It is said that the best teachers are those who have lived and experienced the subject they are in charge of teaching. That is certainly true of situations that mold our lives and make us who we are as adults. When an organization is looking for someone to do a presentation regarding the cycle of violence they may be looking to find child abuse speakers who have lived the cycle and survived.
When exploring their histories you will find that they endured the worst kind of treatment at the hands of their parents or other care givers. Children of abusive parents learn how to survive at a very young age. Many suffer beatings, starvation, emotional and even sexual mistreatment and develop strategies for survival that serve to shelter them emotionally and sometimes prevent the mistreatment from happening.
The abuse does not have to come from biological parents. Many times children are removed from one abusive home only to find themselves in another abusive situation at the hands of a foster parent. The abuses can come from siblings or step parents, close relatives or even their neighbors. Most children in these situations know instinctively that speaking about their plight will cause more beatings or abuses to occur and so much of the time these crimes go unreported.
Unfortunately, many adult survivors of abusive homes go on to perpetuate the same behaviors towards the members of their own families. Others are able to take the experiences of their childhood and turn them into tools designed to help others. These people are many times found in social service occupations such as Child Protective Services.
By speaking of trauma as well as the successes they have experienced in their lives they hope to motivate those in their audience to follow their path to recovery. Their goal is inspiring others and showing them that they do not need to continue suffering the left over effects of childhood.
Rather than being defeated by their abusers they become stronger and seek escape through self-reliance, literacy, and by building a life of consequence designed to improve themselves and their communities. They share how they used this inner strength and determination to overcome obstacles and reach the successes they enjoy today.
Many speakers use this knowledge to educate police and other protective agencies by doing presentations at special training events or conferences attended by social services workers throughout the nation. This problem is one of the invisible crimes that takes place at home where no one is a witness except the victims. Through their insight they hope to offer new solutions for those involved in preventing this problem. One invaluable service they can provide is helping to identify red flag behaviors that protective agencies may not be aware of in children or family dynamics.
The goal of these advocates is to help stop the cycle of violence in families around the world. They share their stories with their audiences and help others to find solutions to their own private dilemmas. They believe that they have an obligation to those still suffering abuses to speak for them when they cannot speak for themselves.
When exploring their histories you will find that they endured the worst kind of treatment at the hands of their parents or other care givers. Children of abusive parents learn how to survive at a very young age. Many suffer beatings, starvation, emotional and even sexual mistreatment and develop strategies for survival that serve to shelter them emotionally and sometimes prevent the mistreatment from happening.
The abuse does not have to come from biological parents. Many times children are removed from one abusive home only to find themselves in another abusive situation at the hands of a foster parent. The abuses can come from siblings or step parents, close relatives or even their neighbors. Most children in these situations know instinctively that speaking about their plight will cause more beatings or abuses to occur and so much of the time these crimes go unreported.
Unfortunately, many adult survivors of abusive homes go on to perpetuate the same behaviors towards the members of their own families. Others are able to take the experiences of their childhood and turn them into tools designed to help others. These people are many times found in social service occupations such as Child Protective Services.
By speaking of trauma as well as the successes they have experienced in their lives they hope to motivate those in their audience to follow their path to recovery. Their goal is inspiring others and showing them that they do not need to continue suffering the left over effects of childhood.
Rather than being defeated by their abusers they become stronger and seek escape through self-reliance, literacy, and by building a life of consequence designed to improve themselves and their communities. They share how they used this inner strength and determination to overcome obstacles and reach the successes they enjoy today.
Many speakers use this knowledge to educate police and other protective agencies by doing presentations at special training events or conferences attended by social services workers throughout the nation. This problem is one of the invisible crimes that takes place at home where no one is a witness except the victims. Through their insight they hope to offer new solutions for those involved in preventing this problem. One invaluable service they can provide is helping to identify red flag behaviors that protective agencies may not be aware of in children or family dynamics.
The goal of these advocates is to help stop the cycle of violence in families around the world. They share their stories with their audiences and help others to find solutions to their own private dilemmas. They believe that they have an obligation to those still suffering abuses to speak for them when they cannot speak for themselves.
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