Kidpower’s founder and executive director, Irene van der Zande, and other Kidpower leaders, facilitate a 1-hour conference call, where they field individual questions about how to take charge of safety — building confidence, and using intuition to make safe choices — and how to teach others to use these skills for their own greater independence and safety.
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| Click the Topic title above to register for a call and you can submit your own question to be discussed live on the call. |
This service is modeled from the countless times that Irene has offered organizations and people, who care deeply about children and keeping them safe, an opportunity to learn how to turn their specific concerns and problems into practices that build skills for safety.
The name, “Turning Problems into Practices” Coaching Conference Call, is inspired by the many requests Kidpower has received from parents, teachers, and organizations for coaching over phone and video-conference.
Over the years, many parents and professionals have asked for conferences with Irene and other Kidpower leaders to address specific questions or problems. The requests are so numerous, though, that it would be impossible to field so many individual calls.
That’s why Kidpower International offers “Turning Problems into Practices” coaching conference calls, where interested individuals (or organizations) can participate and ask their own questions to get help to solve a “people safety” problem.
“People who have trained with Irene have experienced first hand how her ability to ask the right questions and work through problems in the moment to show how to use Kidpower skills and strategies to practice safety skills can just “flick the switch” on something that had seemed too challenging to handle,” says Dr. Amy Tiemann, author of Mojo Mom and Center Co-Director for Kidpower North Carolina.
“Irene’s warmth and insight are truly exceptional and something I personally treasure having had access to on the conference call,” wrote a mom after a recent call.
Coaching Call Archive
Some of our past (public) 1-hour coaching calls have been recorded and summarized with links to resources that were recommended on the call.
- Free-Range Parenting and Safety
- Summer Safety
- Dealing with and Protecting Young People from Prejudice
- Our Children Do Not Need Our Fear! Teaching kids to stay safe without making them scared
- Healthy Boundaries: Positive communication and self-advocacy skills to develop healthy relationships
- Out on Their Own – Preparing kids to develop independence while staying safe
- Stopping Bullying & Harassment – What we can do that can make a real difference (Coming Soon)
- Dealing with Fears about School Shootings and Lockdown Drills
- Holiday Boundaries: How to Have More Fun and Fewer Problems during the Holiday Season (Coming Soon)
Suggest a Topic / Schedule a Call
Contact us to suggest a topic for a future public call, or to request a private call for members of your group to tackle a difficult safety problem you have been experiencing.