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Synopsis:The literature on child disclosure of family abuse (i.e. sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to domestic violence) will be reviewed with a focus on how parental and community response to disclosure predicts long-term recovery for the child. Subtle and overt forms of non-supportive responses to disclosure will be examined through the prism of recent research on priming and neuroethics- a literature that can help elucidate the multiple pathways that adults might unconsciously employ to discourage children from fully communicating details of their victimization. Case vignettes will be shared illustrating healthy responses to child disclosure of abuse as well as familial and community responses that can exacerbate trauma related symptoms.

Prof David Pelcovitz (Professor Straus Chair in Psychology and Education, Azrieli Graduate School; Yeshiva University, New York)                          

The Impact of Telling: Disclosure of Child Abuse and Lessons for Communicating Difficult information to Parents