Trauma Education Video Series
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C3P’s Trauma Education Video Series, which the Phoenix 11 and other survivors advised on, are for survivors of child sexual abuse and their friends, family members or therapists.
Resources
For Survivors
Resources from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection:
Project Arachnid®
projectarachnid.ca
Project Arachnid is an innovative, victim-centric set of tools to combat the growing proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the internet.
Support for Survivors and Families
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C3P offers support services to those who have been victimized online. This may include, but is not limited to, those who have been victimized by luring, sextortion, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images, or who have had child sexual abuse images shared online.
Resources from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children:
Take It Down
takeitdown.ncmec.org
This service is one step you can take to help remove nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18 from online.
Finding a therapist or attorney in the U.S.
missingkids.org
This page has information about locating a therapist and/or an attorney in the U.S.
Connecting with community support in the U.S.
missingkids.org
Team HOPE is a group of peer support volunteers who have lived experience with missing and exploited children’s issues.
Books we have found helpful:
Warning: Due to the nature of the subject matter in the books, some of the content may be difficult or triggering for some individuals.
- The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
- Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Lewis Herman
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter A. Levine
- milk and honey, by Rupi Kaur
- the sun and her flowers, by Rupi Kaur
- Healing Through Words, by Rupi Kaur
- The Courage to Heal, by Ellen Bass
For Professionals
Insights from the Phoenix 11 for Law Enforcement Working with Survivors of CSAM
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Published as part of NCMEC’s Be the Solution – Helping Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Material: A Guide for Law Enforcement.
Therapy with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Images
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A summary for therapists working with survivors, created by the Phoenix 11, based on their own experiences.
Organized Abuse Research
organisedabuse.com
Information and current research on CSAM by Dr. Michael Salter, a leading criminologist in this area and the Scientia Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Step forward. Take a chance. You’re not alone. Reflections from the Phoenix 11 and Chicago Males on their experiences as public advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse material
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This report draws on interviews with members of two survivor groups about the impact of their activist journeys for a community that has long been silenced. This is the first known research to explore how participating in advocacy impacts CSAM survivors.
Call it what it is
childrescuecoalition.org
The Child Rescue Coalition launched the petition “Call it what it is,” asking citizens to help change the terminology in legislation from “child pornography” to CSAM to better reflect the reality of this crime.
CSAM Report Numbers
missingkids.org
CSAM is a global issue. While no one really knows how much CSAM is on the internet, the number of reports to NCMEC’s CyberTipline are one way to measure the growing scope of the problem.
Survey results from survivors and their families
C3P has published results from their
International Survivors’ Survey for now-adult
survivors whose child sexual abuse was recorded and/or distributed online, with recommendations to address this horrific crime.
A video documenting the results of the international survey is also available.
Parents’ Perspectives on how Child Sexual Abuse Material Impacts the Entire Family
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Parents’ Perspectives on how Child Sexual Abuse Material Impacts the Entire Family is a follow up to the survivors’ survey from C3P, recognizing that the effects of this horrific crime reach beyond the survivor.