Teaching children that their bodies belong to them
Heidi Echavarria- 0
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More than one in three children will be sexually abused in their lifetime. That is according to Kristine Cassie, CEO of the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre. The organization has rolled out a new program called Who do you tell which is being implemented in schools to protect children from predators. Cassie says the key messages are that children’s bodies belong to them, child sexual abuse is never the child’s fault, and to always tell a trusted adult. She says the program, which is geared for kindergarten to grade 6, aligns with the Alberta Education Curriculum.
According to Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services in Alberta alone, 34 per cent of people suffer sexual abuse before the age of 18. This statistic also says that 44 per cent of girls and 24 per cent of boys in Alberta experience child sexual abuse.
