What everyday people can do to protect children from sexual abuse
It is estimated that at least two out of every ten girls and one out of every ten boys are sexually abused by the end of their 13th year.

That can change.

Abel Screening, Inc. (ASI) is committed to the protection of children. Towards that end, we continually develop and provide scientifically sound psychological tools for the detection, evaluation, and treatment of child sexual abusers.

But if you are an ordinary person in an ordinary family, you have the most power of anybody to save the children around you. Every time you tell your sister or your husband or your friend a fact about what causes child molestation, every time you tell them what we can do now to stop it, you build a stronger safety net for every child.

Child sexual abuse is scary, but you don't have to feel powerless.

We now have the ability to stop the abusers who commit 95 percent of the sex acts against our children. We know who this abuser is, where to find him (or her), which children are most at risk, and how to protect them.

To begin learning the facts, start with the CMRPI Prevention Plan. This plan was developed from the findings of the Child Molestation Prevention Study by Gene G. Abel, M.D. and Nora Harlow, with support from the Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute noted below.

Additional Resources and Organizations
Here are some additional resources and organizations which help combat child sexual abuse. If you know of a website or organization that should be added to this list please contact us and let us know.


Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute

The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute is a national, science-based nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children from sexual abuse through research, education, and family support. The organization provides training to professionals who work with children and families on how to prevent child sexual abuse and is also helping families throughout the United States to prevent abuse in their own communities with The Stop Child Molestation Book: What Ordinary People Can Do In Their Everyday Lives To Save Three Million Children, by Gene G. Abel, M.D., and Nora Harlow.


Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta

Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta (BMI) specializes in the treatment of sexual problems, disruptive behaviors, and medical and psychological problems that have proven responsive to behavioral therapy or behavioral medicine. Gene G. Abel, M.D. is the Medical Director.


Blackstone Polygraph, Inc.

Blackstone Polygraph, Inc. provides confidential psychophysiological detection of deception tests, otherwise known as polygraph tests. With a focus on community safety, our work is often used to augment clinical evaluation of adjudicated, non-adjudicated and domestic cases that involve allegations of child molestation. We also provide on-going monitoring of convicted sex offenders. Ken Blackstone, Forensic Psychophysiologist, Atlanta, GA


New Directions for Men

New Directions for Men was founded in 1980 by four male mental health professionals concerned about the lack of psychological services specifically for men. While New Directions continues to provide counseling to men for such issues as intimacy, trust, self-esteem, childhood abuse and depression, the evaluation and treatment of sexual offenders has been an area of specialization for over 20 years. New Directions For Men has achieved a reputation for thorough, competent work, a reputation it seeks to maintain.


Family and Child Treatment of Southern Nevada (FACT)

Family and Child Treatment of Southern Nevada (FACT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children, adults, and families overcome and heal the traumas of abuse, neglect, and violence. Partially funded by the United Way of Southern Nevada, FACT provides individual, family, and group therapy, as well as prevention and education services.


California Coalition on Sexual Offending

The California Coalition on Sexual Offending is an organization that was founded in 1988 in response to a growing need throughout the state of California to provide a formally structured resource for professionals working with persons involved in the commission of sexual crimes.


Safer Society Foundation

The Safer Society Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit agency, is a national research, advocacy, and referral center on the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse.


www.abtc-centers.org

Alternative Behavioral Treatment Center is located in Mundelin, Illinois. This center provides treatment for behavioral and sexual problems and is a provider of the Abel Assessment for sexual interest-2™.


Sexual Abuse Treatment, Referral, Resource, and Research Page

Specialists in sexual deviancy, crimes, assessment, denial, treatment and consultation!   Matthew Rosenberg is a treatment and consulting professional who specializes in the areas of sexual crimes/deviancy, denial, assessment, victimization, and treatment.


Department of Health and Human Services

The principal federal agency for protecting the health of and providing fundamental services for Americans (especially for those least able to help themselves), the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest funder of federal grants, awarding approximately 60,000 grants per year. The Department is responsible for operating 300 programs, which are administered by 11 divisions. Among these divisions is the Administration for Children and Families.


Administration for Children and Families

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that brings together the broad range of federal programs and services that address the needs of children and families.


Children's Bureau

The Children's Bureau is the oldest federal agency specifically charged with the responsibility of looking after the well-being of the Nation's children. The Bureau helps the states to deliver child welfare services, such as the protection of children and the strengthening of families (child protective services), family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living.


FRIENDS Virtual Resource Center

Family Resource Information, Education, and Network Development Services, a program of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, offers a range of services designed to assist states, tribal organizations, and local programs in the development of community-based family resource programs and networks throughout the United States. FRIENDS is a collaborative effort between two organizations with many years of experience in delivering training and technical assistance, the Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project, Inc., and the Family Resource Coalition.


Missing Children Web Page

Search the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's (NCMEC) database of current missing children cases and view images of missing children. Their Missing Children Forum, another site feature, aids in finding missing and exploited children, supporting families whose children are missing, and offering child safety assistance. Members can speak with each other and with NCMEC representatives about the images in the forum's libraries.


National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

One of the largest federal clearinghouses and the world's largest resource for information and materials on substance abuse, the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information arm of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (Department of Health and Human Services). Services offered by NCADI include: an information services staff to respond to public inquiries on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs (ATD); distribution on over 450 free or low-cost materials on ATD, such as fact sheets, posters, monographs, and videotapes; referrals to prevention, intervention, and treatment resources; access to the Prevention Materials and the Treatment Resources Databases; and federal grant announcements for ATD-related projects.


National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

Visit the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) website, Justice Information Center (JIC), for a collection of clearinghouses providing information on criminal and juvenile justice issues. The categories offered are: Corrections, Courts, Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice Statistics, Drugs and Crime, International, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, Research and Evaluation, and Victims. In addition, JIC offers "New This Week" and "Current Highlights" pages.


National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

The mission of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is to facilitate the secondary analysis of research data relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect. The Archive's primary activity is the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of high-quality data sets related to the study of child abuse and neglect. Their website provides a listing and brief description of all the studies in the Archive along with ordering information. Information on Archive publications and upcoming training institutes and workshops is also offered.


National Indian Child Welfare Association

The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) serves American Indian tribes throughout the country by helping to strengthen and enhance their capacity to deliver quality child welfare services. Among the activities in which NICWA engages are community development, public policy development, and information exchange.


PAVNET Online

Pavnet Online is an interagency, electronic resource on the Internet created to provide information about effective violence prevention initiatives. This "virtual library" on violence and youth at risk is designed to give states and local communities a single searchable resource for relevant data from seven federal agencies.


The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers

The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) was founded to foster research, facilitate information exchange, further professional education and provide for the advancement of professional standards and practices in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment.