Child Sexual Abuse - India

July 16, 2007, 10.00am – 3.30pm, Chennai The one-day workshop is aimed at different professionals such as social workers, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, therapists and other concerned individuals working with children in traumatic situations. The facilitators, Dr. Rubin, Dr. Bordonaro and Mrs. Prasad bring with them rich and varied experiences in the field of art therapy. They will begin the session with hands on activity that will introduce participants to the power of visual imagery, and the benefits of art as a way of "telling without talking." After lunch, during which a film will be shown, there will be three presentations on various aspects of art therapy While Mrs. Prasad will demonstrate through illustrations and case studies how art can be used for both diagnosis and therapy with children who have been abused, Dr. Rubin will talk about guidelines for using art in clinical work, regardless of the setting, and will show some examples of work with ...

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While rapid innovative advances in information and communications have created an exciting, new world for anyone with access to the related services, with the new border less technologies offering unparalleled opportunities for children and adults to learn about the universe in which we live and improve the quality of life, it has also had an immeasurable impact on the sexual exploitation of children. We need to understand that at any given moment thousands of potential/child sex abusers are making contact online with unsuspecting children and young people with the intention of further exploitation. And this situation though seemingly unimaginable is happening alarmingly on our doorsteps, in India. Moreover considering the proliferation of the internet and telephony and ease of access, the demographics of the end user of the new technologies along with the socio-cultural milieu which frowns on healthy interpersonal interaction among young people - the platform new technologies offer ar...

The Week long multi-level workshops on various aspects of working against Child Sexual Abuse was attended by participants from Nepal, Mumbai, Vijaywada, Kottayam, Kolkatta, Pune, Goa, and Tamil Nadu. Lois Engelbrect, Founder Consultant of Tulir-CPHCSA was the lead resource for the workshops which ranged from a basic awareness & responding module to Teaching of Personal Safety to children and Threaupeutic Interventions.

The innovatively designed invitation card by J Walter Thompson with printing support from Thomas Cook India.