Keep kids safe:
Sexual abuse prevention resources

Learn how to protect children in your care from sexual abuse and how to support healing for a child who has experienced abuse.

For professionals working with children

How to respond in a way that begins healing!

For parents & caregivers

Talk to your child about basic things: body parts, boundaries, ok/not ok/confusing touches. Let them know they can tell you anything.

Webinars for parents, caregivers and professionals who work with children

These recorded, one-hour webinars with KCSARC prevention educators detail what you need to know about identifying and preventing child sexual abuse, including how technology is enabling abuse.

The Link to Prevention podcast was created to give parents/caregivers and the professionals who work with young people a better sense of the issues and questions middle and high schoolers have on their minds, and how we answer them.

Episodes  focus on topics ranging from power to consent, mandatory reporting, and how to begin conversations with your child that help ensure their safety.

Building Resilience podcast offers parenting strategies aimed at building trust with the young person in your life to prevent sexual abuse, conversations with young people about what they need to hear, and a wide range of topics from other professionals in the field.

Guest interviews with parents of survivors about supporting a child through recovery from abuse, how to respond to a disclosure or discovery of sexual abuse, surface the changes we can all make in our everyday lives to shift the culture and stop sexual violence.

• Take it down – National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Commonsense Media
• Stop it now
• Quit clicking kids
• Thorn resources for parents

Talk it out with an advocate, any day, any time

KCSARC 24-hour Resource Line 1.888.998.6423

Unsure how to best help a young person showing signs of abuse? Is behavior you’re observing grooming or abuse?  Wondering if sexualized behaviors by a younger child is normal or concerning?

You don’t have to go it alone. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver or other supportive family member, or a  professional responsible for keeping children safe, we offer free and confidential consult, information and resources 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Advocates who staff our Resource Line have deep expertise in this issue. They can support you in determining next steps.