Kidpower (organization)
Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower, International (also known as Kidpower) is a non-profit organization that aims to teach people, regardless of age or ability, safety, confidence, self-protection and advocacy skills. It aims to provide participants with skills designed to help prevent bullying, molestation, assaults and abductions.[1][2][3] The organization is endorsed by educators, mental health professionals and law enforcement agencies.
History[edit]
Irene van der Zande gathered experts in child development, education, mental health, rape crisis intervention, martial arts and law enforcement and established Kidpower International in 1989.[4] Since its inception, the organization has taught over two million individuals at its centers and offices throughout the world.[5]
Programs and services[edit]
Kidpower provides programs designed to reduce incidents of bullying, violence and victimization. Kidpower has representatives in the United States, Argentina, Brasil, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Lebanon, India, Vietnam, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ RealFighing Kidpower! Teaching KIDS to Use Their power To Stay Safe http://www.realfighting.com/content.php?id=80
- ↑ Kidpower: Up-Beat Lessons on Being Safe Barbara Lawrence September 2000 http://www.growing-up.com/viewarticle.php?id=46
- ↑ Colorado Trust Keeping Kids Safe with Kidpower Widefield School District #3 http://www.thecoloradotrust.org/index.cfm?fuseAction=Grantmaking.BullyingPrevention
- ↑ "History of Kidpower". Kidpower.
- ↑ "About us". Kidpower.
- ↑ http://www.kidpower.org//what-we-do/locations/
External links[edit]
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