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Shaken Baby Alliance http://www.shakenbaby.com Promotes public awareness and education, victim and family support, and victim advocacy. Offers networking and literature. Provides assistance in starting groups. Provides case consultation services to professionals involved in diagnosing, investigating, and prosecuting physical child abuse. Online listserv.
Parents Anonymous, Inc. http://www.parentsanonymous.org Country's oldest child abuse prevention organization. Opportunity for parents to learn new skills, transform their attitudes and behaviors, and create lasting changes in their lives. Group meetings offer free structured children's programs. Helps to develop new community groups by providing training and technical assistance, materials and networking.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous http://www.siawso.org 12-step program for men and women 18 yrs. or older who have been victims of child sexual abuse and want to be survivors. Newsletter ($15/yr), literature ($30 for 13 pieces), assistance in starting groups, volunteer information and referral line, speakers bureau. Send self-addressed stamped envelope when writing (include a donation if possible).
Incest Survivors Anonymous http://www.lafn.org/medical/isa Offers 12-Steps/12-Traditions principles and tools of recovery. Fellowship of men, women and teens who meet to share their experience, strength and hope, so that they may recover from their incest experiences and break free to a new peace of mind. Offers several packets of information, pen pals, I.S.A. E-mail Family Letter, CDs and cassettes. Not open to initiators, pedophiles, child molesters or satanists. Provides assistance in starting I.S.A. groups. When writing send a self-addressed stamped envelope (2 stamps).
Male Survivor: National Organization Against Male Sexual Victimization http://www.malesurvivor.org Information and referrals for male survivors of sexual assault and the professionals working with them. Conference every two years, referrals to local resources, periodic regional retreats offered, newsletter, online bulletin board and chatroom.
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse http://www.ascasupport.org Mutual support for adult survivors of physical, sexual, and/or emotional child abuse or neglect. Encourages victims to become survivors, then thrivers. Online support group meetings, monthly newsletter, group starter manuals, and general information. Assistance in starting groups.
SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) http://www.snapnetwork.org Support for men and women who were sexually abused by any clergy person (priest, brother, nun, deacon, teacher, etc.) Extensive phone network, newsletter, advocacy, conferences, information and referrals. Information on finding support groups. Dues $25 (optional).
Abused Survivors http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/abusedsurvivors Online support group that offers an outstretched hand to adult survivors of abuse (physical, verbal, emotional or sexual). Open only to survivors.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MODEL GROUPS: Model groups are not national or international groups. Contact this group only if you are interested in starting a similar group in your area or country. When writing to this group from the U.S.A., always include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. A small contribution toward their copying costs is also helpful. If you telephone, always be considerate of the time of day or night; most of these numbers are home phones.