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HUGE Shout Out to our Admin/Outreach Volunteer of the Month: Hugh E! Hugh stepped up and helped our Community Engagement team by representing Signs of HOPE at the Henderson Pride Festival in June. He also volunteers on our Sexual Assault hotline. Thank you Hugh for being such a rockstar!
When abuse happens at a very young age, it can have a profound affect on a child’s development and behavior. As one of our colleagues at the Children’s Advocacy Center put it “these children have had a switch flipped on through no fault of their own, but it is very difficult to flip that switch back”.
In the short term, parents and caregivers may see a variety of behavioral changes related to the trauma of sexual abuse. According to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, “Very young children