Resources for Friends, Family, Partners of Survivors

These links are provided for your convenience and information.  S.O.A.R. does not endorse, nor are we responsible for, the content of external sites.  Please use at your own discretion.

http://www.supportforpartners.org/ : Support for Partners is here to help provide some support for partners of those who have been sexually abused as children, provide resources to develop skills that help partners in their relationships, and provide information about abuse and its effects. The complexities and challenges of relationships are magnified with survivors of sexual abuse. Those who are in a partner-relationship with survivors often need some support and understanding to help them through the recovery process. Our online forum is a place where partners can both get and provide support.

http://partners.aest.org.uk/ Our forums for partners of sexual abuse survivors are limited to partners of survivors only, and apart from a couple of open forums, almost all of them are visible ony to members, who have to post an introduction before they can even see the main members sections. You thus have the opportunity to post about your true feelings among other partners, who understand, without having to restrict what you say because of survivors being able to read your posts.

http://www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/sexual-abuse : Caring for Kids: What Parents Need to Know about Sexual Abuse is a  consumer-focused resource kit that contains information and fact sheets for  parents, caregivers, and adolescents. The kit provides parents and caregivers with tools to help them support  children who have been victims of sexual abuse, information on the importance of  talking to children and youth about body safety, and guidance on how to respond  when children disclose sexual abuse. Also included is advice on how to cope with  the shock of intrafamilial abuse and with the emotional impact of legal  involvement in sexual abuse cases.

Government Websites

http://www.gov.ns.ca/coms/families/abuse/index.html: this is a Canadian government website which provides information on how to report childhood sexual abuse and provides a link to the Children and Family Services Act.

http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/facts-info/child-enf.html: this Department of Justice site provides information on what is abuse, preventing and responding to child abuse, consequences of child abuse, etc.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/publications/nfntsxagrsexadult-eng.php: this website provides an overview of information about survivors of childhood sexual abuse and covers such topics as connecting childhood abuse to adulthood, coping skills similarities and differences in male and female survivors, etc.