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Prenatal Substance Use Prevention Program

PSUPP (pronounced Pea Soup)

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The Prenatal Substance Use Prevention Program (PSUPP) is a counseling/education program for women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, and for families with children in the home.

The PSUPP program was developed by the Indiana Department of Health and is designed to prevent birth defects, low birth weight, premature births, and other problems associated with prenatal substance use. LaPorte County’s program is one of 16 located throughout Indiana. This program provides a tobacco cessation program for women and families. Participants receive five individual counseling sessions either in their homes or at Dunebrook to assist them in developing and implementing a cessation plan that works for them. This program is absolutely free and worth every “smoke free” moment.

PSUPP provides education, referrals, and early intervention for substance use during pregnancy. Staff is available for public education on the possible hazards of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use during pregnancy, and the hazards of second hand smoke for children.

Body Safety Program Body Safety is a program used to help prevent sexual abuse by teaching children to distinguish between good and bad touches, to learn to say no, and to learn how to tell someone. A presentation meeting with parents is available. The program is available to elementary schools in LaPorte County at no charge to schools.

Public Education The Speaker’s Bureau (staff and board members) is available for presentations, radio and television programs, fairs and tours. Dunebrook provides public service information, billboard campaigns and an annual event to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect.

Advocacy Center - Forensic Interviews At the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), children are given the opportunity to talk about alleged sexual abuse in a safe, child-friendly environment. The CAC’s recording capabilities allow a team of multi-disciplined professionals investigating the allegations to observe the forensic interview live from a monitoring room. This technique eliminates the need for multiple interviews with the child. Child Forensic Interviewers, trained through a process known as “Finding Words Indiana,” use aids, such as pictures, diagrams and/or anatomically correct dolls to assist the child in recalling and verbalizing situations that may be too difficult to discuss with words. Victims of child sexual abuse are often too embarrassed to talk about what is happening or they are threatened into silence, carrying all alone the burden of knowing that something horrible is happening to them. When children tell about their abuse, they no longer have to carry that burden alone.

Community Center Dunebrook makes its facilities available to numerous community organizations, including United Way, Healthy Communities, the Child Protection Team, the Child Fatality Review Team and other child service-related groups.