Our Programs
Our Programs
Child Abuse Prevention
Adult Programs
Darkness to Light
Darkness to Light (D2L) is a worldwide recognized leader in child sexual abuse prevention. Offering a range of award-winning trainings, D2L seeks to equip protective adults with knowledge and skills to end child sexual abuse
Stewards of Children® is an evidence-informed child sexual abuse prevention program for adults. This award-winning program educates adults to prevent, recognize and react appropriately to child sexual abuse. This 2.5 hour training program is designed for parents as well as any adults who work or volunteer with children or adolescents and is approved by the Indiana Department of Education to meet state-mandated training requirements for school staff.
Darkness to Light also offers Child Safety Foundations®. These brief trainings focus on specific topics to protect children from sexual abuse and are great for parents, caregivers, and others responsible for the care and safety of youth.
Child and Teen Programs
ChildHelp Speak Up Be Safe
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide is proud to partner with ChildHelp Speak Up Be Safe school curriculum to classrooms throughout Central Indiana.
Speak Up Be Safe teaches students to identify and outsmart the lures that are universally used in predatory crimes against children, most often by someone the child knows. Students learn essential personal safety skills to improve self-reliance and raise self-esteem, while being consistently reassured that most people are kind, safe and committed to their well-being.
Suicide Prevention
Adult Programs
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer- the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. QPR is not a form of counseling or treatment. Rather it is intended to offer hope through positive action. By learning QPR you will come to recognize the warning signs, clues and suicidal communications of someone in trouble and gain skills to act vigorously to prevent a possible tragedy.
Child and Teen Programs
Signs of Suicide (SOS)
Signs of Suicide is a youth suicide prevention program that targets students in 6th through 12th grade educating them on how to recognize signs of a mental health crisis in themselves or in a peer and to encourage help-seeking behaviors.
Digital Safety
Adult Programs
NetSmartz® for Adults and Caregivers
ICPYAS offers resources for parents and educators to facilitate discussions with children and students about online safety. These resources include tip sheets, videos, and presentations aimed at guiding adults in supporting young individuals' online safety.
Child and Teen Programs
NetSmartz® Workshop
ICPYAS provides NetSmartz® as a Community Education Partner of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Through engaging age-appropriate presentations and activities tailored for different age groups lessons cover various topics such as online privacy, encountering or sharing inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and online solicitation or grooming.