to protect and empower kids
to protect and empower kids
Kidpower teaches parents, educators, and other caregivers how to use prevention, advocacy, intervention, and personal safety strategies and skills to protect their children and teens from harm and to empower the young people in their lives to take charge of their own emotional and physical safety.
These social-emotional tools help to increase confidence, reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and prevent most bullying, harassment, child abuse, abduction, and other violence. Parents, teachers, and other caregivers are in the best position to use and teach these skills with young people in their daily activities.
Topics: What Does Kidpower Provide for Parents & Caregivers?
Kidpower prepares parents and other caring adults to take leadership in addressing the issues that can affect the safety and well-being of their children and teens – and shows them how to teach ‘People Safety’ skills to young people in ways that are effective, fun, and empowering.
Our program provides answers to the questions, “How can we teach our younger children to be safe without scaring them? How can we prepare our older children to balance their need for increasing independence with their safety? How can we help create positive social climates in our families, schools, and youth-serving organizations, so that negative behaviors such as bullying have less room to grow?”
Specific topics addressed include:
- What adults need to know about keeping their kids safe from bullying, violence, and abuse
- How to use Kidpower’s Underlying Principle to make choices that Put Safety First -ahead of embarrassment, inconvenience, or offense
- The Kidpower Child Protection Promise and Put Safety First Commitment
- How to create positive social climates for the young people in your life
- How to establish a common language about safety within your family
- How to advocate for your child’s emotional and physical safety
- How to intervene powerfully and respectfully when you see unsafe or disrespectful behavior
- How to make a safety plan for everywhere children go
- How to teach your child rules and skills to keep them safe without creating fear
- How to coach children so they are successful in learning and practicing safety skills
- How to motivate children to use these skills in daily life until they become established hab
Courses
Safetypowers Program
A free course with short lessons — including videos with captions — to help people of all ages with communication challenges to learn and practice ‘People Safety’ skills to have more fun and few difficulties with people.
Mini Safety Lessons for Young Children
6 English pilot mini-lessons – Watch and tell us what you think! Short, entertaining and educational videos on safety for young children ages 3-7 and their adults. This course is free!
Face Bullying with Confidence
8 skills from Kidpower to practice proven strategies to prevent and stop bullying. Practice for your own safety – or coach a child, student or group. Adults and youths use these skills to avoid or end bullying at school, at work, in their communities, online.
Parentpower: Prevent Sexual Abuse Without Scaring Kids
Learn Kidpower strategies to protect and empower kids and teens with skills to help keep them safe from abuse – without scaring them.
School Shootings: How do we protect our kids?
As so many parents, educators, and caring adults are struggling with this heartbreaking question, Kidpower led a special free online program for adults on June 2, 2022, “School Shootings: How do we protect our kids?” We had such a tremendous response from the 250 people who enrolled that we decided to make this webinar widely available.
Articles
Our Library includes hundreds of free resources with information parents and other caring adults use every day to stay safe at school, online, at work, at home, and in their communities and to protect and empower their loved ones. Some of the most popular for parents and other caring adults include:
- 7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe
- “My Child Keeps Talking to Strangers! Help!”
- Safety for Kids on Their Way to School
- Kidpower Safety Tips for Parents and Caregivers
- Choosing Safe People to Care for Your Children
- Advocating for Your Kids With Adult Family Members and Friends
- Kidpower Answers for Parents of Small Children
- Creating Positive Social Climates to Stop Bullying; Kidpower Tools for Adult Leaders
- Kidpower Child Protection Promise
- Kidpower Put Safety First Commitment
- Balancing Independence with Safety
- CollegePower for Parents: Supporting Your New College Student’s Independence, Personal Safety, and Wisdom
- Helping Children Regain Their Emotional Safety After a Tragedy
- 7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe – Video Series
- One Million Safer Kids video – See Kidpower In Action
- PuppetPower Videos – for Young Children with their Adults
- Protecting Youth Athletes from Abuse Videos – for Parents, Coaches, and Youth Sports Leaders
- Walk In Another’s Shoes video – Teens Speak Out About Bullying
Books
The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults
This inspiring, comprehensive guide puts Kidpower’s over 30 years of experience at the fingertips of parents, educators, and all adults who care about protecting children and teens.
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Introductory Guide for Parents and Teachers
Protect children from bullying, abuse, kidnapping and other violence with this abridged 100-page version of the comprehensive Kidpower Book for Caring Adults.
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Earliest Teachable Moment
In a simple and entertaining format, this book helps parents and caregivers use Kidpower knowledge and skills to protect the young children in their lives from harm and to start to teach them how to prevent and solve problems with people.
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Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe
Learn how to use and teach Kidpower self-protection skills and strategies to protect children and teens from bullying at school, home, online social media and gaming, and out in your community.
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Workshops
Learn Kidpower from the experts! Options include:
- Online, self-paced courses with captioned videos and more in the Kidpower Online Learning Center
- Online, live ‘community’ workshops open for public enrollment – see Workshops
- Online, live ‘organized’ workshops arranged by and for your own group, gathered virtually or physically – presented by a virtual instructor (in-person instruction is paused)
Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. Read more about our most popular workshops for children – and contact us to explore options for yours!
- For professionals
- For parents & guardians
- For families
- For teams, troops, classes, & other groups of youth
- For individual adults
- Costs
For professionals
Youth-serving organizations of all kinds arrange Kidpower Professional Development Programs for:
- full staff teams- to build a common language for safety among everyone in your agency
- groups of staff – for people doing similar work with youth, i.e. all the counselors at a camp, all the coaches in a league, or all aftercare providers working at a single site, etc.
- volunteers, aides, office staff, and other support staff
Each is tailored to the needs of the group. Common priorities include bullying prevention; abuse prevention; safe and inclusive climate; skills for safe, strong relationships; and safety for youth with special needs. US$1900-up.
Contact us to discuss Kidpower Professional Development options for your agency!
For parents & guardians
Give parents and caregivers in your community an opportunity to learn strategies to protect and empower their kids.
Workshops for parents and caregivers are tailored based on your priorities – such as bullying prevention, abuse prevention, online safety, stranger safety/abduction prevention, safety for youth with special needs, etc.
Your adults-only Parentpower Program can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French by an instructor skilled at working with interpreters
- open to all adults your online platform will allow – up to 95 if using Kidpower’s Zoom
- presented in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore options!
For families
Familypower Programs give youth side-by-side with their adults an opportunity to have fun learning age-appropriate safety skills together.
Each Familypower Program is tailored to the families’ life situations and the ages of the participating youth – as well as your priorities. Familypower Programs serve 10-50 families/screens (max varies based on youth ages) and can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French by an instructor skilled at working with interpreters
- tailored for youth in the age range you choose (3-18) side-by-side with their parents/guardians
- adapted to meet the needs of learners of diverse abilities
- presented in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore Familypower options for the families served by your agency!
For teams, troops, classes, & other groups of youth
We teach youth side-by-side together with their regular group leaders – such as their coaches, counselors, troop leaders, aftercare providers, teachers, etc. – in Kidpower Group Workshops. Your workshop can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French
- tailored based on your priorities and kids’ ages and life situations
- adapted to meet the needs of learners of diverse abilities
- arranged with Kidpower Professional Development to offer fieldwork training for staff
- presented in 1-12 parts of 20-120 minutes each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore Kidpower Group Workshop options for your agency!
For individual adults
Whether you are seeking skills for your own personal safety and well-being or you are seeking skills to protect and empower others – such as your own children, students, clients, or consumers – you can:
- Learn and teach using the videos, skills guides, and other resources in the Online Learning Center courses. Consider starting with the Kidpower Child Protection Training course, the Adapting to Learning Differences course, or the Safetypowers Course, which is free to adults everywhere thanks to generous funding from Ability Central.
- Register for one of our upcoming Community Workshops open for public registration. Individual adults can sign up for Fullpower and Parentpower programs, and you are likely to find options addressing topics of interest to you as you parent, teach, or guide others.
- Organize a Fullpower Adult Safety workshop for yourself and friends, family members, or others in your life who are interested in learning these skills with you. Sessions can be offered in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up.
- Organize a Kidpower Professional Development Workshop for yourself and others doing similar work. Your workshop could be for co-workers at a single agency – or for people doing similar work but for different agencies in different locations. Each is tailored to the needs of the group. Sessions can be offered in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$1900-up.
Contact us with any questions about our workshops, resources, or programs for yourself or for a group!
Costs
Self-paced courses in the Kidpower Online Learning Center are priced by course – and some are free! See current self-paced course offerings and costs.
Depending on your group and your priorities, live workshops online or in-person (if available in your area) can be:
- 1-6 hours in length, total
- One-time, single-session
- Multi-part, 2-12 sessions
Minimum costs for workshops and programs taught live:
- US$950-up for parent/caregiver and family workshops
- US$950-up for workshops serving a teacher with their class
- US$1900-up for professional development programs
Please do not let lack of money stop you from reaching out! Since 1989, we have remained committed to doing all in our power to ensure that money is not the sole factor preventing people from getting access to Kidpower. Costs listed are the costs incurred by Kidpower, and we have an outstanding track record of working with groups to address costs, including by using grant funding secured by Kidpower.
Contact us now to talk about your situation! We will tell you the exact cost of the services you are considering.
Learn Kidpower from the experts! Options include:
- Online, self-paced courses with captioned videos and more in the Kidpower Online Learning Center
- Online, live ‘community’ workshops open for public enrollment – see Workshops
- Online, live ‘organized’ workshops arranged by and for your own group, gathered virtually or physically – presented by a virtual instructor (in-person instruction is paused)
Every workshop is unique! In the planning stage, we listen and ask questions about your needs and priorities. Then, we provide a service tailored just for you. Read more about our most popular workshops for children – and contact us to explore options for yours!
For professionals
Youth-serving organizations of all kinds arrange Kidpower Professional Development Programs for:
- full staff teams- to build a common language for safety among everyone in your agency
- groups of staff – for people doing similar work with youth, i.e. all the counselors at a camp, all the coaches in a league, or all aftercare providers working at a single site, etc.
- volunteers, aides, office staff, and other support staff
Each is tailored to the needs of the group. Common priorities include bullying prevention; abuse prevention; safe and inclusive climate; skills for safe, strong relationships; and safety for youth with special needs. US$1900-up.
Contact us to discuss Kidpower Professional Development options for your agency!
For parents & guardians
Give parents and caregivers in your community an opportunity to learn strategies to protect and empower their kids.
Workshops for parents and caregivers are tailored based on your priorities – such as bullying prevention, abuse prevention, online safety, stranger safety/abduction prevention, safety for youth with special needs, etc.
Your adults-only Parentpower Program can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French by an instructor skilled at working with interpreters
- open to all adults your online platform will allow – up to 95 if using Kidpower’s Zoom
- presented in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore options!
For families
Familypower Programs give youth side-by-side with their adults an opportunity to have fun learning age-appropriate safety skills together.
Each Familypower Program is tailored to the families’ life situations and the ages of the participating youth – as well as your priorities. Familypower Programs serve 10-50 families/screens (max varies based on youth ages) and can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French by an instructor skilled at working with interpreters
- tailored for youth in the age range you choose (3-18) side-by-side with their parents/guardians
- adapted to meet the needs of learners of diverse abilities
- presented in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore Familypower options for the families served by your agency!
For teams, troops, classes, & other groups of youth
We teach youth side-by-side together with their regular group leaders – such as their coaches, counselors, troop leaders, aftercare providers, teachers, etc. – in Kidpower Group Workshops. Your workshop can be:
- taught in English, Spanish, or French
- tailored based on your priorities and kids’ ages and life situations
- adapted to meet the needs of learners of diverse abilities
- arranged with Kidpower Professional Development to offer fieldwork training for staff
- presented in 1-12 parts of 20-120 minutes each, US$950-up
Contact us to explore Kidpower Group Workshop options for your agency!
For individual adults
Whether you are seeking skills for your own personal safety and well-being or you are seeking skills to protect and empower others – such as your own children, students, clients, or consumers – you can:
- Learn and teach using the videos, skills guides, and other resources in the Online Learning Center courses. Consider starting with the Kidpower Child Protection Training course, the Adapting to Learning Differences course, or the Safetypowers Course, which is free to adults everywhere thanks to generous funding from Ability Central.
- Register for one of our upcoming Community Workshops open for public registration. Individual adults can sign up for Fullpower and Parentpower programs, and you are likely to find options addressing topics of interest to you as you parent, teach, or guide others.
- Organize a Fullpower Adult Safety workshop for yourself and friends, family members, or others in your life who are interested in learning these skills with you. Sessions can be offered in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$950-up.
- Organize a Kidpower Professional Development Workshop for yourself and others doing similar work. Your workshop could be for co-workers at a single agency – or for people doing similar work but for different agencies in different locations. Each is tailored to the needs of the group. Sessions can be offered in 1 or 2 parts of 1-2 hours each, US$1900-up.
Contact us with any questions about our workshops, resources, or programs for yourself or for a group!
Costs
Self-paced courses in the Kidpower Online Learning Center are priced by course – and some are free! See current self-paced course offerings and costs.
Depending on your group and your priorities, live workshops online or in-person (if available in your area) can be:
- 1-6 hours in length, total
- One-time, single-session
- Multi-part, 2-12 sessions
Minimum costs for workshops and programs taught live:
- US$950-up for parent/caregiver and family workshops
- US$950-up for workshops serving a teacher with their class
- US$1900-up for professional development programs
Please do not let lack of money stop you from reaching out! Since 1989, we have remained committed to doing all in our power to ensure that money is not the sole factor preventing people from getting access to Kidpower. Costs listed are the costs incurred by Kidpower, and we have an outstanding track record of working with groups to address costs, including by using grant funding secured by Kidpower.
Contact us now to talk about your situation! We will tell you the exact cost of the services you are considering.
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