| Children suffering abuse readily accept
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| | to this day.
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| greater abuse in adulthood.
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| | He is not only a veteran clinician in the
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| That is the conclusion reached by abuse
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| | mental-health field but also a
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| expert Heyward Bruce Ewart, III, Ph.D.,
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| | distinguished teacher at the university
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| university professor with 20 years of
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| | level. Through Zoe University,
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| counseling and teaching experience.
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| | Jacksonville, Florida, his video lectures
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| "Child abuse mangles the personality, and
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| | have been used by distance-learning
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| sets up a false idea of self that
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| | students across the United States and in
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| attracts predators for a lifetime," he
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| | some 41 foreign countries.
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| says.
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| | A much sought-after public speaker, Dr.
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| A maltreated little girl, for example,
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| | Ewart is a commanding presenter who
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| will later pick out a mate who is no
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| | speaks with great passion on the issues
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| better than what she thinks she deserves.
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| | of abused women and children. He has
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| That relationship confirms what she has
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| | hosted and appeared as a guest on many TV
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| always thought: "There's something evil
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| | and radio programs in major markets, a
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| in me that caused me to be abused early
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| | love that dates back to his original
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| and now. This is all I deserve."
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| | career as a radio and TV news announcer.
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| Ewart says if she leaves that first bad
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| | He is a published poet, and his hobbies
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| relationship she will go to a worse one.
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| | also include photography, singing, drama,
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| And that's why shelters don't work, he
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| | evangelism, and social activities of all
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| asserts. Shelters offer haven but no
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| | kinds.
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| insight into how one becomes a victim.
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| | His test for concealed child abuse is
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| His new book, THE LIES THAT BIND: THE
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| | uploadable from his website. The intent,
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| PERMANENCE OF CHILD ABUSE, is the first
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| | he explains, is to overcome threats and
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| to establish a link between abuse as a
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| | other fierce intimidation that typically
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| child and further abuse as an adult, most
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| | prevent a child from revealing the truth
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| often in domestic violence.
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| | about what he/she has suffered.
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| The book is in polished manuscript form
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| | Such is accomplished by basing the first
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| and awaiting publication. In the
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| | half of the test items on symptoms rather
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| meantime, he sells the book on his
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| | than reputed fact recalled from memory.
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| website for a nominal fee, either printed
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| | The child is thus able, for the first
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| and bound or immediate email upload. His
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| | half, to answer without fear. The
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| site is devoted to helping victims and
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| | symptoms are derived from the literature
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| survivors of abuse and violence,
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| | describing symptoms of abuse and
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| including the pandemics of school and
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| | emotional trauma, Ewart reports.
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| workplace violence.
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| | For a reason yet unknown, when children
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| The author counts as major victims those
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| | take the test, they tend to begin talking
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| falsely accused of child abuse--about 71
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| | freely during the second half, when the
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| percent of the cases reported--and he
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| | questions are plain and obvious to the
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| consults these individuals in fighting
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| | child. THIS TEST REQUIRES NO SCORING,
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| what he calls a "no-win system."
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| | BECAUSE THE CHILD WILL TALK TO YOU, he
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| Ewart also offers new tests for
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| | insists.
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| identifying predators, secret child
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| | A second intent is to provide a means for
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| abuse, dangerous employees, and dangerous
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| | interviewing the child directly, rather
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| students.
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| | than through a third party. This
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| Dr. Ewart has devoted more than 24 years
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| | approach, when objective, tends to hold
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| of his professional life to the
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| | up in court proceedings rather than
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| protection and treatment of women,
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| | subjective measures that call for an
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| children, and the family. During the
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| | opinion of the expert witness. AGAIN, THE
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| President Jimmy Carter Administration, he
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| | CHILD'S OWN WORDS ARE THE EVIDENCE, Ewart
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| served the White House Conference on
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| | concludes.
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| Families, and such leadership continues
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