Comprehensive School-based Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Education

CAPA offers comprehensive prevention programs to effectively educate and empower children to recognize, interrupt, and report unsafe or uncomfortable behaviors and situations. CAPA uses the Play It Safe!® curriculum (best practice, evidence-informed, and age-appropriate) to meet Erin’s Law standards as required by the South Carolina Code of Laws and the State Board of Education. Our program emphasizes every child’s right to stay safe from abuse, neglect, harassment, bullying, cyberbullying, and grooming using proven prevention strategies, including assertiveness, advocacy, and increasing self-efficacy. Each lesson includes take-away resources and materials in English and Spanish, so children and their families can reinforce these concepts at home.

Elementary Program Descriptions 2024

Middle School Program Descriptions 2024

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Programs are available for youth groups, schools, community groups, and after-school programs:

• Making A Difference! An Abstinence-Based Approach to Prevention of STDs, HIV, and Teen Pregnancy – provides young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary to reduce their risk of disease and pregnancy by abstaining from sex.
• Making Proud Choices!  A Safer-Sex Approach to HIV/STDs and Teen Pregnancy Prevention – 8-module curriculum to provide adolescents with the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary to reduce their risk of disease and pregnancy by abstaining from sex or using condoms.
• Safer Choices – multi-session STD, HIV, and teen pregnancy prevention program for high school students.
• Faith-based sexuality programs are available upon request.

Professional Development

Mandated Reporter is for professionals required by law to report child abuse and neglect. Through a PowerPoint presentation and handouts, participants learn about the different types of abuse and neglect and the most common signs.  Participants will also learn how to handle a child’s disclosure including how to react, who to contact, and applicable law.  This presentation is about one hour in length.