Child Abuse Prevention Association

Comprehensive Program Description

The Child Abuse Prevention Association conducts outreach throughout Beaufort County to help provide necessary information on a variety of topics from our new Personal safety programs for 3-5th graders, to our Parent Support Group “P.S we love you.”  Below is a detailed description of all the programs CAPA provides.

Personal Safety and Child Abuse Awareness:
                       
When I Was Little Like You is a storybook with an emphasis on good touch and uncomfortable touch. This lesson is best for children 5 to 7 years of age.  It is designed to help children distinguish between a good touch and an uncomfortable touch, and to teach them what to do if someone makes them feel uncomfortable.  (30 minutes)

I Don’t Want to Go to Justin’s House Anymore is a story designed to help children know what to do when confronted with a friend suffering abuse, and how to tell the appropriate adults when they suspect their friend is being abused.  It is recommended for 1st to 3rd grades.  (35 minutes)

Personal Safety (Child Abuse and You):  During this program, 3rd grade students will learn about child abuse, and safe and unsafe touches.  We will be using lessons from the Talking About Touching curriculum ®.  This program is designed to teach students about the different kinds of child abuse, as well as how to handle child abuse if it happens to them or someone they know. (40 min.)

Communicating Your Feelings:  3rd Grade students will discuss the difference between tattling and telling. Using activities from Talk About Touching ® curriculum, students will learn that not all secrets are good to keep, even when adults, or friends tell them not to tell. (40 min)

Personal Safety; Child and Sexual Abuse Awareness Using the video Yes, You Can Say No, 4-5th grade students will discuss the different types of Child Abuse (esp. Physical, Sexual, emotional and Neglect), and talk about what to do if it ever happens to them, or a friend.(45-60 min). 

Mandated Reporter: This is a presentation for professionals who work with children, who are mandated by law to report Child abuse.  It is about 1 hour long with a power point presentation.  The presentation describes in detail: child abuse, signs of child abuse, who mandated reporters are, and how to make a report. 

Character Development:

The Kissing Hand is another storybook that is for Pre-K, Kindergarten, as well as First grade.  This book is about a family bond that a mother and child have for life.  It is designed to teach children about the love a family shares and how they can draw on that love everyday.  (30 minutes)

Feathers and Fur is a storybook used for ages 4 to 7 that is about being different.  It illustrates that there are differences in everyone, and teaches the valuable lesson that friendship can overcome the differences created by opposing backgrounds.  (30 minutes)

Sassafras is a story about acceptance and self-esteem.  Sassafras is a little skunk who is initially ashamed of his “smelly-old, stinky-old” self.  In the story, he learns the value of his “special gift,” and that everyone has a unique quality to be proud of.  Sassafras teaches the lesson of self-esteem in a way that all children can understand.  It is for ages 4 to 7.  (30 minutes)

A Tattler’s Tale is a program designed for Pre-K to 2nd grade.  It tackles the everyday situations children encounter, and gives advice on how to handle them.  “Tad the Tattler” leads the discussion in a humorous and child-friendly way.  A video, classroom discussion and handouts are used. (40 minutes)

How Would You Feel is a program about empathy that promotes friendship and peer communication.  It is designed for grades K to 4th.  The video portrays various real life situations and asks “How would you feel?”, “How could you be a better friend?” and “What are the right things to say?”  (40 minutes)

Self-Esteem:  This is an elementary school level program for grades 2 - 5.  In this program, we provide a hands-on exercise (an I AM LOVABLE & CAPABLE activity) and discussion on the     meaning and importance of self-esteem, what we should do to avoid harming someone’s self-esteem, and positive steps to rebuild self-esteem (40 minutes). 

Goal-setting: Current research has demonstrated the importance of children having goals for the future.  It is those children without goals that are most at-risk for unhealthy and even destructive behavior.  This program is designed to assist middle and high school students in identifying their own goals, and to explore how the decisions they make today can have far-reaching results and directly impact future goals they may have for themselves.  We use personal goal sheets, a 5 Year Plan and discussion.  One or two class meetings, depending on need.

Respect For Differences:  This is a program for students grades 5 through 9.  As our society becomes more diverse, it becomes increasingly important for us to respect each other and to resolve conflicts without violence.  This program is designed to inspire in students a respect for diversity.  Video, handouts and classroom discussion are used to explore this topic.  (45 minutes)

A Comprehensive Anti-Bullying Program:

Almost all students will encounter a bully at some point in their school years.  Bullying, teasing, harassing & taunting can have profound effects on a child – not only for the victim, but for the tormenter as well.  We offer a Comprehensive Bullying Program that addresses this issue for elementary, middle & high school students:

I Was Just Kidding: Learning About Harassment is a video that begins with short clips of real kids being teased, threatened or bullied.  The program explains what harassment is, why it happens and what to do about it.             Classroom discussion and handouts help the students devise a plan to handle difficult situations.  Grades 1 to 5.  (40 minutes)

Using Your Wits is a program that effectively demonstrates how to deal with a difficult situation by Walk away, Ignore the Bully, Talk it out if you can or tell someone and Seek help.  A video, handouts & classroom discussion are utilized.  Recommended for grades 3 to 5. (40 minutes) 
                       
Sticks and Stones: Let’s Talk About Teasing is a program that uses real-life multi-cultural children in a series of five vignettes.  The focus is to help young children recognize that there are positive ways to handle a teasing situation.  The video explores challenges to bravery, rejection, and judgments of body type, economic status and race.  Grades 3 to 5.  (45 – 50 minutes)

Bullying: You Don’t Have To Take It Anymore is a program that we provide to prepare students for the transition to middle school.  Using a video and handouts, we discuss what a bully is and how to prevent them from becoming a bully.  We also provide tips on what to do if you are being bullied.  Grades 5 - 8.  (45 minutes)

Gossiping, Taunting, Bullying: It’s All Harassment is a video that defines harassment and explores how it makes kids feel.  With the encouragement of a school counselor, young teens share their own experiences coping with bullying, taunting and teasing.  They view and react to dramatic vignettes that show realistic situations of harassment.  Through discussion, students explore ways to cope with this behavior and to develop ways to handle similar situations.  Grades 8, 9 & 10 (45 minutes)

Anger Management:

Anger, and its expression through physical violence, has become a major concern in all segments of society.  Suppressed or misdirected rage can manifest itself in destructive antisocial behavior.  Especially disturbing is the fact that violence is a growing problem among schoolchildren at much younger ages.  Research shows that with preparation and practice, young people can learn to implement more effective ways of dealing with anger.  Our Anger Management Programs are designed to help students gain control over this normal, yet potentially dangerous, human emotion:

How Not To Fight is a program that illustrates ways of preventing fights by dealing with the angry feelings that lead up to them.  Students will learn: how to recognize sudden feelings of anger; to understand that fighting will not solve their problems; to think before they act; the importance of communicating when a misunderstanding occurs, & understand some ways to solve problems so that everyone is satisfied.  Classroom discussion, handouts and a video that takes place on the planet “Harmonia” are         utilized.  Recommended for students in Kindergarten through 2nd.(40 minutes)

I’m so Mad! Mad! Mad! is designed to help young children differentiate between healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger. Using a video, classroom discussion and activities, students learn to say how they feel, solve the underlying problem so they can resolve their anger and turn a negative into a positive.  Recommended for 3rd through 5th grades.  (40 minutes)  (It is recommended that this program be followed by our new Conflict Resolution program, When You Can’t Work It Out, described on page 4.)

Own Your Anger is a program designed to help students who are in middle school, or will soon be transitioning to middle school.  Using a video, classroom discussion and activities, students will be able to identify angry feelings and how to handle them before an outburst occurs.  Anger triggers, anger cues, and the confusion about anger and other emotions, are discussed.  Students also explore various anger styles, consequences and ways to deal with anger.  Recommended for students in 5th through           8th grades.  Two forty-minute sessions are suggested.

Student Workshop - Anger Management Skills is a multi-session program for high school age students.  In this program teens will be able to: identify anger triggers and their physical anger-warning signs; recognize the difference between angry feelings and angry behavior; consider the consequences of angry behavior; develop constructive and effective ways of expressing and handling anger, & ways to respond to someone else’s anger.  A video divided into three parts, lots of discussion and activities are used at each session.  Recommended for 9th through 12th grades.  Requires two or three class sessions, depending on time.

When You Can’t Work It Out is our companion program to I’m So Mad! Mad! Mad! offered to 3rd through 5th grade students.  This program goes beyond most Conflict Resolution programs by helping children handle those situations where there doesn’t seem to be a way to work things out.  It addresses how holding a grudge can prevent both sides from dealing with a conflict, and how a different opinion can help you see a problem from another perspective.  It also addresses how to deal with people even when they don’t like each other. (40 minutes)

If you are interested in any of the above programs, please contact the Outreach Coordinator Jessie Chapman at 524-4350 or capajchapman@earthlink.net

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs

CAPA is capable of offering these programs to youth in many types of settings including church youth groups, schools, community groups, and after-school programs.  All of these programs are offered free of charge.  Please call April Borkman at 524-4350 for more information. 

Making A Difference! An Abstinence-Based Approach to Prevention of STDs, HIV and Teen Pregnancy is an eight-module curriculum that provides young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV, and pregnancy by abstaining from sex. The goal of Making A Difference! is to empower young adolescents to change their behavior to reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV and other STDs and their risk for pregnancy. Specifically, this curriculum emphasizes that young adolescents should postpone sexual activity and that practicing abstinence is the only way to eliminate the risk for pregnancy and STDs, including HIV.  This program is designed for middle-school age youth.  Materials/methods used include, videos, role-plays, group processing, and brainstorming.  This is a science based, proven effective program. 

Making Proud Choices!  A Safer-Sex Approach to HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy Prevention is an eight module curriculum that addresses HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention.  It is intended to reduce the incidence of unprotected sexual behavior among young adolescents and help youth make a difference in their lives by making proud and intelligent choices about their sexual behavior.   The program provides adolescents with information intended to produce a lower incidence of HIV/STD risk-associated behavior by encouraging abstinence and increasing their knowledge about preventing HIV/STD’s and pregnancy.  In addition, the program encourages teens to feel a stronger sense of pride and responsibility in making a difference in their own lives.  The program is designed for middle-school age youth, but can be used with freshman and sophomores in high school.  Materials/ methods used include videos, role-plays, group processing, and brainstorming.  This is a science based, proven effective program. 

Safer Choices is a school-based, twenty-session HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention program first developed by the Centers for Disease Control.  Primarily the program is designed to increase the numbers of teens who are delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse while they are in high school and to also increase the use of condoms and other methods of protection among students who do have sex.  However, the program seeks to modify several other factors related to teen sexual risk-taking behavior including increasing knowledge of HIV and STD’s, changing attitudes about sexual behavior, increasing self-efficacy to refuse sexual intercourse or unprotected sexual intercourse, and changing perceived risk of becoming pregnant or becoming infected with HIV.  This program also promotes teen communication with parents regarding sexual decision making.  Safer  Choices is designed to be used with high school freshmen and sophomores (not for middle school ).  Students receive ten sessions of the program in the ninth grade, and then ten more sessions in the tenth grade.  Materials include lectures, videos, games and group processing.  This is a science based, proven effective program.  

Faith-Based Sexuality Programs are available to your faith-based organization upon request.  For more information, please contact the Beaufort CAPA office at 524-4350.   Materials include lecture, videos, games, and group processing.  Ask about the Keeping the Faith/ Keeping It Real program.

Parenting Programs

Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is a science based/proven effective approach that has been used for over 25 years and has gone through 7 clinical trials.  In Group Triple P, parents receive workbooks with information, activities and role-playing opportunities.  Over the course of 8 sessions Triple P promotes positive parenting skills by:

1. Teaching parents how to build positive relationships with their children
2. Helping parents set rules and give instructions that their children will follow
3. Encouraging parents to praise behavior they like
4. Helping parents teach their children new skills

P.S. We love you is a Parent Support Group.  The group meets weekly at the CAPA office and offers all participants a haven, a place to vent their frustrations, share experiences, and fellowship.  Members of the community visit the group and offer information to the group relating to their business and what they can offer the parents. 

For more information on the Parenting Programs, please contact Claire Glasson the Director of Programs.

Child Abuse Prevention Association

Comprehensive Program Description

The Child Abuse Prevention Association conducts outreach throughout Beaufort County to help provide necessary information on a variety of topics from our new Personal safety programs for 3-5th graders, to our Parent Support Group “P.S we love you.”  Below is a detailed description of all the programs CAPA provides.

Personal Safety and Child Abuse Awareness:
                       
When I Was Little Like You is a storybook with an emphasis on good touch and uncomfortable touch. This lesson is best for children 5 to 7 years of age.  It is designed to help children distinguish between a good touch and an uncomfortable touch, and to teach them what to do if someone makes them feel uncomfortable.  (30 minutes)

I Don’t Want to Go to Justin’s House Anymore is a story designed to help children know what to do when confronted with a friend suffering abuse, and how to tell the appropriate adults when they suspect their friend is being abused.  It is recommended for 1st to 3rd grades.  (35 minutes)

Personal Safety (Child Abuse and You):  During this program, 3rd grade students will learn about child abuse, and safe and unsafe touches.  We will be using lessons from the Talking About Touching curriculum ®.  This program is designed to teach students about the different kinds of child abuse, as well as how to handle child abuse if it happens to them or someone they know. (40 min.)

Communicating Your Feelings:  3rd Grade students will discuss the difference between tattling and telling. Using activities from Talk About Touching ® curriculum, students will learn that not all secrets are good to keep, even when adults, or friends tell them not to tell. (40 min)

Personal Safety; Child and Sexual Abuse Awareness Using the video Yes, You Can Say No, 4-5th grade students will discuss the different types of Child Abuse (esp. Physical, Sexual, emotional and Neglect), and talk about what to do if it ever happens to them, or a friend.(45-60 min). 

Mandated Reporter: This is a presentation for professionals who work with children, who are mandated by law to report Child abuse.  It is about 1 hour long with a power point presentation.  The presentation describes in detail: child abuse, signs of child abuse, who mandated reporters are, and how to make a report. 

Character Development:

The Kissing Hand is another storybook that is for Pre-K, Kindergarten, as well as First grade.  This book is about a family bond that a mother and child have for life.  It is designed to teach children about the love a family shares and how they can draw on that love everyday.  (30 minutes)

Feathers and Fur is a storybook used for ages 4 to 7 that is about being different.  It illustrates that there are differences in everyone, and teaches the valuable lesson that friendship can overcome the differences created by opposing backgrounds.  (30 minutes)

Sassafras is a story about acceptance and self-esteem.  Sassafras is a little skunk who is initially ashamed of his “smelly-old, stinky-old” self.  In the story, he learns the value of his “special gift,” and that everyone has a unique quality to be proud of.  Sassafras teaches the lesson of self-esteem in a way that all children can understand.  It is for ages 4 to 7.  (30 minutes)

A Tattler’s Tale is a program designed for Pre-K to 2nd grade.  It tackles the everyday situations children encounter, and gives advice on how to handle them.  “Tad the Tattler” leads the discussion in a humorous and child-friendly way.  A video, classroom discussion and handouts are used. (40 minutes)

How Would You Feel is a program about empathy that promotes friendship and peer communication.  It is designed for grades K to 4th.  The video portrays various real life situations and asks “How would you feel?”, “How could you be a better friend?” and “What are the right things to say?”  (40 minutes)

Self-Esteem:  This is an elementary school level program for grades 2 - 5.  In this program, we provide a hands-on exercise (an I AM LOVABLE & CAPABLE activity) and discussion on the     meaning and importance of self-esteem, what we should do to avoid harming someone’s self-esteem, and positive steps to rebuild self-esteem (40 minutes). 

Goal-setting: Current research has demonstrated the importance of children having goals for the future.  It is those children without goals that are most at-risk for unhealthy and even destructive behavior.  This program is designed to assist middle and high school students in identifying their own goals, and to explore how the decisions they make today can have far-reaching results and directly impact future goals they may have for themselves.  We use personal goal sheets, a 5 Year Plan and discussion.  One or two class meetings, depending on need.

Respect For Differences:  This is a program for students grades 5 through 9.  As our society becomes more diverse, it becomes increasingly important for us to respect each other and to resolve conflicts without violence.  This program is designed to inspire in students a respect for diversity.  Video, handouts and classroom discussion are used to explore this topic.  (45 minutes)

A Comprehensive Anti-Bullying Program:

Almost all students will encounter a bully at some point in their school years.  Bullying, teasing, harassing & taunting can have profound effects on a child – not only for the victim, but for the tormenter as well.  We offer a Comprehensive Bullying Program that addresses this issue for elementary, middle & high school students:

I Was Just Kidding: Learning About Harassment is a video that begins with short clips of real kids being teased, threatened or bullied.  The program explains what harassment is, why it happens and what to do about it.             Classroom discussion and handouts help the students devise a plan to handle difficult situations.  Grades 1 to 5.  (40 minutes)

Using Your Wits is a program that effectively demonstrates how to deal with a difficult situation by Walk away, Ignore the Bully, Talk it out if you can or tell someone and Seek help.  A video, handouts & classroom discussion are utilized.  Recommended for grades 3 to 5. (40 minutes) 
                       
Sticks and Stones: Let’s Talk About Teasing is a program that uses real-life multi-cultural children in a series of five vignettes.  The focus is to help young children recognize that there are positive ways to handle a teasing situation.  The video explores challenges to bravery, rejection, and judgments of body type, economic status and race.  Grades 3 to 5.  (45 – 50 minutes)

Bullying: You Don’t Have To Take It Anymore is a program that we provide to prepare students for the transition to middle school.  Using a video and handouts, we discuss what a bully is and how to prevent them from becoming a bully.  We also provide tips on what to do if you are being bullied.  Grades 5 - 8.  (45 minutes)

Gossiping, Taunting, Bullying: It’s All Harassment is a video that defines harassment and explores how it makes kids feel.  With the encouragement of a school counselor, young teens share their own experiences coping with bullying, taunting and teasing.  They view and react to dramatic vignettes that show realistic situations of harassment.  Through discussion, students explore ways to cope with this behavior and to develop ways to handle similar situations.  Grades 8, 9 & 10 (45 minutes)

Anger Management:

Anger, and its expression through physical violence, has become a major concern in all segments of society.  Suppressed or misdirected rage can manifest itself in destructive antisocial behavior.  Especially disturbing is the fact that violence is a growing problem among schoolchildren at much younger ages.  Research shows that with preparation and practice, young people can learn to implement more effective ways of dealing with anger.  Our Anger Management Programs are designed to help students gain control over this normal, yet potentially dangerous, human emotion:

How Not To Fight is a program that illustrates ways of preventing fights by dealing with the angry feelings that lead up to them.  Students will learn: how to recognize sudden feelings of anger; to understand that fighting will not solve their problems; to think before they act; the importance of communicating when a misunderstanding occurs, & understand some ways to solve problems so that everyone is satisfied.  Classroom discussion, handouts and a video that takes place on the planet “Harmonia” are         utilized.  Recommended for students in Kindergarten through 2nd.(40 minutes)

I’m so Mad! Mad! Mad! is designed to help young children differentiate between healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger. Using a video, classroom discussion and activities, students learn to say how they feel, solve the underlying problem so they can resolve their anger and turn a negative into a positive.  Recommended for 3rd through 5th grades.  (40 minutes)  (It is recommended that this program be followed by our new Conflict Resolution program, When You Can’t Work It Out, described on page 4.)

Own Your Anger is a program designed to help students who are in middle school, or will soon be transitioning to middle school.  Using a video, classroom discussion and activities, students will be able to identify angry feelings and how to handle them before an outburst occurs.  Anger triggers, anger cues, and the confusion about anger and other emotions, are discussed.  Students also explore various anger styles, consequences and ways to deal with anger.  Recommended for students in 5th through           8th grades.  Two forty-minute sessions are suggested.

Student Workshop - Anger Management Skills is a multi-session program for high school age students.  In this program teens will be able to: identify anger triggers and their physical anger-warning signs; recognize the difference between angry feelings and angry behavior; consider the consequences of angry behavior; develop constructive and effective ways of expressing and handling anger, & ways to respond to someone else’s anger.  A video divided into three parts, lots of discussion and activities are used at each session.  Recommended for 9th through 12th grades.  Requires two or three class sessions, depending on time.

When You Can’t Work It Out is our companion program to I’m So Mad! Mad! Mad! offered to 3rd through 5th grade students.  This program goes beyond most Conflict Resolution programs by helping children handle those situations where there doesn’t seem to be a way to work things out.  It addresses how holding a grudge can prevent both sides from dealing with a conflict, and how a different opinion can help you see a problem from another perspective.  It also addresses how to deal with people even when they don’t like each other. (40 minutes)

If you are interested in any of the above programs, please contact the Outreach Coordinator Jessie Chapman at 524-4350 or capajchapman@earthlink.net

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs

CAPA is capable of offering these programs to youth in many types of settings including church youth groups, schools, community groups, and after-school programs.  All of these programs are offered free of charge.  Please call April Borkman at 524-4350 for more information. 

Making A Difference! An Abstinence-Based Approach to Prevention of STDs, HIV and Teen Pregnancy is an eight-module curriculum that provides young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV, and pregnancy by abstaining from sex. The goal of Making A Difference! is to empower young adolescents to change their behavior to reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV and other STDs and their risk for pregnancy. Specifically, this curriculum emphasizes that young adolescents should postpone sexual activity and that practicing abstinence is the only way to eliminate the risk for pregnancy and STDs, including HIV.  This program is designed for middle-school age youth.  Materials/methods used include, videos, role-plays, group processing, and brainstorming.  This is a science based, proven effective program. 

Making Proud Choices!  A Safer-Sex Approach to HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy Prevention is an eight module curriculum that addresses HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention.  It is intended to reduce the incidence of unprotected sexual behavior among young adolescents and help youth make a difference in their lives by making proud and intelligent choices about their sexual behavior.   The program provides adolescents with information intended to produce a lower incidence of HIV/STD risk-associated behavior by encouraging abstinence and increasing their knowledge about preventing HIV/STD’s and pregnancy.  In addition, the program encourages teens to feel a stronger sense of pride and responsibility in making a difference in their own lives.  The program is designed for middle-school age youth, but can be used with freshman and sophomores in high school.  Materials/ methods used include videos, role-plays, group processing, and brainstorming.  This is a science based, proven effective program. 

Safer Choices is a school-based, twenty-session HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention program first developed by the Centers for Disease Control.  Primarily the program is designed to increase the numbers of teens who are delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse while they are in high school and to also increase the use of condoms and other methods of protection among students who do have sex.  However, the program seeks to modify several other factors related to teen sexual risk-taking behavior including increasing knowledge of HIV and STD’s, changing attitudes about sexual behavior, increasing self-efficacy to refuse sexual intercourse or unprotected sexual intercourse, and changing perceived risk of becoming pregnant or becoming infected with HIV.  This program also promotes teen communication with parents regarding sexual decision making.  Safer  Choices is designed to be used with high school freshmen and sophomores (not for middle school ).  Students receive ten sessions of the program in the ninth grade, and then ten more sessions in the tenth grade.  Materials include lectures, videos, games and group processing.  This is a science based, proven effective program.  

Faith-Based Sexuality Programs are available to your faith-based organization upon request.  For more information, please contact the Beaufort CAPA office at 524-4350.   Materials include lecture, videos, games, and group processing.  Ask about the Keeping the Faith/ Keeping It Real program.

Parenting Programs

Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is a science based/proven effective approach that has been used for over 25 years and has gone through 7 clinical trials.  In Group Triple P, parents receive workbooks with information, activities and role-playing opportunities.  Over the course of 8 sessions Triple P promotes positive parenting skills by:

1. Teaching parents how to build positive relationships with their children
2. Helping parents set rules and give instructions that their children will follow
3. Encouraging parents to praise behavior they like
4. Helping parents teach their children new skills

P.S. We love you is a Parent Support Group.  The group meets weekly at the CAPA office and offers all participants a haven, a place to vent their frustrations, share experiences, and fellowship.  Members of the community visit the group and offer information to the group relating to their business and what they can offer the parents. 

For more information on the Parenting Programs, please contact Claire Glasson the Director of Programs.