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Personal Safety and Self Defense for children, teens and adults.Public workshop schedule for Northern California.PUBLIC WORKSHOP SCHEDULE FOR CALIFORNIAUPCOMING PUBLIC CLASSES — TO REGISTER, please print out a registration form for mailing, call our Central Office at (831) 426-4407 or , unless otherwise indicated. MANY THANKS to Black Pine Circle School, Classroom Matters, Gateway School, the Hiruko Wellness Center, Jingle Jamboree Music, Montessori School of Santa Cruz County, Palo Alto Community Child Care, and Scotts Valley Taekwondo Academy for donating space. Please note that most of our services are privately organized by individuals such as yourself. For more information on creating your own workshop, click here. KIDPOWERNOTE: Our workshops for children have varying age ranges. These are based on our experience working with children and families and are our best recommendations in helping you to find the program that is the most appropriate and relevant for your child. The younger age in an age range for a workshop is a firm beginning age to be part of the program. The older age in an age range is flexible and if you believe your child who is older than the age range listed would benefit from the program, it is fine with us if you enroll him or her. We do not accept children who are younger than the age range listed for a specific workshop (for example, our Parent Child Workshops are normally for children 4 to 8 years old. A child must be four-years-old to enroll in the program. A nine-year-old or older may participate, if their parent/guardian feels the program may be a good fit for him or her). Please contact us with any questions or concerns or if you would like help picking which workshop would be the best fit for your child or family. KIDPOWER PARENT-YOUNGER CHILD WORKSHOP, AGES 4 - 8
Children have fun learning and practicing Everyday Safety Skills with their parents or guardians. Safety skills are taught about strangers, bullies, and people children know. *Co-sponsored by the Santa Cruz Police Department. Free to Santa Cruz residents thanks to funding from local businesses. ** For workshops in Petaluma, Santa Rosa, and Sebastopol please call Steve Sassone at the KIDPOWER Sonoma Office (707) 575-5408 or email sonoma@kidpower.org PARENT CHILD FULL-FORCE WORKSHOP, AGES 6-12*
In this workshop, children and parents learn all of the Everday Safety Skills together, and children also get the opportunity to learn full-force self-defense skills as well. A parent, guardian or other caregiver needs to stay for the entire workshop. Each child enrolled may come with up to 2 adults.In this workshop students learn all of the Everyday Safety Skills (awareness, calm and confidence, moving out of reach, setting boundaries, dealing with bullying, etc) with their parents . For the second half of the class, students learn physical self-defense skills to use as a last resort and the adults support them. Adults will watch and support their children when they are practicing the skills on a padded instructor. Each child enrolled may come with up to 2 adults. *Note: In response to requests by many families, we are experimenting with a different format that will cover the same skills as our Weekend Family Workshop in a different way. There will be a time for adults to ask questions separately from their children. Parent-Child Full Force Introductory Workshop – Level One Parent-Child Full Force Workshop – Level Two PARENT/CAREGIVER EDUCATION (ADULTS ONLY)
In this workshop parents and other caregivers have the opportunity to learn the KIDPOWER approach for introducing and practicing self-protection and personal safety skills with the young people in their lives. These skills include using your awareness, acting with confidence, moving away from trouble, checking and thinking first, getting help, and what to do in emergencies. Find answers to questions such as, “How can we teach our younger children to be safe without scaring them?” and “How can we prepare our older children to balance their need for increased independence with their safety?” TEENPOWERTEENPOWER INTRODUCTORY FULL FORCE WORKSHOP
Students learn and practice skills for dealing with verbal attack, peer pressure, and harassment as well as assaults from strangers and acquaintances. Students practice setting boundaries with people they know, de-escalating confrontations, and using full-force self defense tactics on the head-to-toe padded instructor. FULLPOWERFULLPOWER INTRODUCTORY FULL FORCE WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN AND MEN
In this fast-paced program, you have the opportunity to practice protecting yourself from confrontations and simulated assaults, both verbal and physical, in a safe, empowering environment. You can see what the padded instructor looks like on our Adults' Services page. For a letter from one of our students describing her FULLPOWER experience, please read What is a FULLPOWER Course Like? One Woman's Experience Most of our services are not on this schedule. Many classes are organized privately. We offer workshops for schools, youth groups, businesses, social groups, senior centers and organizations helping people facing special life challenges, such as physical disabilities, developmental delays, mental illness, or homelessness. You can set up these workshops easily with support from our office. Our wide range of services can be tailored to fit the specific needs of your family, circle of friends, school, business, place of worship, or service organization. We have instructors who can travel throughout California. Contact our central office at 831-426-4407 for information about how to make our training available to the people in your life. If you know of a business, school, or club near you that would be willing to donate this space a few mornings, afternoons, or evenings a month, please let us know! This enables us to offer public workshops in more communities. (Our free monthly California e-newsletter with success stories, schedules and safety tips is a great way to stay up-to-date. You can subscribe on this page.) UPCOMING PUBLIC CLASSES — TO REGISTER, please print out a registration form for mailing, call our Central Office at (831) 426-4407 or , unless otherwise indicated. |
