in your family and community. These are licensed under Creative Commons which allows you to reproduce them as long as you follow these Guidelines. Please contact us about permissions.

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Don't forget to check out our warning signs tip sheets as well.

Talking to Children and Teens

Experience has taught us that actions by adults can be more effective than expecting kids to protect themselves from sexual abuse. Still, we know that children^* also need accurate, age-appropriate information about child sexual abuse and confidence that adults they know will support them.

Create Your Family Safety Plan

These guidelines can help you create an environment to better protect your family from sexual abuse. By understanding what puts children at risk of sexual abuse, we can take actions to counter those risks.

Don’t Wait: Everyday Actions to Keep Kids Safe

The most effective prevention happens before a child is harmed. Kids are immediately safer when parents and caregivers take the time to learn about sexual abuse and its warning signs.

Keeping Adults and Children Safe on the Internet

The Internet has revolutionized the way we communicate and function in our day-to-day lives exposing us all to an unimagined volume of ideas and possibilities. We are only beginning to understand the full impact that such expanded access to images and information is having on adults and children.

The Four R's of Prevention

The beginning of the school year is a great time for adults to review their understanding of the Four R’s of preventing child sexual abuse—Rules, Read, Respect, and Responsibility—and to get back to the basics of nurturing kids. Prevention promotes healthy behaviors rather than waiting to punish violations, before there’s any need for a cure.

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tip_sheet_family_safety_plan.pdf	768.2 KB
tip_sheet_dont_wait.pdf	772.69 KB
sample_journal_entry.pdf	121.27 KB
keeping_adults_and_children_safe_on_the_internet.pdf	128.86 KB
sex_offender_in_neighborhood_concerns.pdf	154.88 KB
parent_questions_school_policy.pdf	137.06 KB
safety_in_daycare.pdf	131.08 KB
unique_role_grandparents_have.pdf	128.59 KB
twelve_questions.pdf	931.32 KB
child_sexual_abuse_prevention_for_faith_communities.pdf	142.55 KB