Learn to use the power of your voice and your body to stop an attack.
Services for Adults
Which workshop is right for me?
What if I can't get to a workshop?
In our lifetimes, we face a higher risk of dealing with a violent assault than of being in a serious car accident.
The good news is that learning to protect ourselves is much less complicated than learning to drive a car. Women and men in our Fullpower workshops learn skills to deal with common safety situations in a straightforward, practical way. Despite the seriousness of the issues addressed, our approach is upbeat, with a focus on empowering students.
"I think about what I learned with you every single day. I’ve gained the confidence to do so many things that I was too afraid to do before. The Fullpower evening sparked a domino effect of subtle but powerful validation inside myself that it is okay to say, 'No!' and okay to protect myself."
What skills do adults learn?
- Setting and protecting personal boundaries
- Dealing with sexual harassment
- Protecting children or others in our care
- De-escalating threatening confrontations
- Using physical self-defense skills
How do we practice the skills?
- We role-play common situations, such as dealing with an angry customer at work or facing potential assaults while taking care of small children
- We practice solutions to prevent, avoid, de-escalate, and leave those problems as quickly as possible
- We focus on the positive and on our own power to respond to problems safely and effectively
- We approach the issues with curiosity, confidence, compassion, and humor, not with worry or fear
- We enjoy the skills and activities, and we laugh – a lot!
Which workshop is right for me?
All Fullpower programs offer training in skills to prevent, avoid, de-escalate, and leave potentially dangerous situations. Fullpower Full Force programs include these skills plus physical self-defense training with a padded instructor.
Fullpower Full Force Workshops
Introductory Fullpower Full Force students practice taking powerful and effective action in the face verbal or physical attacks. Each student gets tailored, one-on-one Full Force physical self-defense skills coaching and practice with a padded instructor. This workshop is three to four hours long and can accommodate up to 15 adult students.
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Fullpower Advanced workshops give students more in-depth practice of self-defense on the ground, against weapons, and against multiple attackers.
Workpower Workshops
Workpower offers a positive, practical approach to preventing assault and harassment in the workplace. We tailor our sessions to the unique needs and structure of your own workplace, and we present skills that support risk management and team building.
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Personal Safety Workshops for Young Adults and College Students
Young adults living on their own for the first time have new freedom and responsibility, often in a new community. A few simple skills can make this time a safer, more successful experience.
In our Fullpower or Collegepower workshops, young adults practice skills that can help prevent, avoid, or de-escalate problems with friends, partners, and housemates as well as with strangers.
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Participants practice how to:
- Project an attitude of awareness and confidence
- Be aware of the behavior of others on public transit, at parties, and on the street in order to take charge and prevent potential problems from escalating
- Control space and distance between themselves and others
- Deal safely with verbal attack
- Create safety plans that allow for independence while making it easier to get help in an emergency
- Set boundaries with people they know around common issues such as sharing living space, lending money, and communicating in a romantic relationship
Our CollegePower programs also include:
- Setting boundaries with others in a group living situation
- Managing conflict and misunderstandings that grow from cultural differences
- Managing peer pressure
- Skills for getting help
CollegePower workshops can be incorporated into college orientation programs in order to promote the safety and well-being of new students.
What if I can't get to a workshop?
Our library offers a wealth of free resources, including articles about personal safety for adults, such as True Safety for Women, Sexual Harassment- Another Kind of Pollution, and Boundary-Lowering Tactics to Understand.
Our e-newsletter and our blog address issues for all ages and abilities.
Our store has publications for sale including our Safety Comics for teens and adults as well as children, our cartoon-illustrated Teaching Kits, our Relationship Safety Book, and our Comprehensive Program Manuals. These materials show how to teach People Safety skills and concepts to yourself and others.
If you don’t have a Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower center close to your community, consider setting up a new one and training as an instructor.