Letter of Support from the Scarborough Agencies
Sexual Abuse Treatment Program

To Whom It May Concern,

As Coordinator of Scarborough Agencies Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SASAT), I am writing to support Tricia Myles Dutcher's (Kid-Safe Founder) endeavours. SASAT is an interagency collaborative which provides treatment groups for children and adults who have been impacted by the horrors of childhood sexual abuse. With limited funds, we provide approximately twenty sexual abuse treatment groups for these victims in the Scarborough community. Within my position, I have noted a lessening of promotional materials, which provided information directed towards the prevention of this abuse.

Tricia has created a musical play (entitled Bugs, Bubbles and Blobs) with the theme of awareness and prevention. She has written this play as well as the songs in it with the intentions of performing to all primary school-age children. She is planning to take this into schools, appropriate children's clubs and other programs. Tricia has made use of and continues to make use of a group of children's mental health professionals in Scarborough, to provide feedback and has integrated their recommendations into her performance.

Childhood sexual abuse is a pervasive invasion into children's bodies, homes and communities. It must become Society's problem. As members of our community, your support of Tricia and ours can provide Toronto's children with information of this crucial matter in a manner appropriate to their age and development.

Thanking you in anticipation of your support.

Sincerely,

Dawn Forrest
Coordinator of SASAT

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