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Michael F. Abramsky, PhD
Diplomate American Board of Professional Psychology
hinking about their child fall-
ing victim to a sexual predator
is one of the worst nightmares
for parents, and the recent arrest of
former Jewish Community Center
day camp counselor Matthew Kuppe
for posting nude locker-room photos
of JCC campers on a foreign website
turned the nightmare into a terrifying
reality
To provide support and guidance for
parents concerned
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About 20 parents
Kuppe
gathered to hear
information and have
their questions answered by a panel of
JFS staff members, including CEO Perry
Ohren, Chief Program Officer Shari-
Beth Goldman and Ellen Yashinsky
Chute, senior director of behavioral
health services.
"We're here to help parents arm
themselves with words” Chute said.
"When bad things happen, the test of a
community is how do we respond and
help each other to move forward"
While emails from the JCC indicated
that three campers had been identified
from photos posted by Kuppe under
the username "JCCLOCKERROOM,"
several parents at the forum expressed
fear their children had also been abused
and/or photographed by Kuppe.
This was Kuppe's second summer
at JCC Center Day Camps; last year he
spent a session working first with teens
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and then spending second session with
campers with special needs, a cause for
concern among several parents at the
forum. This summer, he was assistant
unit head for Trekkers, a program for
middle school children.
JFS staff advised parents of camp-
ers unable to communicate effectively,
such as very young children or those
with special needs, to watch for changes
in their children and be aware of new
behaviors or acting out, sexually or
otherwise.
"You are the expert on your child,"
said Goldman, who told parents of chil-
dren with special needs to insist their
children are never left alone with an
adult in a camp or school setting.
Chute also cautioned parents against
becoming overly anxious or vigilant, or
trying too hard to determine if anything
happened.
"The goal is to create a place of safety
for your child" she said. "The goal is
not to know. We may never know ...
In the overall, does he [the child] seem
OK? We don't want to become obsessive
parents who focus on every bad thing:'
Ohren said parents will be updated
as additional support services are made
available, such as parent support groups
or informational sessions geared for
parents of children with special needs.
Kuppe, 21, is Jewish and became
a bar mitzvah at Congregation B'nai
Moshe in West Bloomfield. He was
arrested in his West Bloomfield home
on Aug. 12 as the result of an inves-
tigation by the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security.
He was taken into custody and
charged in U.S. District Court the
following day for production, posses-
sion, receipt and distribution of child
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