Volume 27, Number 3, 155-164, DOI: 10.1007/s11195-009-9127-y

Stop Sexual Abuse in Special Education: An Ecological Model of Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse in Special Education

Denise Skarbek, Karen Hahn and Patricia Parrish

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Abstract

Children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be sexually abused than their nondisabled peers. Moreover, the abuse will likely be committed by someone they know and trust such as a parent, sibling, teacher, day care provider, priest, or coach. Given this, it is critical that schools implement sexual abuse prevention and intervention programs for children with disabilities. Prevention and intervention programs based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model infused with the three categories of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary as espoused by the Centers for Disease Control is proposed.

Keywords  Sexual abuse - Special education - Prevention - Children - Prevention - Intervention

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