How can older kids stay safe while becoming more independent? This fun and engaging way to teach safety gives readers practical tools to stay safe from bullying, abuse, and violence. How to stand (and walk) to stay aware, calm, and confident. How to protect your feelings, and separate useful information from insults. How to avoid difficult or dangerous problems with people you know and people you don't. Having safety rules that everyone in the family follows (Adults, too!) and rehearsing how to handle difficult situations that are relevant to older children's lives will bring peace of mind to worried parents. These safety comics empower kids to be physically and emotionally safe in the real world and online.

These cartoon-illustrated activities in English and Spanish can help to keep kids safe from most bullying, abuse, kidnapping, and other violence by empowering them with knowledge and skills.
The purchase price of this book includes a license giving permission for the owner to make up to 30 copies a year of the assignments to use with children in your own immediate family, individual classroom, or small youth group.
These assignments are from Kidpower International's fun, empowering, and effective personal safety and positive peer curriculum. Successful practice of ""People Safety"" skills and knowledge can prepare young people to increase their confidence, develop better relationships, and take charge of their emotional and physical safety and well being.
In this book, you will find these short cartoon-illustrated assignments that can be used in a classroom, youth group, or family to introduce and reinforce these Kidpower ""People Safety"" Skills in English and Spanish:
Awareness, Calm, and Confidence/Mantente Alerta, Calmado, y Confiado Moving Out of Reach/Moviendote Fuera de Alcance Checking and Thinking First to be Safe/Preguntar y Pensar Primero Stranger Safety/Seguridad con Extranos Safety Plans for Emergency Situations/Planes de Seguridad - Emergencias Yell, Leave, and Get Help/Grita, Vete, Y Obtiene Ayuda Si Te Sientes Asustado Protecting Yourself From Hurtful Words/Protegiendote A Ti Mismo de Palabras Hirientes Stopping Unwanted Touch and Teasing/El Poner Alto al Acoso Fisico Y Verbal Getting Help/Obteniendo Ayuda Bullying Prevention/Seguridad Personal para Detener la Intimidacion
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Teens and adults can prevent and stop most bullying, violence, and abuse. With personal safety skills and specific strategies, readers are empowered to know that their safety and self-esteem are more important than anyone's embarrassment, inconvenience, or offense.

Even if your kids are not big yet, they have big powers. Mouth Closed Power. Stop Power. Walk Away Power. From 'The Trash Can For Hurting Words' to 'The Keep Telling Until You Get Help Story, ' this practical tool for teaching safety helps answer the question, "How do I teach kids to be safe with people while not scaring them?" Entertaining cartoons and engaging social stories make it easy for adults to provide crucial knowledge and skills so children can learn to be safe around strangers and people they know.

When it comes to safety, the earliest teachable moment is the best teachable moment if this is done in a way that builds understanding and skills instead of creating anxiety or fear.
According to "'MojoMom'" author Dr. Amy Tiemann, "Irene van der Zande is the author of the classic parenting guide, "'1,2,3...The Toddler Years: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers'" which for over 25 years has helped new parents navigate the waters through the all-important first few years of life. Now van der Zande combines her toddler-parenting expertise with her work as the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower, a leading international organization teaching personal safety to people of all ages, with the creation of the new book "'Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers.'""
"What does personal safety look like for very young children? "'Earliest Teachable Moment'" gives parents and caregivers information and tools to create emotional safety, boundaries, and positive relationships. Add to that important parent-centered information including 'How to choose safe people to care for your children.'Van der Zande coaches parents on how to teach basic skills to children including 'Checking first to be safe with objects, animals, strangers, and other potential problems.'"
""'Earliest Teachable Moment'" is practical, compassionate, and backed by years of real-world-tested expertise. This book is a must-have for any parenting library-for yourself, a loved one, or a baby shower gift. You are in great hands with Irene van der Zande "
From the day babies are born, parents, educators, and other caring adults teach and model how to be safe around cars, water, fire, and people.
These habits create more joy and reduce risk. Use this book to build these everyday skills and habits in order to protect young children from harm, help them develop strong relationships, and teach them skills for being safe and having fun with people.
""Earliest Teachable Moment"" provides inspiring stories, clear explanations, and positive practices showing how to use the skills and strategies developed in Kidpower since 1989 to increase the personal safety of young children in ways that are empowering and joyful.
Topics include:
Emotional safety for new parents Teaching healthy boundaries and positive communication skills Puppet Power and Little Books for little people Teaching safety rules and checking first Choosing safe people to care for your children Helping children manage aggression Coping with kids who wander, climb, and hide Protecting young children from harm
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This extensive 350+ page manual has been developed during our over 23 years of teaching thousands of children and training hundreds of instructors. This is the textbook for our instructor training program and explains the Kidpower method for helping students be successful while practicing self protection, advocacy, confidence, personal safety and physical self defense skills. The in-depth material has hundreds of explanations, exercises and activities.
Topics covered include:
The How's of Kidpower The What's of Kidpower Starting Classes Everyday Safety Skills Physical Self-Defense Dealing with Bullying Behavior PuppetPower Ending Workshops Personal Safety Articles and Handouts To learn more about Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org.
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Protect children from bullying, abuse, kidnapping and other violence. These stories, explanations, and skills provide an introduction to the positive and practical Kidpower method for teaching child safety. This is an abridged 100-page version of our comprehensive 400-page "Kidpower Book for Caring Adults," which is highly recommended by parents and educators and has a foreword by Gavin de Becker.
For discounts on orders of 50 or more, contact [email protected]. To learn more about Kidpower's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org.
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Protect kids from bullying and empower them with skills Learn how to use Kidpower practices to create cultures of caring, respect, and safety at school, at home, and in your community.
These vivid stories, entertaining examples, and clear step-by-step explanations of what to say and do are relevant for addressing bullying with all young people, from toddlers to teenagers, and are even useful in dealing with adult-to-adult bullying.
According to best-selling author Gavin de Becker, ""Kidpower has an exceptional track record in the field of personal safety and violence prevention."" Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of how to use Kidpower's ""People Safety"" concepts and skills in their daily lives.
To learn more about Kidpower's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org.
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This 250-page handbook is designed to be used by victims and potential victims of relationship violence, as well as the support people in their lives. Support staff at organizations serving people at risk of, and those who have suffered from, relationship and domestic violence, can use this book as a tool to foster the integration of Kidpower's ""People Safety"" skills into their everyday work. This book can also be used directly with teens and adults affected by, or at increased risk of experiencing, domestic or dating violence. Cartoon-illustrated social stories and explanations provide an entertaining way to explain different concepts and skills. Concepts and skills include: Assessing what is safe and unsafe behavior in a relationship Setting effective boundaries Controlling emotional triggers Taking the power out of verbal attack Leaving a potentially dangerous situation as safely as possible Verbal self-defense tactics Getting help effectively And lesson plans for how to teach these skills to others.
To learn more about Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org.
All income from books sales helps our nonprofit organization create and provide extensive free and affordable educational resources.

This comprehensive guide prepares parents, educators, and other caring adults to protect children and teens from bullying, violence, and abuse through awareness, action, and skills.
Kidpower's positive hands-on method reduces anxiety, develops competence, and increases confidence for adults and children alike. Topics include: building a foundation of emotional safety; self-protection to stop most trouble before it starts; and healthy boundaries to prevent problems and develop positive relationships.
"The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults" is the most comprehensive guide available for adults who want to learn how to protect and promote the emotional and physical safety of the young people in their lives.
Through inspiring stories, clear explanations, and step-by-step practices, readers gain extensive knowledge from Kidpower's 25+ years of experience of teaching "People Safety" skills to over 2.5 million children, teens, and adults worldwide. These social-emotional skills help prepare adults to protect and empower the young people in their lives. Instead of using fear to teach about violence prevention, Kidpower makes it fun to learn to be safe
Kidpower is highly recommended by experts worldwide for teaching violence prevention and personal safety skills in ways that are positive, practical, effective, safe, and relevant across a wide range of cultures, life situations, ages, and abilities.
Gavin de Becker, best-selling author of "The Gift of Fear" and "Protecting the Gift" and leading expert worldwide on the prediction and management of violence, wrote the foreword. According to Mr. de Becker, "Kidpower has an exceptional track record in the field of violence prevention and personal safety. Kidpower helps to reduce worry by promoting confidence and personal power."
According to Ellen Bass, co-author of "The Courage to Heal" and "Free Your Mind," and Kidpower's founding board president, "Kidpower's upbeat approach empower's kids and adults alike with the social-emotional skills they need, not just to be safe, but to thrive. Kidpower's commitment to integrity, respect, and excellence is reflected throughout this book."
To learn more about Kidpower's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org.
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Protejamos a los ninos del bullying, del abuso, secuestros y otras clases de violencia. Estas historias, explicaciones y habilidades brindan una introduccion al metodo practico y positivo de Kidpower para educar a los ninos en materia de seguridad. Esta es una version resumida de 100 paginas de nuestro gran libro de 400 paginas, muy recomendado por los padres y docentes y con un prefacio escrito por Gavin de Becker.

Libro de comicas, caricaturas en blanco y negro, y explicaciones para adultos que introducen Habilidades de Seguridad con ninos de poca edad hasta la edad de 10 anos que usualmente estan con adultos que los pueden ayudar."

Libro de comicas, caricaturas en blanco y negro, y explicaciones para adultos que introducen Habilidades de Seguridad con ninos de poca edad hasta la edad de 10 anos que usualmente estan con adultos que los pueden ayudar. Libro de comicas disponible en Espanol-Ingles. This is a Spanish/English bi-lingual version of our popular Kidpower Safety Comics for Younger Children.