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Dr. Harold Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Education, has been a passionate advocate for the well-being of children with disabilities for many years. Currently, he is working to make personal safety a component of the Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) and Individual Education Plans (IEP) of children with disabilities.
Harold is deeply committed to making knowledge about how to protect children of all abilities from bullying, violence, and abuse as widely accessible as possible. He has led the production of the following short videos of interviews describing each of Kidpower’s 7 strategies for keeping children safe and how to apply these concepts to your daily life.
We encourage you to watch these videos and share them with others. As Harold says, “The safety and success of our kids depends on each of us!”
Harold co-produced these videos in collaboration with Kidpower International; Hands and Voices, the largest US advocacy and support organization for families with children who are hard of hearing or deaf, and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
Here’s the link – Video Services: Kidpower’s 7 Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe
I want to thank Harold for his boundless commitment to children, especially those who are most vulnerable due to special needs, and for his enthusiasm about helping us to make Kidpower’s knowledge much more widely available.
For more resources that have been curated and contributed to or created by Dr. Harold Johnson, check out his wiki website: Wiki Site for OUR Children Project: http://deafed-childabuse-neglect-col.wiki.educ.msu.edu
Hands and Voices http://www.handsandvoices.org/
Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) http://www.dcmp.org/
Published: June 30, 2014 | Last Updated: April 15, 2017
Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director
Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.
