April 11: Melissa Cilley answers questions from 1 to 3 p.m. about how to keep safe and how to say no.
Cilley is director of the Victim Rights Response Team at the SAFeT Response Center, part of Lutheran Community Services. The Victim Rights Response Team is the center's crisis unit offering free legal and medical advocacy, crisis response, support groups, information and referral, and education services for children and adults who have experienced, witnessed or are otherwise impacted by any crime.
Beyond Cilley's work at the SAFeT Response Center, she has served as a private practice attorney exclusively representing children and has authored several peices, including "Where Do We Go From Here?" – a guide to helping survivors, friends, family and community heal from the pain of clergy child sexual abuse) – and "Your Personal You: A Child's Guide to Safety," a prevention tool to keeping children safe.
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Q: What's the first thing that ki
Melissa Cilley: To listen to themselves. Often
Q: Will it scare my child to talk
Melissa Cilley: It may, and that's not all bad
Mike Magee: With recent stories in the new
Melissa Cilley: This is an enormous issue that
joe: What is the difference between
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Q: If my child has been abused, w
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Helen: When I was a kid, I'd ride bik
Melissa Cilley: Thank you for this excellent q
Q: Is there a particular kind of<
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Q: How old should my child be for
Melissa Cilley: Please do not wait. It is impo
Q: If children are approached by<
Melissa Cilley: Make sure your child knows tha
Q: If my child tells me that she'
Melissa Cilley: In a previous response, I indi
Q : Is it possible to make a kid "
Melissa Cilley: Absolutely not! Again, child a
Q: Many parents and other adults<
Melissa Cilley: There is a fine balance betwee
Melissa Cilley: As you probably noticed throug
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Cilley is director of the Victim Rights Response Team at the SAFeT Response Center, part of Lutheran Community Services. The Victim Rights Response Team is the center's crisis unit offering free legal and medical advocacy, crisis response, support groups, information and referral, and education services for children and adults who have experienced, witnessed or are otherwise impacted by any crime.