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Lara Cohen

Mr. Schurtz
AP English 12 Period
1
4 March 2010

Children’s Advocacy
Law
“The innocent and the beautiful have no
enemy but time” (Innocence Quotes).
A Children’s
Advocacy Lawyer
Types of Abuse

“Abuse if the
weapon of the
vulgar”
(ThinkExist).
Neglect

Most
Prevalen
t Form
of Abuse
in the
U.S.
4 types of neglect

-Physical
-Educational
-Emotional
-Medical
Physical Abuse
Knowing
Something is
Wrong
Sexual Abuse

9.3%
Spectrum of
Sexual
Abuse
Proof
Things Aren’t Always So
Clear
The painstaking
effects of
sexual abuse.
Abuse Is
About
Exerting
Control
The Process

“To get through the hardest journey we


need take only one step at a time, but we
must keep on stepping” (ThinkExist).
Reporting
Abuse
and
Neglect
When is a
children’s
advocate
Who are
childre
n’s
advocac
y
lawyers
?
Responsibilities of a
Children’s
Advocate
Less than 20% of Children
Cases go to Trial.
S
T
R
E
S
S
Effects…
Children’s
advocacy law
goes far
beyond the
courthouse…
Getting Your Hands Dirty
Surviving on Donations
My Involvement
Eye

Opening
“That’s what it takes to be a hero, a little
gem of innocence inside you that makes you
want to believe that there still exists a
right and wrong, that decency will somehow
triumph in the end” (Innocence Quotes).
Classroom Activity Ideas
1.Write a letter to a child suffering through
the legal system
2.Draw a picture of a childhood experience
you have had (positive or negative) and
be ready to explain how it has shaped
your life
3.Show the difficulty for a child to testify:
1.Chose one volunteer
2.Make them stand in front of the class and
answer in depth questions
3.Create a distraction and have them answer
the same questions
4.See if they become stressed/if their answers
match up
 Works Cited
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us/‌newsroom/‌fact-sheets/‌americas-children.html>.
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<http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/‌article/‌296/‌1/‌sexual-abuse-what-
it-is-and-how-often-it-occurs>.
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National Children’s Advocacy Center, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2009.


<http://www.nationalcac.org/‌professionals/‌research/‌projects.html>.
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Adolescent Gynecology 15.3 (2002): n. pag. MD Consult. Web. 1 Dec. 2009.


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<http://www.quotelucy.com/‌subjects/‌innocence-quotes.html>.
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