Christine Griffin

Christine Griffin

Program Coordinator with WA State Hands & Voices

[email protected]

Lessons Learned

• The incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse is more than 25 percent higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children than among hearing youths.
• Given tools and strategies Parents and Caregivers can help keep their child safe by increasing their use of language, to express their feelings/emotions, and name body parts, that are safe and unsafe to touch.
• Giving our kids permission to say. No.” “We don’t keep secrets, though we can keep surprises.”

Resources Developed

• Keeping Our Children Safe 2019 article
• Keeping Our Children Safe 2016 article
• Summer Camps Keeping Our Kids Dafe and Included
• What’s Safety got to Do With It

Suggested Resources

• Hands & Voices O.U.R. Children Safety Project recorded meeting links
• Kid Power
• Parent Safety Toolkit

Collaborative Areas of Interest

• Incorporating OUR Children Safety Project into chapter/program activities

• Sharing tools and strategies (i.e. Toolkit) to families

• Other