Reading Room 

The Children’s Advocacy Center Staff understands you may have many questions surrounding your child’s abuse. We are available to answer questions even after your child’s interview is over. The following is a list of books that you may find helpful to answer some of your questions during you and your child’s journey to recovery. We recommend that these books be used in conjunction with therapy and not in place of.

For Parents

• Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse. Author: Caren Adams & Jennifer Fay
• What’s Happening in Our Family? Understanding Sexual Abuse through Metaphors. Author: Constance M. Ostis, MSW
• No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse. Author: Robin D. Stone
• Straying Towards Truth. Author: Karen E. Fennell

For Teens

• How Long Does It Hurt? Author: Cynthia L. Mather & Kristina E. Debye
• Back On Track. Author: Leslie Bailey Wright & Mindy B. Loiselle (Specifically for boys ages 10 and up)

For Children

• U Touch I Tell. Author: Chi Hosseinion
• Please Tell! A child’s story about sexual abuse. Author: Jessie
• No More Secrets for Me. Author: Oralee Wachter
• It Happened to Me: A Creative Healing Book. Author: Debra Whiting Alexander
• The Mouse Who Went Surfing Alone. Author: Risa Vetri Ferman (Internet Safety)- ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS BOOK GO TO MISSION KIDS

For Adult Survivors

• The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Author: Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
• The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women & Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Author: Laura Davis