Michele Elliott

Michele Elliott OBE is an author, psychologist, teacher and the founder and director of child protection charity Kidscape.[1] She has chaired World Health Organisation and Home Office working groups and is a Winston Churchill fellow.[2]

Early life

Elliott is a UK citizen. Her mother was British, father American. She has a Masters's degree in Psychology[3] She began working with families and children in 1968, moving to the United Kingdom in 1971. .[4]

Work

Elliott worked as a guidance councillor at The American School in London, where her husband was a social studies teacher.[5]

Kidscape

Elliott founded Kidscape in 1984 to help children stay safe from sexual abuse and from bullying.[6]

Elliott has been a high profile figure and Kidscape was named Charity of the Year in 2000. Writing in The Guardian, David Brindle suggested the award was "an undoubted reflection of the vibrancy of Michele Elliott".[7]

Female child sexual abuse offenders

Elliott, who had previously written books about male abuse of children, has undertaken pioneering work in investigating and raising awareness of the problem and extent of child sexual abuse committed by women, and the topic of female paedophilia, publishing the book Female Sexual Abuse of Children The Last Taboo' in 1992.[8] The book was well received by professionals and survivors' organisations. Mike Lew described it as "an important and challenging work", helping "to forge a new understanding of the issues".[9] Doody's annual stated it was "an extremely valuable book for all professionals, and it greatly increases the current state of knowledge, or lack of that knowledge, that can have a profound influence on the survivor's development and recovery".[10]

Elliott's work in exposing the issue of child sexual abuse committed by women has also resulted in hostility from feminists. While compiling Female Sexual Abuse of Children, Elliott organised a conference in London concerning sexual abuse by women. After publishing the book, Elliott was subject to a "deluge" of hate mail from feminists.[11]

Awards

In 2008 Elliot was honoured with an OBE by the Queen for services to children.[6] The following year she was named Children and Young People's Champion.[12] She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Birmingham in 2003.[13][14]

Personal life

Elliot is married to Ed and they have two sons.[15] She lives in Rye, East Sussex.[6][16]

Publications

References

  1. "Michele Elliott". London: The Guardian. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6086660
  3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1294939/pdf/jrsocmed00079-0063.pdf
  4. http://www.dur.ac.uk/publichealth.library/HDA_archive/R%20247%20-%2054007000185066%20-%20ELLIOTT%20-%20TEENSCAPE.pdf
  5. "The American School in London: January 2010". Asl.org. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 "OBE for Rye woman who set up anti-bullying charity – Bexhill News". Bexhill Observer. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. David Brindle (6 November 2000). "UK Charity Awards 2000 | Society". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  8. "Michele Elliott: Women can be child abusers too – Commentators – Voices". London: The Independent. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  9. Female Sexual Abuse of Children – Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  10. "Female Sexual Abuse of Children by Michele Elliott | Paperback | Barnes & Noble". Barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  11. 3 October 2009 19:43. "When the face of evil is female – News". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  12. "Honorary members – Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology – University of Birmingham". Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  13. "Honorary doctorate for Black Country writer. – Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  14. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20090219020441/http://kidscape.org.uk:80/assets/downloads/Kidscape%20Annual%20Review.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. Michele Elliott Archived 8 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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