Our newly published storybook that hopes to teach the reader about how to protect oneself from the coronavirus, simple hygiene concerns, how to face and handle the stress, and how to triumph over such difficulties with each other's help and love from our families.
About Us
“Our goal to build a safe world means we must first accept the present contradictions in our environment that limit child safety. These contradiction can only be understood with ongoing critical analysis.”
Our Important Values
What We Do
Our services are advocacy to build protective policies and laws, prevention to build safe communities, treatment to counsel victims and families as well as young offenders, and research and training to build the social work profession.
How We Do It
The CPTCSA operates within the social work person-in-environment model of holistic individual counseling and case management services. The CPTCSA abides by the Social Work Code of Ethics and a Child Protection Policy.
HOW WE STARTED
Our Story
The CPTCSA story is the same on as the story of the fisherman who kept rescuing bodies floating downstream until he realized the only way to stop the bodies was to discover why they were in the water in the first place. CPTCSA has been that fisherman for the past 20+ years, going upstream, finding the broken bridge where the bodies fell into the rushing river, and fixing the bridge piece by piece.
The Goal
The goal of this group of professionals was to fill the gap in services that at the time focused on the foreign sex trade with little awareness of abuse within the homes and communities. Survey research conducted within certain schools and agencies indicated that more than 30% of our children were experiencing some form of inappropriate sexual behavior by people they know.
The Staff
In 1995 we opened with one full time, one part time, and one consultant staff. Today the agency hires 7 staff that include social workers, administration and finance. Our board is a strategic working board who provide consultation and support when needed.
Licensure and Membership
We are licensed and accredited by the DSWD, SEC, and BIR. We are a member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) and Family for Every Child.
Our Logo
When we opened our services, our logo was a butterfly. The butterfly represents the fact that while there is beauty in all our children, because child sexual abuse is not understood, we are all fragile. The whole with their lack of awareness was far more powerful than the individual child, victim, and even organizations working for and with this population. In our first 20 years we perhaps had more failures than successes because of this fact – but in the end we feel we have come out strong, we have learned from our many failures, we have bonded with many others, and we have made a difference. Read more.
Each child’s survival story will be different depending on their age, gender, family, experience, and many other factors in their environment.
This is an online game which can be played by a family with easily obtainable materials to help families recognize and talk about how they are adjusting to the new normal.
Patakarang pangkaligtasan para sa proteksiyon laban sa pang aabusong sekswal, ito ang tinatawag na Mga PATAKARAN SA PAGHAWAK
This video introduces you to one form of prevention of sexual violence on children: Teaching personal safety to children/students, their teachers and their parents.
Mga magulang/ taga pag alaga, ang pag unawa sa ating mga damdamin at kung paano ang reaksiyon ng ating katawan dito ay mahalaga para sa ating kaligtasan.
Storytelling is an easy way to teach. CPTCSA has products to help families read to children to help them understand the concepts for personal safety and getting help. Click here to see and hear the story of Erika and Jay as they learn the touching rule. This book is also available on our website to purchase hard copies. 