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[quote=Anonymous]If this happened to my daughter, here is what I would do:

1) Pediatrician evaluation, ASAP. 
2) Call the police, ASAP.
3) Call and make a report to CPS, ASAP. They will likely not investigate it because the perpetrator is not a family member, but reported it to them will likely get it referred to the Youth Services Division at MPD, who will investigate it.
4) Call Safe Shores and ask them to schedule a forensic interview for your child. I have worked with them before, for children as young as this, and their interviewers are really great at getting to the bottom of what happened in a very compassionate way. It will likely take several hours, but MPD is on site and they will be a partner in the investigation.
5) Depending on the particulars of what happened at school, I would file complaints against whatever adult was in charge and not supervising two preschoolers such that such an abuse could occur at all. This isn't the sort of thing that can happen when a responsible caregiver has their head turned for a minute or two. Someone was not supervising appropriately. If the principal is not taking the issue seriously, I'd file a complaint against him/her as well.
6) When all of that has happened, ask Safe Shores/your pediatrician for a referral for a therapist for your child to work with her on processing the trauma and helping with the avoidance.

I'm so sorry this happened and hope you are able to heal.[/quote]

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