Our Services are...
- Developed to work well for the different life situations and ages of our students.
- Designed to be upbeat, effective, safe, emotionally supportive, and hands-on.
- Tailored to fit the specific needs of your family, circle of friends, school, organization, service club or business.
- Adapted for people who face special physical, emotional or developmental challenges.
Custom workshop formats can be designed to meet your group’s needs.
Financial aid is available. Although we are unable to provide workshops for free, our policy is to provide services to anyone who needs them, even if they cannot pay the full workshop fees.
Contact us to tell us more about your specific training needs, and we will be happy to develop a fee quote for your workshop.
Programs Currently offered by KidpowerNC
EVERYDAY SAFETY WORKSHOPS for groups of all kinds
These workshops focus on the “everyday safety” skills of boundary setting, awareness, personal safety, bullying, peer pressure, harassment, advocacy, and more.
KIDPOWER Parent-Child Workshops
These entertaining workshops give parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn along with their children. Trained presenters introduce the Everyday Safety skills of being and acting aware, taking charge, setting boundaries, and getting help in a variety of situations.
Each step of the way, the adults are coached in how to practice these skills with their children. This upbeat, active session empowers families with information and activities that will open the door to ongoing discussions between parents and kids.
Parent/Adult Education
Dr. Amy Tiemann presents her customized adult education workshops that incorporate KIDPOWER's core principles.
Adult education is a key component of a child safety strategy. As parents we make many important decisions that affect our family's safety long before our children are old enough to be brought into the process. As kids get older and more independent, new issues arise at every stage of development. Adult education is designed to help parents and other caregivers create a safe environment that gives children the freedom to develop life experience within adult-designed limits, safeguards, and boundaries that protect them from potential abuse.
Safe principles are discussed on an individual, family and organizational level that can be applied to schools, scout troops, and other youth groups. Dr. Tiemann outlines the factors that define a safe or unsafe situation, addresses adult decisions such as choosing a caregiver or school, and discusses how to identify and overcome socialization factors that may make our children vulnerable to exploitation.
Dr. Tiemann introduces the KIDPOWER approach of discussing and practicing safety skills with young people. Topics include awareness and boundary setting with strangers, people we know and trust, bullies, and peers.
An internet-safety segment can be included on request.
When parents and other concerned adults become educated about child self defense, they can effectively share and reinforce skills with children as needed. All our strategies are designed to increase a family's capability and confidence, and decrease anxiety.
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KidpowerNC currently does not offer full-force physical self-defense training, but we hope to expand our offerings to include TEENPOWER/FULLPOWER training in the future.
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Organizing a workshop for your group
People arrange workshops for all kinds of groups including…
- friends and neighbors
- school groups
- scout troops and youth groups
- co-workers and colleagues
- teachers
- playground supervisors
- parents and children together
- preschool classes
- senior citizens
- people with impaired vision
- people with physical disabilities
- parents of teens
- parents of children
- people with developmental delays
- employees facing risks on the job
- group home residents
- survivors of assault
- survivors of domestic violence
- social workers
- health care providers
…and many others!
Six Simple Steps to Set Up a Class:
Choose a workshop. We’ll talk about options with you!
- Pick a date.
- Find a location.
- Arrange for fees, grants or donations to cover costs.
- Sign up your friends, family, school, club, work or other group members.
- The workshop happens!