In addition, he was editor of Scouting Memorabilia for the Lee Museum. His volunteer and professional Scouting positions include Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, district chairman, district commissioner, Wood Badge course director, National Camp School director, and staff at six national jamborees. In addition to being honored with the DESA, Rowan has been awarded the Silver Beaver Award and Silver Antelope Award.[4][5]
In his book Understanding Child Sexual Abuse, Rowan discusses a 1998 study at Temple University which stated: "while child sexual abuse was morally and legally wrong and obviously devastating to some individuals, it was not inherently and inevitably harmful." He goes on to explain the lasting changes in survivors' ability to regulate emotion, and in cognition and memory. In discussing treatment of the victim and perpetrator, he states that treatment does not seem to reduce the rate of perpetrator recidivism and that prevention is also "elusive". Rowan encourages parents to educate their children on the dangers of sexual abuse, highlighting new prevention programs of the Roman Catholic Church and Boy Scouts of America.[11][12]
Rowan wrote The Joy of Self-Pleasuring : Why Feel Guilty About Feeling Good? This was published in the year 2000.
Works
Rowan, MD, Edward L. (2005). Cass Street Stories. Exeter, NH: Publishing Works, Inc. ISBN1-933002-09-3.
Rowan, MD, Edward L. (2009). Mothers of Scouting: Baden-Powell and the Women Who Influenced Him. Exeter, NH: Publishing Works. ISBN978-1-935557-13-5.
Rowan, MD, Edward L. (2005). To Do My Best: James E. West and the History of the Boy Scouts of America. Exeter, NH: Publishing Works. ISBN0-9746479-1-8.
^ abRowan, MD, Edward L. (March 2006). "James E. West and the History of the Boy Scouts of America". International Scouting Collectors Association Journal. 6 (1). International Scouting Collectors Association: 11–15.
^Rowan, MD, Edward L. (December 2006). "Dan Beard, Founder of the First Boy Scout Society". International Scouting Collectors Association Journal. 6 (4). International Scouting Collectors Association: 28–29.
^Rowan, MD, Edward L. (June 2008). "Irving Berlin, God Bless America, and Black Scouting". International Scouting Collectors Association Journal. 8 (2). International Scouting Collectors Association: 15.
^Rowan, MD, Edward L. (June 2008). "Thoughts On Collecting Patches and Other Neat Stuff". International Scouting Collectors Association Journal. 8 (2). International Scouting Collectors Association: 17.