Skills for Child Protection Advocates Institute 
3-day Professional Training 

Kidpower's Skills for Child Protection Advocates 3-Day Training Institute offers a unique opportunity for adults
to learn to use Kidpower’s prevention, advocacy, intervention, and personal safety strategies and skills to take charge of the safety and well-being of the children and teens in their personal and professional lives.

In the same way that learning water safety skills helps people to enjoy and be safe in and around water; learning Kidpower’s “People Safety” skills prepares people to be safe with people at home, at school, online, 
out in the world… everywhere. These are the same skills that also help strengthen important relationships.

This active, experiential 3-day program provides a rare opportunity on the East Coast to train with Irene van der Zande, the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International (pictured right). The intervention, advocacy, and personal safety strategies and skills practiced in this training are extremely useful to anyone who cares about the safety and well being of young people, including mental health professionals, educators, law enforcement officials, health care providers, martial artists, and parents.  

Institute participants develop increased tools for taking leadership to protect young people, including those with special needs, from harm caused by thoughtlessness, neglect, bullying, abuse, or violence within their schools, organizations, youth programs, communities and families. No prior experience with Kidpower workshops or training is necessary to participate in this training. Topics addressed include:

• Kidpower’s Underlying Principle and key child protection strategies.
• 10 Core “People Safety” Skills to take charge of safety, prevent problems, increase confidence, and 
  develop strong relationships.
• Kidpower’s Positive Practice Teaching Method to make rehearsing safety skills and coaching use in 
  daily life both successful and fun.
• Assessment skills for recognizing specific child and teen personal safety issues.
• Signs, statements, and policies to promote cultures of caring, respect, and safety.
• Boundary-setting skills for advocating for safety effectively, respectfully, and persistently.
• Intervention skills for stopping and redirecting unsafe or disrespectful behavior powerfully and respectfully.
• How to use and teach People Safety, Relationship Safety, and Positive Peer skills to different ages and abilities.
• Applying Kidpower strategies and skills to address specific problems of bullying, abuse, violence, and 
  other child maltreatment.

Our West Coast Institute earlier this August was greatly successful with participants coming from as far away as Nigeria:

"Our organization teaches workshops to children, parents, and teachers called, 'Being a Child Doesn't Have to Hurt!' The Kidpower training I received was extremely valuable in preparing me to add the very positive practice of skills to the awareness and understanding that our program provides. Irene and the Kidpower team's joyful and knowledgable approach makes learning inspiring, relevant, and even fun, despite the seriousness of the issues we face.  I look forward to continuing to partner with Kidpower to bring its important services to our country." -- Christianah Akindole of the Christianah Fate Foundation in Nigeria

The registration fee of $1050 (US) per person includes pre-training preparation, the three-day program, workbooks, and a follow-up meeting by phone, e-mail, or Skype. Participants need to arrange their own lodging, meals, and travel. The earlier you register, the more time you have for pre-training preparation! Fees will be reduced for more than one person coming from the same organization or school.

Donations over the amount of Institute fee are tax-deductible.  

The actual cost of this training with individualized participant pre-training and follow-up is over $1700/person. In an effort to make this training inclusive and available to individuals and small agencies who work with children and families in need, this training is substantially subsidized through donations to our organization. If you or your agency are able, please consider adding a donation to your registration to help cover these costs. 

Practicing how to set boundaries on touch for different levels of intrusion.