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You know it is important

but it's almost as hard as the other sex talk. Discomfort about the right time and the right words can delay such conversations until the best time is long gone.

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"Talk About Touch is a ground-breaking children’s book.."

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(and a free prevention magnet)
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A 36 page, soft cover, full color, children's book, with perfect binding. Written by Sandra Kleven and illustrated by Patrick Minock, published in 2012, by Illumination Arts, Inc. A sexual abuse prevention lesson set in a rural Alaska village. Father and grandmother talk to Eric and his sister, Bean, about touch. The story is frank and straight forward presented like any important safety lesson.

Video: Talk About Touch
Hear the author read this book and see the illustrations. 

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Click above to see a review of Talk About Touch in Bethel's Delta Discovery -- by Vivian Faith Prescott.  

The materials Sandra Kleven has developed since the early 1980s have made important contributions to the prevention of child sexual abuse through the education of children themselves, empowering them with the personal tools necessary to recognize if and when an abusive situation may be developing.  Talk About Touch offers parents avenues to talk to their children, particularly in their younger years about the prevention of this epidemic of child sexual abuse.
 ~ Gene Peltola, President and CEO Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation  
 
This book goes beyond Sandra's first book, The Right Touch, giving children and adults the resources to eliminate the awful burden of sexual abuse in Alaskan villages, and all over the world.
~ Joy Shantz, Bethel, Alaska
 
Talk About Touch is a ground-breaking children’s book that provides families and educators with an honest discussion about sexual abuse. Peer into the lives of Eric and his sister, Bean, and baby brother, Oscar, and their dog, Sugar, as Dad and Grandma talk about a difficult subject with compassion and forthrightness. The culturally relevant setting in an Alaskan village, and the beautiful illustrations by Yupik artist Patrick Minock, create an authentic and heartfelt story.
 ~ Vivian Faith Prescott, M.F.A., Ph.D.

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Order now ~ $12.95 plus $4 shipping.

 

$12.95 plus $4 shipping
A 36 page, soft cover, full color, children's book, with perfect binding.  Written by Sandra Kleven and illustrated by Patrick Minock, published in 2012, by Illumination Arts, Inc. 

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You know it is important

but it's almost as hard as the other sex talk. Discomfort about the right time and the right words can delay such conversations until the best time is long gone.   

  

 

Talk About Touch: Alaska was published,in 2012, launching a prevention campaign in Alaska.

 

 

Illustrated by Alaska artist, Patrick Minock, the setting of the story will be familiar to children in Alaska’s villages. 

 

 

Talk About Touch: Alaska guides parents through the prevention lesson with the right words and a matter of fact attitude. 

 

 

Sandy Kleven is also the author of The Right Touch.  It’s been a guide for parents since 1980.  See Beginnings for some background about the development of these prevention treasures.   

 

 

Talk About Touch: Alaska is a small book against a big problem but it’s a start. 

 

Order a copy at the PayPal link, above.  For information on discounts for orders of more than ten copies, please email talk.about.touch@gmail.com

 

 

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Sandra L Kleven, LCSW
writer, poet, clinician, filmmaker
Children's Behavioral Health
Consultation and Training
3978 Defiance Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99504
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