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LET'S TALK ABOUT
Body Safety
WATER SAFETY
WATER SAFETY
Body Safety is teaching a child awareness of their own body to give them the skills and language to identify potential situations that make them feel unsafe. Teaching children how to keep their bodies safe helps to empower them to respond in those moments. Grown-ups should make sure that their child is in safe environments and situations.
WATER SAFETY
WATER SAFETY
WATER SAFETY
Water Safety includes teaching children how to be safe around or in water, where drowning is a risk.
Children account for 1 in 4 drowning deaths. According to the CDC, Black and Latinx children are involved in drowning and near drowning incidents at a much higher rate than white children. Adult supervision, education around water s
Water Safety includes teaching children how to be safe around or in water, where drowning is a risk.
Children account for 1 in 4 drowning deaths. According to the CDC, Black and Latinx children are involved in drowning and near drowning incidents at a much higher rate than white children. Adult supervision, education around water safety, swim lessons are just a few ways to keep infants and children safe
How to get more help
WATER SAFETY
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Pat Morgan, MD
Author, The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Body Safety
Board certified in General Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics.
Photo Credit: DK Visuals Hawaii
THE DOCTOR SAYS
Dr. Pat Morgan
(also known as Dr. Pat)
As a child abuse pediatrician and child advocate, Dr. Pat Morgan believes prevention is important!
In her newly released children's book, "The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Water Safety," Dr. Pat uses a rhyming pattern and beautiful illustrations to help discuss water safety.
Dr. Pat uses child-friendly language and examples to stress the importance of body safety in "The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Body Safety."
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"THE DOCTOR" of "The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About..."
"THE DOCTOR" of "The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About..."
The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Body Safety
There are currently four versions of "THE DOCTOR SAYS: LET"S TALK ABOUT BODY SAFETY."
1. African American girl
2. African American boy
3. Hawaiian girl (English-'Olelo)
4. Latina girl (English-Spanish)
Order autographed copies of the book on the "Order Books" page of this website.
Discount offered on orders of more than 25 books.
Books can also be found on major and independent book retailer sites: linktr.ee/thedoctorsays
Organization of the Quarter: Q1 2025 (Jan to March 2025)
A portion of book proceeds may be donated to the Organization of the Quarter.
Stephanie V. Blank Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
The Stephanie V. Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children, located in Atlanta, GA, “promotes the safety, protection and well-being of children though advocacy, as well as the identification, assessment, and prevention of child abuse."
The Blank Center has partnered with Sheltering Arms through a child abuse prevention program: ROAR. The program teaches body safety and gives children and families tools to talk about and stand up against child sexual abuse. “The Doctor Says: Let’s Talk About Body Safety” is a part of the ROAR curriculum.
To learn more about the Blank Center, please visit www.choa.org/medical-services/child-protection-advocacy-center. Also see the section “Talking to Children About Body Safety.”
