The Protectors' Handbook opens by revealing the disparity between the official figures for sexual abuse on children and the real extent of this crime.
Abuse is often hidden because the difficulties victims face in understanding what was done to them and reporting it to someone who can stop it and deal with its consequences. The feelings of victims are revealed throughout the book as we read of the experience of abused children in their own words.
It goes on to provide parents and carers with the tools they need to move on from being non-abusing adults to being active protectors of children, equipped to prevent the risk of abuse, to recognise the symptoms if a child has been abused and to manage the consequences after it has been discovered.
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