Overcoming Abuse: My Body Belongs to God and Me: A Child’’s Body Safety Guide

Your body was created by God, and it is a wonderful gift from Him. He wants you and others to treat it with respect. In Overcoming Abuse: My Body Belongs to God and Me, author Reina Davison helps children understand the difference between good touch and no touch and how to identify a no touch person.

Through words and illustrations, she teaches examples of proper and improper affection and body safety for protection at home, in the community, and on the internet. Davison empowers children to say "no" when a person approaches with improper affection and liberates them to tell a trusted adult when they feel scared and unsafe.

Overcoming Abuse: My Body Belongs to God and Me provides straightforward guidelines that help children understand consent, bodily autonomy, and the importance of telling an adult about encounters that make them uncomfortable. It helps children feel valued and empowered to care for their own hearts and bodies.

Reina Davison completed the trauma and abuse post-graduate program at the University of Texas. She received her post-graduate training from the marriage and family therapy program at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences. Davison is a marriage and family therapist and has taught sociology, marriage and family, and cultural anthropology as adjunct faculty. She is a U.S. Army veteran with a Master of Clinical Social Work from the University of Kansas.

To bring the message of Overcoming Abuse: My Body Belongs to God and Me to your organization, church, or event, visit: www.overcomingabuse.info

Victoria Aleice holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. The two passions in her life since childhood are art and horses. In her free time, you will find her nose stuck in a good book. Telling a story has always captivated Victoria’s imagination and has drawn her to all of the colors that surround her-Created by the ultimate Creator! She has illustrated this book with her favorite color pencils and has illustrated other books. Visit her website at: www.victoriaaleice.com