Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee
(843) 669-3391

Because child abuse is everyone's business.

Mission Statement

     Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee is a program dedicated to reducing and preventing child abuse and neglect within the Pee Dee Region. The process of reducing and preventing child abuse in our families and communities must begin with education.

School Based Programs

Prevention for Younger Students

     The Talking About Touching program, a personal body safety curriculum developed by the Committee of Children, is utilized at the primary and elementary school levels. Through activities, children in prekindergarten through sixth grade are empowered to say “NO!” to unwanted touches by learning personal defense mechanisms useful in dangerous situations. All information is presented in a fun manner and targets placing the blame for unwanted touches on the perpetrator and not the child.

Prevention for Older Students

     At the middle and high school levels, the Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee staff teaches adolescents and teens how to take charge of their own lives by making healthy life choices. Topics discussed include date rape, conflict resolution, anger management, gender socialization, sexual assault prevention, as well as other relevant topics. For secondary and postsecondary students, Reducing Our Assault Risk (ROAR) is an available program which addresses risk reduction techniques related to sexual assault.

Community Based Programs

Parent Education/Parent Support (PEPS)

     PEPS is a free, 12-week program for parents of children ranging from birth through twelve years of age. Parents meet for two hours, one night per week, for 12 weeks. Topics of education include Self Care, Understanding Your Own Wants and Needs, Positive Discipline Techniques, Anger and Stress Management, as well as other related topics. Free child care and activities are provided. A certificate is given to each participant completing a minimum of ten weeks.

Parents Anonymous

     Parents Anonymous is a program dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. It is a mutual assistance program in which parents not only recognize and take responsibility for their own problems and solutions through the help they receive but they also have to help other parents. Community based support groups offer parents the skills and encouragement they need to build strong, safe families. Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee serves as the local chapter of Parents Anonymous in South Carolina.

Durant Children's Center

      In the event child abuse is discovered, referral can be made to the Durant Children's Center