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How To Support Sexual Abuse Education

  “What do you do for work?” is a question I hear pretty often. Whether it’s at the school pick-up line or during a “live” on social media, my answer is always the same: I am a public speaker who focuses on teaching kids about sexual abuse. While it may shock some people, it opens…

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Childhood Victories: Our Year in Review

    Childhood Victories: Our Year in Review As we enter the final month of the 2020/2021 school year we wanted to take some time and acknowledge the year we’ve had. From the initial lockdown, to rescheduling schools, to learning an entirely new way to deliver our program…here’s the very chaotic yet wonderfully exciting breakdown…

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Spotlight: Rosie Cataldo’s Mission

    Spotlight: Rosie Cataldo’s Mission Childhood Victories has had a lot of exciting additions over the last year! From a new membership site, to new programs, to a new platform of presenting, we are constantly finding ways to further our reach and accomplish our goal: helping children to Be Seen and Heard©. We want…

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Educate Now, Prevent Later

  Educate Now, Prevent Later Educate now, prevent later. That’s the ultimate goal, right? To not only educate on sexual abuse and empower survivors to get help, but prevent abuse from happening in the first place. Now, before I joined Childhood Victories, I was with a non-profit for 5 years. During that time I came…

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Hoping and Coping with Trauma

  Hoping and Coping with Trauma Hoping and coping with trauma isn’t exactly a walk in the park. To not only have to live along side our trauma, but to find healthy coping mechanisms AND stay hopeful seems impossible. And sometimes it really feels that way. It just depends on where we are in our…

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Turning a Negative into a Positive

  Turning a Negative into a Positive My life revolves around 3 things: My family, my work, and my dorky artsy-fartsy crafting hobbies. Like most people, I was devastated when we went into lockdown back in March. I’m the kind of person who likes to stay busy; Being stuck at home was incredibly overwhelming the…

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My Favorite Thanksgiving Memory

  My Favorite Thanksgiving Memory My favorite Thanksgiving memory is not particularly a happy one. Which sounds weird, right? Wouldn’t something that’s on a list of “favorites” be happy? I guess under normal circumstances that’d be true; But my life hasn’t exactly been normal. Anyways, back to Thanksgiving.  It was 2010. I was invited to…

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The Day That I Disclosed

  The Day That I Disclosed It’s so strange to think back to the day that I disclosed. I was home from college for the summer; a wonderful reprieve from the never-ending neediness of school and soccer. My time was split between full-time deli work and spending time with my fiancé. It was our fourth…

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It’s The Season To Be Thankful

  It’s The Season To Be Thankful It’s not always easy to think of the ways we’re thankful. During this pandemic I know I’ve had moments where I’ve felt trapped, isolated, and frustrated that there seems to be no end in sight. So this week, I want to list some of the things I am…

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Why I Do The Work That I do

  Why I Do The Work That I do This is my 7th school year educating students on sexual abuse. Over that time I’ve had a lot of repeat questions from students and staff . Deanna, does it hurt you to talk about this? Why did your abuser abuse you? Who did you tell? But…

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