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International Center for Assault Prevention

ICAP Headquarters are at Camden County College

856-374-5001

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Finding the Words

Words should be chosen for their “low fear quotient.” Using words like “safe and unsafe touching” instead of rape or sexual abuse is more comfortable, and it encompasses a range of abusive actions versus just one.

Parents need to become comfortable with anatomically correct language. If children sense their parents are uncomfortable with words like penis, vagina, buttocks, breast and anus, then children won’t use these words either. Many abused children report that they didn’t tell their parents because they didn’t have words for what happened.

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What is CAP?

The International Center for Assault Prevention, known as ICAP, is a 38 year old international prevention program with its central headquarters located at the Located at Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey. ICAP works with local people who desire to advocate and protect children by starting a CAP project in their town.

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NJCAP/ICAP
200 College Drive
Blackwood, NJ 08012
(Located at Camden County College)
Phone: 856-374-5001
Email: childassaultprevention@gmail.com

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