{"id":328,"date":"2014-08-27T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2014\/08\/27\/seminar-on-sexual-abuse-of-children\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T13:00:04","slug":"seminar-on-sexual-abuse-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/seminar-on-sexual-abuse-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar on ‘Sexual Abuse of Children’"},"content":{"rendered":"

28 March 2012 Zagreb, Croatia<\/strong><\/span> [Tunde Torma, ted<\/em>NEWS] A seminar on the topic \u2018Sexual Abuse of Children\u2019, organised by Children and Youth Department of Adriatic Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 18 March 2012. The seminar was organised for teachers and others that are involved in work with children.<\/p>\n

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The seminar was held in two parts where two extinguished professionals in this field, professor Gordana Buljan-Flander, principal at Children\u2019s protection polyclinic in Zagren, and Ms Slavica Mar?eta, who specialised in the therapy for sexual abusers spoke about this not so pleasant topic.<\/p>\n

Prof. Buljan-Flander, who took part in the first half of the seminar, was one of the first who dedicated her professional career in helping abused children in Croatia the early 90s. As a result, she was a founder of maltreated and neglected children\u2019s help line \u2018The brave phone\u2019 and later on Children\u2019s protection polyclinic in Zagreb that is now recognised by the European Council as a model for good practice and was also presented to the UN.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Working as a children psychologist at the clinic, Buljan-Flander often got in contact with maltreated and neglected children who did not have any protection from adults, which she presented in a half-hour documentary film. Drawing many examples from the lives of the victims of abuse, she has explained what sexual abuse is, what are the indications of recognising an abused victim, prevention of sexual abuse, as well as juridical circumstances in Croatia regarding children\u2019s abuse.<\/p>\n

The second part of the seminar covered the topic of abusers, their typology and recognition of the same. Ms Mar?eta, having won a master\u2019s degree in this field, analysed this problem within the context of church environment and she emphasised: \u2018We shouldn\u2019t delude ourselves and live in a conviction that in our churches there are no sexual abusers; it\u2019s just that it is very difficult to recognise them as they behave and live as ordinarily as everybody else.\u2019 She also stressed the importance of educating children of the norms of behaviour and body privacy.<\/p>\n

Even though it was hard to talk about this sensitive topic, it was an eye-opener for about forty teachers present at the seminar who greatly valued the professional insight into the matter.<\/p>\n

We believe that God\u2019s will is to protect the weak and helpless because God\u2019s word bid us to do that\u00a0 and helping children and the families affected by sexual abuse is following this command to the full.<\/p>\n

For more awareness\u00a0 of the abuse in Christian environment, all the participants were given material \u2018Even in God\u2019s name\u2019, a short dissertation on children\u2019s sexual abuse in Christian families, published by Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventists. [ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n

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