The 2013 SAAM campaign focused on healthy sexuality and child sexual abuse prevention. Adults, communities, and organizations can identify risk factors, support healthy boundaries, and challenge negative messages. These actions prevent sexual abuse against children.
It’s time to start talking about healthy childhood development to prevent child sexual abuse.
Resources, Planning Tools, Graphics, Media
Healthy Childhood Sexual Development Resources
An overview on healthy childhood sexual development
This tool provides an overview of healthy childhood sexual development by exploring age-appropriate behaviors and skills and information on supporting healthy development.
Resource for community members
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.
Exercise: Talking to your child
This exercise focuses on increasing a parent’s comfort and knowledge when talking to their child about sex.
Resource for advocates, educators, and preventionists
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.
Resources from SAAM 2012 campaign provide an overview of healthy sexuality as an approach to sexual violence prevention. Use these tools to learn more about healthy sexuality and as a foundation to your campaign.
The NSVRC Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Information Packet provides a comprehensive overview, resources, and research to support prevention efforts.
Planning Tools
These materials support planning, outreach and participation in Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaigns.
Event ideas for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)
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
Tips for partnering with youth-serving organizations
A fact sheet on sexual violence prevention and healthy sexuality for youth-serving organizations like camps, church groups, and daycares.
A fact sheet on sexual violence prevention and healthy sexuality for parents and other adults who provide care to young people.
Tips for health care professionals
A fact sheet on sexual violence prevention and healthy sexuality for medical staff and other healthcare professionals.
Campaign visuals
The NSVRC provides free downloads graphics, art and visuals of the Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign.
Download English Logo
Download Spanish logo
Download English Slogan Logo
Download Spanish Slogan Logo
For more file downloads of campaign logos, visit SAAM Graphics.
Media Activism
Daily posts for Twitter & Facebook
Explore how social media tools can help spread awareness and advocate for social change.
A sample Letter to the Editor template for a healthy childhood sexual development for sexual violence prevention.
Reporting on sexual violence is a difficult task and we appreciate the media’s commitment to doing so with integrity. The NSVRC created a packet for journalists about reporting on sexual violence.
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.