All children deserve to be loved, nurtured, and kept safe from intentional and unintentional harm.
Being a parent is probably one of the toughest jobs that we ever do. Today’s families face many obstacles, and we want you to know that there is help.
Our local Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) offers a variety of programs to the community to help raise awareness about child abuse and its effects on the community.
For more information about CAPA’s outreach programs, please contact April Fletcher-Clark, Director of Programs, at 843-524-4350 or outreach@capabeaufort.org.
CAPA offers comprehensive prevention programs to effectively educate and empower children to recognize, interrupt, and report unsafe or uncomfortable behaviors and situations. CAPA combines Play It Safe!® and Think First & Stay Safe® curricula (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. Their 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.
CAPA offers parenting classes that are affordable and open to the general public.
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
- Mondays 6:00 – 7:30 pm
- CAPA Parenting Center – currently virtual
- 1340 Ribaut Road, Port Royal
- $40 for an 8-class session
- Contact April Fletcher-Clark, Director of Programs, at 843-524-4350 or outreach@capabeaufort.org.
Triple P (a best-practices positive parenting program with over 25 years of research behind it). The class is structured into eight sessions covering a wide range of topics. Sessions include group discussions, activities, and role-playing opportunities. The sessions are taught continuously, and participants may join in at any time. Topics covered include:
- Teaching parents how to build positive relationships with their children
- Helping parents set rules and give instructions their children will follow
- Encouraging parents to praise behavior they like
- Helping parents teach their children new skills
P.S. We Love You (parent support group)
- Thursdays 6:15 – 7:45 pm
- offered 1st and 3rd Thursdays, at the CAPA Parent Center,
1340 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Please call ahead to check current schedule, 843-524-4350.
This group is FREE to join and is open to any parent. We will laugh, learn, share and love—our children, grandchildren, and each other. The group invites speakers to deal with topics of particular interest to the group including health, budgeting and baking, adult education opportunities, and child-rearing.
For more detail about other programs CAPA offers, visit https://capabeaufort.org.
Also, visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for a complete list of product recalls, including household products and appliances not specifically related to children. To register your car seats for automatic recall notices, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Other agencies also issue recalls such as the Toy and Product Recall Finder at Parents.com
