Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
The Family Support Project
Principal Investigator
Thomas Roesler, MD
Funding Source
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families
Description
This project seeks to compare a novel family therapy based crisis
intervention to standard community based treatments for children
who have recently disclosed sexual abuse. The family support intervention
is centered on maximizing the validation that a child experiences
from the available social network in response to the abuse. It is
not known what is the best way to treat children who have been sexually
abused. It is clear that sexual abuse in childhood can have devastating
short and long term psychological consequences.
Significance
This research can point towards the most effective means of minimizing
the short and long term negative outcomes for child victims of sexual
abuse.
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