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More local and communits agencies can help develop more awareness programs for victims.There are many online organizations that teens and adults can look up information on abuse and on helping victims such as; The Safe Place, Love Is Not Abuse , and Love Is Respect . However, there are local organizations that tend to victims of abuse. "SCCADVASA helps shows issues, of policy and legislation regarding Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse." According to (Love Shouldn't Hurt), SCCADVASA is local organization that help adults and teens in domestic violence relationships who have been sexually abuse. The SCCADVASA stands for South Carolina Coalition against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault and is a local corporation that promotes community awerness of domestic violence and teen dating violence. They service and shelter victims; who have been victimized and assaulted in abusive relationships.SCCADVASA does this  by helping and attending to victims throughout the community and participating in  April Sexual Assault Awareness Month and October Domestic Awareness Month. Also, the organzations creats an awareness by posting flyers on domestic violence and teen dating violence in community centers, colleges, and corner stores. Local and community agency can help stop teen dating violence and prevent sexual abuse in the relationships by linking with SCCADVASA. Teens in abusive relationship can be affected when they grow into adults. In many schools, such as mine, there are posters and flyers hanging up to show teens call to call or stop by local organizations if they are being abused or know someone who is.  Putting these organizations in the community may really help teens be aware of the signs of abuse and how they get out of an abusive relationship. Domestic violence in teen relationships can affect teens when they become adults. Many teens my age, experience some type of abuse in their relationship; which could affect their future. One example would be a teen girl named Ayza Alvarze; who was a victim  of  teen dating violence. "I didn't tell her about the sexual abuse, how they tried to control me. I didn't see it as a problem. I thought it happened; I'll get over it and move on. I didn't realize how it would affect relationships I had later." (Alvarze) She was only fifteen, in her first relationships and thought that a healthy relationship was being control by her boyfriend.  Ayza was even being pressured to have sex, but still did not tell her parents. After she finally got out of her first relationship, she stepped into a new relationship, but the abuse still continued. Eventually, she got out of those unhealthily relationships by the helpof  her parents and learned a life lesson  about growing up and how being abuse had affected her, and how she learned and grew from her mistakes. Abuse will affect teens today, and in the future because; without the guidance of organizations, parents, or friends, teen victims will grow up into adults and sadly  may become a victim of domestic violence. According to SafePlace, "Even though teen relationships may be different from adult relationships in many ways, teens still do experience the same types of physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse as adults do. ( SafePlace) Teens in abusive relationships can be affected in the future because if they do not get help or counseling it can lead to domestic violence. Domestic violence is seen in marriages or adult relationships and is closely related to teen dating violence because both can cause victims to be abused physically, mentally, sexually. Teens need to learn how to get out of an unhealthily relationships, and know the signs of abuse; so when they become adults it won't lead to them being abused in marriages. Adding local and community agencies can reduce teen dating and domestic violence in generation to come. "Scares of the abuse may heal, but the remembrance of it never goes away. ( Bellamy)


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