My Body! What I Say Goes! Indigenous Edition: Teach Children Body Safety, Safe/Unsafe Touch, Private Parts, Secrets/Surprises, Consent, Respect (Int E Indigenous for Edition Contributor(s): Sanders, Jayneen (Author), Hancock, Anna (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1925089096 ISBN-13: 9781925089097 Publisher: Educate2empower Publishing OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Sexual Abuse - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
Dewey: 362.767 |
Physical Information: 0.11" H x 8" W x 10" (0.29 lbs) 42 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The crucial skills taught in this book will help children to protect their bodies from inappropriate touch. Children will be empowered to say in a strong and clear voice, "This is my body What I say goes " Through age-appropriate illustrations and engaging text this book, written by the author of 'No Means No ' and 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept', will teach children the following crucial and empowering skills in personal body safety: - identifying safe and unsafe feelings - recognizing early warning signs - developing a safety network - using the correct names for private parts - understanding the difference safe and unsafe touch - understanding the difference between secrets and surprises - respecting body boundaries. Approximately 20% of girls, and 8% of boys will experience sexual abuse before their 18th birthday (Pereda, et al, 2009). Parents, caregivers, and educators have a duty of care to protect children by teaching them Body Safety skills. These skills empower children, and go a long way in keeping them safe from abuse - ensuring they grow up as assertive and confident teenagers and adults. Also included in this book are in-depth Discussion Questions to further enhance the learning and to initiate important family conversations around body autonomy. |