Claire Silva Category:  Parenting Publisher: Avlis Press ISBN-10:  097720930X Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 276 Copyright: 2005 Price: $3.99 (eBook) For all parents of children who have been violated sexually and for all adult survivors - A Child's Heart Speaks gives your voice back! Since our society’s institutions continue to use systems that protect and empower perpetrators, I felt it only fair to share viewpoints of survivors, which are normally not heard. Unfortunately, children do not have the verbal skills or the life experience to inform people how sexual abuse will grip their lives on every level for many years to come. But, the survivors I interviewed are now adults who have the verbal skills and the life experience to educate others. Their openness in telling their stories was admirable and phenomenal. Their courage, honesty, and commitment to expose the evils of sexual abuse, serve as an example of the strength of the human spirit. I pray the knowledge they have shared in this book serves to: help parents and guardians to keep their children safe, help current survivors progress through their personal journeys of healing, and force institutions, agencies and the various systems to empower survivors of sexual abuse.

Kathleen Brooks, Ph.D. Radio Host of Darkness to Light: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence
This book has some of the most valuable and meaningful information
you’ll find for dealing with CSA (childhood sexual abuse) in your family. Claire’s well-researched and heartfelt advice makes an important
contribution towards helping people understand how to cope with the shocking revelation that CSA always is.

Jayne Sachs - Singer, Songwriter and John Lennon Contest finalist for
"A Child's Heart Speaks is breaking the silence about an aspect of child sexual abuse that is not widely discussed or even
considered by unsuspecting parents and loved ones-- abuse by a juvenile perpetrator. Although Claire Silva's two sons suffered
immense abuse at the hands and mind of their older step brother, this book also serves as a warning that the juvenile offender
need not be within the boundaries of a home. As a parent, I am more alert now to this hidden danger and feel the book has
given me insight and knowledge that could potentially save my own children from such trauma. Silva's honesty is captivating
and her reminder to listen and trust oneself's intuition is empowering".

Sakinah Abdur Rasheed,
"I was instantly drawn into this compelling
and heartbreaking story. As a childhood sexual abuse survivor and a mother,
I cried through the pages and could not put the book down.
Silva gives a chilling account of the tactics sexual predators use to silence children.
A Child's Heart Speaks: Surviving Sexual Abuse serves as the voice for those children.
The book points to the disturbing fact that sexual offenders are always protected,
integrated into society, and allowed to hide—so they can commit their heinous and insidious crimes.
Silva's courage to trust herself and help her children, offers us all hope to believe
in our instinctive ability to protect our families.
This is a must read for any parent who wants to keep their children safe.
You will cry, get angry and get active."