With the Best of Intentions

"Because school social workers are mandated reporters and may be responsible for identifying, selecting, developing and/or delivering child abuse prevention curricula, this book offers good insights into the problems of child sexual abuse prevention programs and will prove very useful to social workers involved in this process." --School Social Work Journal "Another new study points to the damaging effects of child sexual abuse prevention programs based on empowerment ideology. Coinvestigators Jill Duerr Berrick, Ph.D., and Neil Gerbert, Ph.D., report that such programs were developed for women and are being inappropriately introduced to children--to the tune of millions of dollars--often with negative results. Children between the ages of three and nine are most negatively affected. In their book...Berrick and Gilbert present an alternative approach that is less adversarial and more attentive to child development." --Mothering "With the Best of Intentions addresses a difficult and complex issue in a thoughtful and logical manner. The criticisms of the child sexual abuse prevention movement are compelling and deserve consideration. This book will be of interest to any professional who works with sexually abused children, and will be of particular interest to those responsible for designing or implementing programs geared towards prevention of childhood sexual abuse." --Journal of Social Service Research ''Should be high priority reading for all those interested in the issue of the sexual abuse of children.'' --Choice ''A well written book. The authors...offer an alternative approach to the sexual abuse prevention format. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the sexual abuse prevention movement.'' --Treating Abuse Today ''An interesting book which presents a convincing case that child sexual abuse prevention training programs are in need of significant reform. It is certainly relevant to to those clinicians who practice child and adolescent psychiatry...or who provide consultation services to schools." --Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry Law ''An important, thought-provoking book....Well organized and clearly written. It should be of interest to a wide range of health and mental health professionals concerned with the efficacy of child abuse prevention training for young children.'' --Hospital and Community PsychiatryBerrick, Jill Duerr is the author of 'With the Best of Intentions' with ISBN 9780898625646 and ISBN 0898625645.