Child Abuse Wheel and Equality Wheel

http://www.ncdsv.org/publications_wheel.html
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I love this resource! It consists of two wheels, a child abuse wheel and equality wheel, based off of the original domestic violence wheel. The child abuse wheel specifically explains signs of child abuse, including physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse components. This helps children and parents to identify signs of child abuse. I think that the equality wheel is also a crucial resource, because it helps parents and children identify a healthy relationship, and differentiate it from an abusive one. This is diverse resource that can be processed in an individual or group therapy setting, or can be presented in a larger group, taking a psycho-educational approach. I love that these wheels are informative and easy to understand. Teaching the concepts from these wheels will inform parents and children, and help them to recognize and be aware of the difference between healthy/safe and unhealthy/unsafe relationships. These wheels can be used as effective tools to help prevent, as well as detect child abuse.  -Diana