DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 563 EC 306 372 TITLE Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin, 1997. INSTITUTION Family Violence & Sexual Assault Inst., Tyler, TX. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 147p. AVAILABLE FROM Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute, 1121 ESE Loop 323, Ste. 130, Tyler, TX 75701; telephone: 903-534-5100; fax: 903-534-5454; e-mail:
[email protected]. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Serials (022)-- Guides Non-Classroom (055) JOURNAL CIT Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin; v13 n1-4 1997 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Black Youth; *Child Abuse; *Coping; *Divorce; *Family Violence; Intervention; Legislation; Marital Instability; *Performance Factors; Program Effectiveness; Resilience (Personality); Resource Materials; *Sexual Abuse ABSTRACT These two issues contain reviews of legal/legislative issues, research and treatment issues, book and video materials, and on-line resources and websites relating to family violence and sexual assault. The first issue, contains "Empowering African American Children To Become Resilient: Early Success in Overcoming Violent Families and Communities (A. Leavelle Cox), a feature article that describes a study of 15 successful African American adults who found they felt empowered as children to set goals and to decide within themselves to separate early, both psychologically and ph,sically from their hostile, chaotic, and violent environments. The second issue contains the following feature articles: "Helping Sexually Abused Children through Usiilg Strengths and Resiliency Approaches"