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In this episode, we continue to look at what child molesters can tell us about how they are able to gain access to our children, how they cultivate trusting relationships with us, and how they lure our children into situations and environments that place them at high risk. The practical aspects of what it looks like to keep children safe are a real value in this episode. 

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In this episode we take a look at some research from a different source to see how an investigation from a criminal perspective can reinforce and perhaps enhance the value of what we are discovering in this journey. What can offenders tell us about how they work to develop and cultivate relationships that give them access to our children that will help us create and maintain safe environments and promote Keeping Them Safe. 

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Many organizations have agreements with area schools, organizations, and programs to share facilities. This episode looks at the challenges of ensuring that those outside organizations are complying with the standards you set for your facilities and programs to ensure safety for all concerned. 

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This episode speaks to the establishment of actual physical environments that promote safe environments using the context of the guidelines set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Patents, administrators, teachers, volunteers and vendors can gain insight into how to establish policies, procedures, and practices that preserve and promote safety and how to ensure that all those who engage in activities on the premises also comply. 

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This episode intends to dispel any notion that we "know" where to look for potential perpetrators because of who they are.  It also deals with new research about female perpetrators and the devastating consequences for our children of our failure to look in their direction for the behaviors we know  place children at risk of harm. 

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This episode considers the challenges faced by parents when grandparents, aunts and uncles don't seem to be able to follow the parents' rules or avoid giving gifts without permission. Grandparents and aunts and uncles can see how their unwillingness to pay attention to this warning sign places children at risk of harm from other adults with a different agenda. 

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In this episode we continue a discussion of the Potentially Risky Adult behaviors by considering what it looks like in reality when someone "always wants to be alone with children" and how we can stop that from happening.

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In this episode the need for reinvention of prevention efforts throughout the child welfare system is discussed including references to a presentation by Dr. Jerry Milner, former Associate Director of The Children’s Bureau and Acting Commissioner of the US. Government’s Administration for Children, Youth and Families. Dr. Milner addresses the need for reinventing our prevention efforts to focus on primary prevention and the challenges that effort faces in the current structure of child welfare.  

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 Dr. Maggie Ingram, Health Scientist, from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Division of Violence Prevention’s Child Abuse, Neglect, and Adversity Team joins us to talk about a topic that can sometimes be uncomfortable or hard to discuss: problematic sexual behavior among children. In this podcast, you will gain an understanding of what’s healthy and appropriate sexual behavior when young children are developing and what is problematic or harmful sexual behavior in our kids. Note: The opinions and statements in this podcast are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

· parents | National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth (ncsby.org)
· INTRODUCTION | National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth (ncsby.org)
· saam_2013_an-overview-of-healthy-childhood-sexual-development.pdf (nsvrc.org)
· Taking Action (Children) – PDF Download | Safer Society Press
· Taking Action (Adolescents) – PDF Download | Safer Society Press
· The-Hackett-Continuum.pdf (centralsexualhealth.org)

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In this episode, Sharon answers several of the questions that have repeatedly been asked of her over the last 25 years as she has presented programs to adults around the country. Among the questions are those that identify the different types of predators that molest our children, why the children feel guilty when they are victimized, and what percentage of abuse occurs in families.