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To: Michael A. Greg, Superintendent of Pinellas County Schools
Erin's Law Task Force - Florida 20 pgs
Join 4 other states in signing a petition to prevent Childhood Sexual Abuses or CSA, by adoption of the Erin’s Law Task Force in Florida which recommends that:
• Child sexual abuse prevention education be taught in grades pre-K through 5.
“Best Practices” should be included in this instruction (See page 16 of the task force report).
• Training for school administrators be amended to include child sexual abuse as a selective strand in Florida School Systems
• Child sexual abuse training should be provided as a certified professional development
unit (CPDU) for certified non-administrative school personnel.
Respectfully Submitted,
Chief Danny D. Langloss, Jr.
Chairman – Erin’s Law Task Force
Joan Spehr Clark - Move On Political Activist
Why is this important?
1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be the victim of child sexual abuse (CSA) by their 18th birthday.
There are more than 42 million survivors of CSA in the United States. 3 million of these
survivors are still children. These children could fill 46 national football stadiums
93 percent of the time sexual abuse is caused by a person who is supposed to protect you - a person in a position of trust or authority.
In almost every case, the only witnesses to this crime
are the perpetrator and the victim. Perpetrators often tell the child this is a secret and no one will believe them. Children rarely report abuse immediately. Often, they feel the abuse was their
fault. In these cases, delayed disclosure is the norm.
Most victims never tell anyone until several
years after the abuse, if they ever tell at all.
The 4 states that passed this law already are
IN IL MO MAINE