PUBLIC: FREE Personal Safety and Self-Defense for Children (Decatur)

SAFETY SENSE FOR CHILDREN PERSONAL SAFETY AND SELF-DEFENSE CLASS

This program is ideal for children in 1st-5th grade. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. The program lasts approximately 2 hours.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

Revved Up Kids Safety Sense for Children includes personal safety and self-defense for children in 1st – 5th grade. The class equips younger children to recognize unsafe people, avoid dangerous situations and respond appropriately if they encounter a predator. Participants will learn awareness skills, personal boundary setting, understanding lies/manipulations used by predators, identifying and disclosing to trusted adults, and self-defense. The program includes full force self-defense for children. Questions? Contact us: call 678.526.3335 or email training@revvedupkids.org

Please note that Safety Sense for Children includes discussion of sexual abuse (age appropriate mention of boundaries regarding private body parts). Feel free to contact us if you would like more info prior to enrolling your child.

Space is limited, register in advance. This program is generously sponsored by the DeKalb County Human Services Department. FREE to attend with promo code. Use promo code GRANT during checkout. 

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTE FOR THIS PROGRAM: Revved Up Kids will produce a video of this program for internal training and board review purposes. As such, all registered participants and chaperones may appear in this video. The video will only be used internally. 

REVVED UP KIDS SAFETY SENSE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM DETAILS

More than 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before turning 18, and more than 90% of the time children know their abuser. The Revved Up Kids Safety Sense for Children workshop teaches them about unsafe people, and equips them to respond appropriately if they ever meet an unsafe person. The workshop uses age appropriate language and concepts and includes the following components:

Be SMART Awareness Training

• Understanding who unsafe people are and how they operate
• Maintaining strong personal boundaries
• Using voice and body with power and confidence
• Everyday awareness skills and trusting instinct for safety
• Importance of disclosure, identifying trusted adults

Be STRONG Defense Training

• Responding to an attacker and escaping to safety
• Identifying universally vulnerable body targets
• Using body tools for defense
• Full-force tactics practice on high/middle/low body targets

Be SAFE Review and Reinforcement

• Closing review and Q&A with participants
• Post-training resources to reinforce learning
• Revved Up Kids Family Safety Community