Articles and Survivor Resources

We are always looking to expand our information here. Please send us suggestions at pea4truthandhealing@gmail.com

With PATH: You can email us at pea4truthandhealing@gmail.com for support and information.
Through the Academy: Reporting, support for counseling through coming forward to the school, policy information, or information about Legal Mediation can be found here
HAVEN is currently working with academy students and alumni. If you are in crisis or get a message from a student in crisis, the number for HAVEN is 1-603-994-SAFE (7233). A trained advocate will answer 24/7. You can feel confident about referring this number or using this service yourself. If you are an alumnus who wants to report your assault for the first time, we recommend starting with HAVEN. They can help you with further reports to Exeter PD or the Academy, if you wish.

Hidden Waters provides resources and healing circles for survivors, parent os survivors, affected family members, those who harmed, family of those who harmed, and circles for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ in all categories
I Have the Right to… The organization was started by Alex and Susan Prout, parents of a survivor from St. Paul’s School for middle and high school students, parents, and educators looking for information, support, and avenues of action against sexual assault.

Books:

Trauma & Recovery, Truth & Repair, Dr. Judith Herman

The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk

Sexual Healing: Transforming the Sacred Wound, Peter Levine

The Pain We Carry: Healing from PTSD for People of Color, Natalie Y Gutierrez

Blind to Betrayal: Why We Fool Ourselves We aren’t Being Fooled, Jennifer Freyd and Pamela Birrell

Sexual Justice, Alexandra Brodsky

Atlas of the Heart, Brene Brown

What Happened to you? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, Dr. Bruce Perry, and Oprah Winfrey

Know My Name, Chanel Miller

Organizational Betrayal: How Schools Enable Employee Sexual Misconduct and How to Stop It, Dr. Charol Shakeshaft (due out spring 2024, Harvard Education Press)

Articles:

Education Week: Sexual Abuse by Educators Is Scrutinized

By Caroline Hendrie — March 10, 2004

Yet despite the limitations of the existing research base, the scope of the problem appears to far exceed the priest abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, said Charol Shakeshaft, the Hofstra University scholar who prepared the report.

Trauma Therapy has Changed–Here’s How by Emma Cameron

https://emmacameron.com/trauma/trauma-thera…

The Science of Spiritual Narcissism

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-spiritual-narcissism/

Australian of the Year Grace Tame is speaking to Kerry O’Brien at a Griffith University event about sexual assault and power relations including the weaponizing of silence and the impacts of grooming:

https://m.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/videos/495016211873313/

Science Validates an Unexpected Connection Between PTSD and Shakespeare

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/shakespeare-as-therapy

Addressing rape culture to prevent sexual assault

https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/addressing-rape-culture-to-prevent-sexual-assault,15019

Culture of silence keeps abuse systems in place

https://www.smh.com.au/national/culture-of-silence-keeps-abuse-systems-in-place-20210305-p577zp.html

A Standard of Care for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct by School Employees

Charol Shakeshaft 1 , Rebecca L Smith 2 , Steven Tucker Keener 3 , Emma Shakeshaft 4

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29979941/