On Friday and Monday of last week an all employee e-mail was sent warning us about Melissa. As a precaution, do not open any executable files from an unknown source. Once the Word document is opened, the virus scans address books for names that it can send duplicate e-mail messages of itself to. This is how the virus propagates.
Awareness is the first step towards prevention.
All three types have very serious ramifications. Emotional abuse is the least understood and hardest to detect of all child abuse, yet it is the most prevalent. Sexual abuse includes nontouching, touching, and sexual exploitation. This is the most difficult form of abuse to talk about and most survivors do not speak of it. However, it is estimated that 1 in 4 females and 1 in 7 males will be the victim of a sexual violation before the age of 18.