The 2013 National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign focuses on healthy sexuality and its connection to child sexual abuse prevention.
This April, join the conversation. Start talking about healthy childhood development to prevent child sexual abuse.
The upcoming SAAM campaign provides tools and information on healthy childhood sexual development that adults can use. By learning about the characteristics of healthy sexuality, adults can better identify risks, support healthy boundaries and challenge negative messages. These tools support parents, community members and organizations as they work to prevent child sexual abuse.
Healthy Childhood Sexual Development Resources
This tool provides an overview of healthy childhood sexual development by exploring age-appropriate behaviors and skills and information on supporting healthy development.
This tool focuses on how all adults in a community can support child sexual abuse prevention efforts and promote healthier environments for children.
This tool explores how parents can better understand healthy childhood development, create safe environments and support the children in their lives.
This exercise focuses on increasing a parent’s comfort and knowledge when talking to their child about sex.
This tool equips leaders and partners in sexual violence prevention to understand healthy child sexual development and engage adults in promoting healthy development and skills.
Additional resources:
Resources from
SAAM 2012 campaign provide an overview of healthy sexuality as sexual violence prevention. Use these tools to learn more about healthy sexuality and as a foundation to a healthy childhood sexual development campaign.
Campaign materials
These materials support planning, outreach and participation in Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaigns.
Daily posts for social networking sites
Suggestions for April and the SAAM Day of Action: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Learn how to plan an effective prevention campaign
A customizable proclamation for your community
A sample Letter to the Editor
Factsheets on sexual violence prevention:
For additional campaign planning tools and tips, join the conversation at
the SAAM blog. To request a resource CD, join our mailing list by contacting
resources@nsvrc.org. Many resources are also available in
Spanish.
Campaign visuals
The graphics, art and visuals of the Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month logos
(Available in English and Spanish)
“Talk early, talk often” logos
(Available in English and Spanish)
Downloads for SAAM
Campaign logos, posters and images for Facebook and Twitter are available for
download.
Twitter chats on Tuesdays in April! #TweetAboutIt
Tweet about it! Tuesdays are chats happening on Twitter every Tuesday in April as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Join experts for a one-hour live discussion of child sexual abuse prevention and the role all adults can play in promoting healthy development.
Learn how to participate.
Tuesday, April 2 @ 2pm EST
SAAM Day of Action
Hosted by Dr. Janet Rosenzweig (
@JanetRosenzweig), expert committed to promoting sexual health and safety.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 2pm EST
In partnership with the Pennslvania Coalition Against Rape (
@PCARorg)
Hosted by
@PCARorg and Tara Murtha
(@taramurtha), reporter for Philadelphia Weekly and teacher at Temple University.
Tuesday, April 16 @ 2pm EST
Preventing sexual violence in Latin@ communities
Hosted by Casa de Esperanza (
@casadeesperanza), mobilizing Latinas and Latino communities to end domestic violence.
Tuesday, April 23 @ 2pm EST
In partnership with the Pennslvania Coalition Against Rape (
@PCARorg)
Hosted by
@PCARorg and Dr. Ian Elliott (
@ianaelliott), criminal psychologist and a research scholar at the Justice Center for Research at Penn State University.
Discount films for SAAM
