What You Don'T Know Will Hurt You » (New Edition)

This book provides an overview of child abuse, specifically focusing on sexual abuse and move to a discussion on sexual abuse in the schools, including a look at legislation designed to protect students and the impact of this legislation in public schools.

List of Tables vii

Preface ix

1 Child Abuse: What Is It and How Does It Happen? 1

2 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Not True with Legislation 15

3 Shh! The Deadly Silence of Sexual Abuse in Special Education 31

4 The Silent Sin of Sexual Abuse: Lessons Learned from the Past 47

5 Sexual Abuse Prevention in Schools 61

6 Prevention Curriculum 75

Appendix A Federal Criminal Code 91

Appendix B Teaching Cases 101

References 129

About the Authors 139