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Show Most sex abuse does not come from stranqers cost is $1. Please RSVP. For more information contact B enchmark Regional Hospital at 299-5300. from sexual abuse? "Pay careful attention at-tention to those around your child, reinforce your child's right to say "no," encourage communication by talking and listening to your child, urge your child to discuss any situation which someone causes them to feel uncomfortable and watch for signs of abuse," Carlson said. Carlson informed residents to report any cases of sexual abuse to either the police or the Division of Family Services. The next Soup and Salad Seminar Sem-inar will be given on May 23, by Dr. Keith Henschen, entitled: "Parenting the Child Athlete." Seminars begin at 12:30 and the "The primary roadblock in being able to detect aberrant sexual activity activi-ty is found in our own belief systems. Too often we choose not to see the signs that exist that indicate in-dicate that someone we care about is involved in any type of sexually deviant acts said Fred Carlson, a licensed clinical social worker. Speaking to a group of local residents at last Wednesday's Soup and Salad Seminar at Benchmark Hospital, Carlson addressed the topic of Impulse Disorders focusing on sexual abuse. Carlson defined a sexual offense as a type of sexual activity which is beyond a molested child's developmental de-velopmental age. He added, "There are three factors which determine whether a behavior is a playful behavior or a sexual behavior. A behavior is sexual when there is fear involved, confusion about an activity or when intimidation is involved in-volved such as threat of physical force. ' Carlson said, "Most people believe that strangers are the ones that sexually abuse. However, statistics show that 70-89 percent of child sexual abuse incidents involve a perpetrator known to the child." How can we protect children |