Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Evaluation of a Teacher Training Model

• NCJ Number: 115051
• Journal: Child Abuse and Neglect, the International Journal Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: (1988) Pages: 555-561
• Author(s): C Kleemeier; C Webb; A Hazzard; J Pohl
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 7 pages
• Grant Number(s): MH41161-01
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Paper Presented at the American Psychological Association, New York, August 1987.

Annotation

In this evaluation of the effectiveness of a 6-hour teacher training workshop on child sexual abuse prevention, responses of 26 female elementary teachers who participated in the workshop were compared to responses of 19 control teachers on several pretraining, posttraining, and follow-up measures.

Abstract

Relative to controls, trained teachers demonstrated significant increases from pretesting to posttesting in knowledge about child sexual abuse and pro-prevention opinions. On a post-only vignettes measure, trained teachers were better able than control teachers to identify behavioral indicators of abuse and suggest appropriate interventions for hypothetical sexually abused children. Over a 6-week follow-up period, trained teachers read more about child abuse than control teachers but did not differ on other behavioral dimensions such as reporting suspected abuse cases. Further research will examine the effects of additional teacher training over an extended follow-up period. 1 table, 17 references. (Author abstract modified)