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The Cost of Not Preventing Child Abuse

The cost of not preventing child abuse affects today’s abused children, adult survivors who were abused when they were children, and society as a whole due to the financial impact to the taxpayer--$438,152,000 annually in Kansas alone. 

In 2002 the Child Welfare League of America listed the population of children under the age of 18 in Kansas at 714,000.   The reported cases of child abuse/neglect in Kansas were 59.8 children/1000, according to Kansas Action for Children in 2003.  This translates to 42,697 reported cases involving Kansas children in one year’s time.  As high as this figure is it is still extremely conservative because it is estimated that as few as 1 in 5 cases, nation-wide, are reported.  The cost of childhood abuse is reflected both in the lives directly damaged and in the resulting economic burden placed on the victims and society.  A.R.E.A. believes that through education and legislation we can place the financial responsibility where it belongs, with the perpetrator and, ideally, help to deter the devastating act of child abuse. 

Please follow the link below to learn more about The Cost of Not Preventing Child Abuse.  If you would like to lend your support to this endeavor please contact A.R.E.A. by e-mail at area.ks@cox.net.




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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Resources to learn more about abuse

BOOKS ON CHILD ABUSE
Robert Scaer, M.D. The Trauma Spectrum. W.W. Norton.
ISBN 0 393 70466 1 2005.
Robert Scaer, M.D. The Body Bears the Burden. Haworth Press.                           ISBN 0 7890 1245 0 2001.
Bellaruth Naparstek. Invisible Heroes. Bantam Books. 2004.
ISBN 055 338 3844. Paper.
Christine Page, M.D. Spiritual Alchemy: How to Transform Your Life.
Cygnus Books 2004.
Laura Davis. I Thought We’d Never Speak Again. Harper/Collins. 2002.
       ISBN 0060197625.
Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The                Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies. New York: Compact                 Clinicals. 2000.
Wm. Lee Carter, Ed.D. It Happened to Me: A Teen Guide in Overcoming                Sexual Abuse. New Harbringer. 2002. Paper. ISBN 1572242795.
Paige Alisen. Finding Courage to Speak: Women’s Survival of Child Abuse            Sidran Order Code: ALFI.
Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D. Trusting After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships        for Survivors and Those Who Love Them. Paperback.                                      ISBN 1 57224 101 2. 1998.
Grant Cameron. What About Me? A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners
Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse. Paperback. ISBN 0921165382.
Steven Gold, Ph.D. Not Trauma Alone: Therapy for Survivors.
ISBN 1591792479.
Raul R. Silva, M.D. Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Handbook)         For professionals. Paperback.
Marion Bilich, et. al. Shared Grace: Therapists and Clergy Working
Together. Sidran Press Order Code: BISH 2000.
Debbie Mahoney. Innocence Lost?: Protecting Your Child
ISBN 18990613096.
Peter Levine, Ph.D. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Paperback. North
Atlantic Books. ISBN 1 55643 233 X.
James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D. Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal.
ISBN 1572243651 2004.
Barry M. Cohen, et. al. Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art: Drawing
      from the Center. Paperback workbook. Sidran Press Order Code:
COMT.
Claire R. Reeves. Childhood: It Should Not Hurt.
ISBN 0 97430808 2003.

FROM SIDRAN PRESS WITH ORDER CODES WHERE AVAILABLE:
Alice Miller. The Body Never Lies. 2005. Order Code: MIBO.
Simpson and Simpson. Coping With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Order Code: SICW.
Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett. Health Consequences of Abuse in the Family
Order Code: KEHE.
Lisa Lewis, Ph.D. and others. Restoring Hope and Trust: An Illustrated
Guide To Mastering Trauma. Order Code: LERE Paper.
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of
Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books/Harper
Collins. Order Code: HETR.
Katie Evans. Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Addiction,
revised. Order Code: HZPT2.
James Gilligan, M.D. Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic.
Order Code: GIVI paper.
Elizabeth Vermilyea. Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-help Toolkit for
Managing Traumatic Stress. Order Code: VEGB paper.
Marilyn Van Derbur. Miss America By Day. Order Code: DEMI 2000.
Stefanie Auerbach Stolinsky, Ph.D. Act It Out: 25 Expressive Ways to Heal        from Childhood Abuse. Order Code: STAC paper.
Nancy J. Napier, M.A., M.F.C.C. Getting Through The Day: Strategies for
Adults Hurt as Children. Order Code: NAGT paper.

OTHER TITLES:
Maltz and Holman. Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to Understanding and
Healing. Lexington Books.
Pamela Cooper-White. The Cry of Tamar: Violence Against Women and the
Church’s Response. Chicago Fortress Press. 1995.
Eugene Kennedy. The Unhealed Wound. St. Martins-Griffen. 2001.
Canfield. Broken and Battered: A Way Out for Abused Women. Haworth
Press. 2000. Barstow, Editor War’s.