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About SECASA
About SECASA
- Access to SECASA services via public transport
- Address and contact numbers
- SECASA's services
- Victims like us: the development of the Victorian CASAs
- What are the Victorian CASAs?
- Who is SECASA
Annual reports
Awards and feedback
- Awards 1995
- Awards 1998
- Awards 1999
- Awards 2000
- Awards 2001
- Awards 2002
- Awards 2003
- Awards 2005
- Feedback
Groups
SECASA services
- Access to SECASA services via public transport
- Angela Taylor child protection unit
- Domestic violence outreach unit
- Family violence counselling service
- Inner Middle Crisis Advocacy Response Service
- Making rights reality for SA victims with a disability
- SECASA clinical supervision service
- SECASA legal service
- SECASA mens service
- SECASA's services
- Services for youth with abusive sexual behaviours
Service evaluation
Family & Friends
About Child Abuse
- Child physical abuse: Understanding and responding
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Helping the child victim of sexual assault
- Indicators of child abuse
- Myths about sexual abuse
- Recognising abuse and neglect
- What is child abuse?
- Who are the offenders?
- Why does sexual abuse happen?
About Your Child
- 101 Phrases of praise
- Age appropriate sexual behaviour guide
- Age appropriate sexual behaviour in children and young people
- Child development and trauma guide
- Child sexual development
- Childrens behaviour and sexual assault
- Coping with trauma
- Frequently asked questions about counselling
- What are the effects of child sexual assault?
- What to do if a child discloses to you
- What your child might be thinking
- You and your child
Caring for Yourself
- Consequences for your family life
- Feelings you may be experiencing
- How do I explain to others
- Should I have counselling too?
- Vivien's story
- Ways of coping
- What can I do to look after myself?
For Family and Friends
- Elder abuse
- For foster carers
- For friends
- For grandparents
- For parents
- For partners of female survivors
- For younger brothers and sisters
- Has your drink been spiked
- Men and rape
- Relating to rape survivors
- Sibling sexual abuse: Information for adults abused as children
- Someone you know has been raped
- What can I do to help survivors and prevent sexual violence?
- Who can a man tell?
Legal Information
- About mandatory reporting
- Angela Taylor child protection unit
- Applying for victims of crime assistance
- Court illustrations
- Intervention orders
- Legal definitions of sexual offences
- Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
- Options regarding reporting to police
- Relevant legislation
- Role of the police
- SECASA legal service
- Smart justice: Better support for victims of crime
Medical Information
- Doctor/patient complaints
- Medical examinations after rape
- Medical exams - child abuse
- Sexually transmissible infections
Offending Behaviours
- About offenders who sexually assault children
- Offenders in Australia
- Recidivism of sex offenders
- Rehabilitating offenders
- Services for youth with abusive sexual behaviours
- Theories on why sexual abuse happens
- What are offending behaviours?
Preventing Child Abuse
- About offenders
- Defining offender types
- How children are tricked
- How/why children do not tell
- Protective strategies
- Taking steps to prevent child abuse
- Talking about bodies
- Talking about feelings
- Talking about sex
- Talking about sexual assault
- Talking about telling
- What ifs
Statistics
Supporting Males
- Back on track - DVD
- Getting back on track
- It happened to us: Men talk about child sexual abuse
- Men and rape
- Men talk about sexual abuse - the journey to recovery
- Mike Lew - Don't give up
- Myths about male rape
- Options for men regarding reporting to police
- Practical help for men
- The aftermath of sexual assault: Am I supposed to feel this way?
- When a man is raped
- Who can a man tell?
K to 12
Feeling Safe Together Program
For Children
- A bunch of questions other kids have asked
- Book for 10 to 13 year olds
- Book for 6 to 10 year olds
- Book for preschoolers
- Book for sisters and brothers
- Online safety survey
- When sex is not OK
For Teachers
- 101 Phrases of praise
- Age appropriate sexual behaviour guide
- Child & adolescent sexuality
- Child development and trauma guide
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Helping the abused student in the classroom
- Mandatory reporting
- Preventing child abuse
- Providing support to vulnerable children and families
- Sexual harrassment
- Teachers Frequently Asked Questions
- Understanding and working with young male survivors of SA
- What can I expect?
- What can I do and say to help the child?
- When enough is enough - Sexual harassment in the classroom
- Working with recent rape survivors
For Teenagers
- Abuse in teen relationships - for boys
- Abuse in teen relationships - for girls
- Face values: Making sense of violent relationships
- Going too far: Creating non-violent relationships
- Has your drink been spiked
- Information for teenage boys
- Information for teenage girls
- My body belongs to me
- Myths about male rape
- Online dating
- Online safety survey
- Rape myths
- Safer partying
- Sex in the new millenium: information about sex for teenage boys
- When sex is not OK
- Why get help: Sexual assault counselling for young people
- Will CASA tell my parents?
Respect Protect Connect Program
- About Respect, Protect, Connect
- About the program
- An evaluation of the Respect Protect Connect program
- Bookings
- Example workshop outline
- Feedback
- How to run workshops in your school
- Manual - Addressing gender and violence issues with young men
- Manual - Information for youth workers, teachers and educators
- References
- Respect Protect Connect on Facebook
- Schools visits
- The Respect Protect Connect Manual
Statistics
What if I have to go to Court?
Survivors
Back on Track DVD
Clergy Abuse
Family Violence
- Abuse in relationships: Can you see it?
- Domestic violence outreach unit
- Domestic violence resource centre
- Female circumcision/Female genital mutilation
- Partner rape: Know about it, respond effectively, prevent it
- Planning for your safety
- Power and control: Domestic violence in America
- Stop violence against deaf
- Tell someone about the violence
- The Jewish taskforce against family violence
- The love control
- Violence Against Women - Taking the tackle
- Violence against women: what can I do?
For Males
- Back on track - DVD
- Boys and men healing from male child sexual abuse
- Getting back on track
- How long will my recovery take?
- Information for customers of SOPV's
- Information for men on childhood sexual assault
- Information for men on rape
- Information for teenage boys
- It happened to us: Men talk about child sexual abuse
- Men talk about sexual abuse - the journey to recovery
- Men's legal issues
- Mike Lew - Don't give up
- Offending women
- Options for men regarding reporting to police
- Practical help for men
- Recent sexual assault
- Research statistics
- SECASA mens service
- Sexual harassment and men
- Sexually transmissible infections
- Should I have counselling or not?
- The aftermath of sexual assault: Am I supposed to feel this way?
- When a man is raped
- Who can a man tell?
For Sex Workers
For Teenagers
- Abuse in teen relationships - for boys
- Abuse in teen relationships - for girls
- Face values: Making sense of violent relationships
- Going too far: Creating non-violent relationships
- Information for teenage boys
- Information for teenage girls
- My body belongs to me
- Myths about male rape
- Rape myths
- Sex in the new millenium: information about sex for teenage boys
- Stepping out: Incest information for girls
- When sex is not OK
- Why get help: Sexual assault counselling for young people
- Will CASA tell my parents?
Healing
- Counselling information for women
- Dance therapy
- Getting the most from counselling
- My journey to seeking help
- Should I have counselling or not?
- Who can a man tell?
Incest & Child Abuse
- About offenders who sexually assault children
- About sexual assault
- Access issues regarding abusers and victims
- Child development and trauma guide
- Child physical abuse: Understanding and responding
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Child sexual development
- Common beliefs about incest
- General information
- How children cope with the pain of sexual assault
- Indicators of child abuse
- It happened to me: Women talk about child sexual abuse
- It happened to us: Men talk about child sexual abuse
- Sibling sexual abuse: Information for adults abused as children
- What are the effects of child sexual assault?
- What is post traumatic stress disorder?
Information on Rape
- About sexual assault
- Common beliefs about rape
- Date rape
- Date/acquaintance rape
- Elder abuse
- Feelings after sexual assault
- Getting back on track
- Has your drink been spiked
- If you are the victim of sexual assault while travelling oversea
- Information for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
- Information for victims of rape
- Minorities and rape
- Online dating
- Partner rape: Know about it, respond effectively, prevent it
- Pregnancy following rape
- Rape myths
- Rape: The crime we ask for
- Reactions to rape
- Recent sexual assault
- Sexually transmissible infections
- Suicide and sexual assault
- Surviving rape
- The aftermath of sexual assault: Am I supposed to feel this way?
- The psychological adjustment of the rape victim
- When a man is raped
- Women and rape
Legal Information
- Angela Taylor child protection unit
- Applying for victims of crime assistance
- Children in the legal system
- Court illustrations
- How the legal system responds to sexual assault victim/survivors
- Legal definitions of sexual offences
- Legal ombudsman
- Offenses against young children
- Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
- Options regarding reporting to police
- Relevant legislation
- SECASA legal service
- Sexual offences & child abuse units
- Smart justice: Better support for victims of crime
- What happens when you report an assault to the police?
Medical Information
- Beyond sexual assault: For dental professionals
- Breastfeeding after child sexual abuse
- Bridging the gap: A research report
- Doctor/patient complaints
- Female circumcision/Female genital mutilation
- Medical examinations after rape
- Recent sexual assault
- Sexually transmissible infections
- What are eating disorders?
Offending Behaviours
- About offenders who sexually assault children
- Offenders in Australia
- Recidivism of sex offenders
- Rehabilitating offenders
- Services for youth with abusive sexual behaviours
- Theories on why sexual abuse happens
- What are offending behaviours?
Preventing Child Abuse
- About offenders
- Defining offender types
- How children are tricked
- How/why children do not tell
- Protective strategies
- Taking steps to prevent child abuse
- Talking about bodies
- Talking about feelings
- Talking about sex
- Talking about sexual assault
- Talking about telling
- What ifs
Sexual Harrassment
- Information for apprentices about sexual harassment
- Sexual harrassment
- Sexual harrassment issues for men
- When enough is enough - Sexual harassment in the classroom
Statistics
Survivors Have Your Say
- Clergy abuse survey
- Community attitudes about sexual assault
- Have your say on Sexting
- New website survey
- Online safety survey
- Policing just outcomes survey results
- Preventing child abuse survey results
- Relationships and functioning survey
- Restorative justice survey
- Survey about sexual assault in a mixed psych ward
- Survivors web survey results
- Unofficial statistics
- Victim impact survey results
- Why don't people report sexual assault
- Writing a protest letter
The Cafe
- A fairy tale
- A glimpse within
- A lifetime of choices
- A story by B
- A story from S
- Art from the Heart
- Blue Light Derby Hill Camp
- Break from the norm
- By Cat
- Closure
- Counselling for partners
- Creating day
- Diane's say
- Guiding light
- I can remember
- I will be content
- Learn to live again
- Living with a victim of childhood sexual abuse
- Mother
- My pain
- Personal vision statement
- Poetry 1
- Poetry 2
- Road to recovery
- Secret Untold
- Surviving Christmas
- Tears unbidden
- The healing couch
- The imaginary worry chest
- The Nowhere Man
- This life
- Those who don't believe what is said
- Why can't I get on with my life?
Workers
Counselling Issues
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Common beliefs about incest
- Elder abuse
- Gender issues
- Groupwork theory
- Guiding principles in working with survivors
- Issues relating to Aboriginal culture
- Myths about male rape
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Preventing child abuse
- Rape myths
- Supporting non-offending family members
- Telephone counselling
- The effects of childhood sexual abuse
- The traumatization process
- Theories on why sexual abuse happens
- Working with minority groups
Family Violence
Legal Information
- About mandatory reporting
- Abuse and harm - legal and practice definitions
- Applying for victims of crime assistance
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Court illustrations
- Defining and identifying child abuse
- Going to court
- How the legal system responds to sexual assault victim/survivors
- Indicators of child abuse
- Legal definitions of sexual offences
- Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria
- Options regarding reporting to police
- Relevant legislation
- Report writing
- SECASA legal service
- Smart justice: Better support for victims of crime
- So you are a witness
- Taking legal action
Medical and Dental Workers
- Beyond sexual abuse: Enhancing GPs' responses
- Beyond sexual assault: For dental professionals
- Bridging the gap: A research report
Offending Behaviours
- About offenders who sexually assault children
- CEASE Standards of practice for treatment programs
- Department of Human Services: Specialist practice resources
- Offenders in Australia
- Recidivism of sex offenders
- Rehabilitating offenders
- Services for youth with abusive sexual behaviours
- Theories on why sexual abuse happens
- What are offending behaviours?
Preventing Child Abuse
- About offenders
- Defining offender types
- How children are tricked
- How/why children do not tell
- Protective strategies
- Taking steps to prevent child abuse
- Talking about bodies
- Talking about feelings
- Talking about sex
- Talking about sexual assault
- Talking about telling
- What ifs
Statistics
Useful Articles
- About Respect, Protect, Connect
- Allegations of child sexual abuse
- Breaking the last taboo: sexual abuse by female perpetrators
- Children in the legal system
- Confronting precedent and predudice
- Dealing with CSA at the point of Disclosure
- False memory Syndrome
- How do children tell? The disclosure process in child abuse
- Is the child victim of sexual abuse telling the truth?
- Mother/daughter rape
- Offending mothers
- Offending women
- Responding to abuse: a matter of perspective
- The child abuse accommodation syndrome
- The creative space
- The psychological adjustment of the rape victim
- Understanding and working with young male survivors of SA
Worker Health
Workers Have Your Say
Working with Children
- 101 Phrases of praise
- Age appropriate sexual behaviour guide
- Age appropriate sexual behaviour in children and young people
- Child development and trauma guide
- Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding
- Children's behaviour after sexual assault
- Dealing with disclosure
- Helping the child victim of sexual assault
- How children cope with the pain of sexual assault
- Indicators of child abuse
- Key factors for nondisclosure
- Preventing child abuse
- Through a child's eyes
- Traumagenic dynamics
Working with ID Clients
Working with Men
Working with Teenagers & Adults
- Australian posttraumatic stress disorder guidelines
- Child & adolescent sexuality
- Dance therapy
- Elder abuse
- Naturopathy and sexual assault
- Understanding and working with young male survivors of SA
- Working with adolescents
- Working with adult survivors
- Working with adult survivors of child sexual assault
- Working with recent rape survivors
The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Victoria. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.