What WIll Happen If I Tell?

Text Box: The worst thing that can happen when child sexual abuse is reported is that child’s caregivers/family are left awash in a sea of processes they do not understand and feel that they have no control over.

“What Will Happen if I Tell?”

Helping keep our children safe

Supporting parents and caregivers

Reducing family trauma

Assisting professionals

Empowering through

positive information

“What Will Happen if I Tell?” is a programme produced specifically to provide support for the parents and or caregivers of sexually abused children.

“What Will Happen if I Tell?” is designed to empower you with the important information you will need to organize your life and family around the process that will take place once you have reported sexual abuse.

“What Will Happen if I Tell?” tells you about your child’s rights and your rights. It lets you know what should happen and went it should happen. It helps you deal with the trauma and it helps your, your child and your family get on with your lives.

It is our goal to make this programme freely available to all concerned parents or caregivers throughout New Zealand and also to counsellors, doctors, social workers and other professionals.

In the 12 months prior to you reading this, there were over 1000 reported cases of child sexual abuse in New Zealand.

Many more went unreported!

Text Box: The development of this website has been facilitated as a public service by the Electronic Media Foundation Aotearoa/New Zealand CHARITABLE TRUST www.emfanz.org to promote recognition of a serious community problem, to break the cycle and to assist in bringing about change

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“What Will Happen If I Tell?” is dedicated to Laurie O’Reilly who, as Commissioner For Children, showed a commitment to his job that served as an inspiration to us all.

“What Will Happen If I Tell?” was launched by Laurie’s son, Chris O’Reilly, and Roger McClay, Commissioner For Children, on 12th July 2000.

The producers would like to thank Alison Thom and SAFENETWORK for their support, advice and for their generous hosting the programme launch.

Feedback on the website is welcome at info@childsafenz.org

If you have any comments on how we could make the site more accessible, we are keen to hear them. The site is under regular assessment and reconstruction to keep it up to date and equipped with all the information necessary to fulfill the goals of the programme.

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ChildSafeNZ.Org and EMFANZ are indebted to Child, Youth and Family , Starship and the Police for their invaluable assistance with this project.

The website is maintained and hosted free by the Electronic Media Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand Charitable Trust