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Episode 7 || Child Sexual Abuse Prevention with Cherie Benjoseph

April 15, 2023 • Episode 7

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (as well as Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month).

Join us for a conversation with Cherie Benjoseph, LCSW. We discuss her work at The Center for Child Counseling, especially primary prevention efforts with kids, parents, and others in the community that aim to stop child sexual abuse and promote healthy behaviors and safe families.

EPISODE INFORMATION

Host: Emily Janas, Education & Prevention Manager at Women In Distress
Guests: Cherie Benjoseph, LCSW at The Center for Child Counseling
- Learn more about her organization here: https://www.centerforchildcounseling.org/
Music by: Shane Ivers at https://www.silvermansound.com/

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On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WomenInDistress
@WomenInDistress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenindistress
@WID_Teen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WID_Teen

ABOUT THE PODCAST
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This show, brought to you by the Education & Prevention team at Women In Distress in Broward County, FL is building awareness to end domestic violence. Each episode, we’ll be breaking down different aspects of the work – we’ll talk to survivors, advocates, community members, and others to explore the things that are happening right now and the work that still needs to be done.

ABOUT WOMEN IN DISTRESS
Women In Distress is the only state-certified, nationally accredited domestic violence center serving Broward County, Florida. Our mission is "To stop domestic abuse for everyone through intervention, education, and advocacy." https://www.womenindistress.org/

GET HELP:

If you are in immediate danger:
- Call 9-1-1
Women In Distress (Broward County)
- 24/7 Crisis Hotline: (954) 761-1133 | Florida Relay 711
- https://www.womenindistress.org/
FL Statewide DV Hotline: 1-800-500-1199
- Find your local Florida DV center: https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/domestic-violence
National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
- Text "START" to 88788
- https://www.thehotline.org/
SAMHSA Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988
- https://988lifeline.org/