What We Are Doing

Click below for 5WAVES' latest efforts to confront and heal from sibling sexual trauma

Develop training materials and resources for professionals responding to disclosures of sibling sexual trauma
Promote awareness among advocates and organizations in the sexual assault and body safety community so that sibling sexual abuse is specifically included and represented in their services and materials
Reach parents, schools and medical workers with awareness and strategies for effective prevention and early detection/intervention
Do research to gain desperately-needed information on the realities of sibling sexual trauma today and how to prevent it
Develop a network of crisis response professionals to guide parents to appropriate resources and support during the crucial and shocking initial response to a disclosure of sibling sexual trauma
Continue to offer our voices to raise awareness via public appearances, publications, interviews and social media
Continue to expand resources for both professional and peer support for survivors, parents, other family members, and those who live with the guilt of what they have done in the past
Promote connection, collaboration and cohesion among parents, agencies and professions responding to sibling sexual abuse and trauma