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Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International, commonly shortened to Kidpower, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit child protection organization teaching adults and children personal safety skills to prevent bullying, abuse, abduction (stranger safety) and other violence. Kidpower was founded in 1989 in Santa Cruz, CA, and has ten locations in the U.S. and 15 in other countries. Kidpower has provided services to more than 2 million people worldwide, and launched a campaign in 2011 to broaden its reach to provide safety and confidence building lessons to one million more young people by July 2016. Kidpower serves people of all ages, and abilities, including people with special needs. In addition to stranger safety (awareness and abduction prevention ), confidence skills, boundary setting skills, positive peer communication (bullying prevention ) and de-escalation skills to stop a fight before it gets physical, Kidpower also teaches physical self-defense to adults, teens and children as young as six-years-old, using padded instructors.

Kidpower workshops are most frequently taught in schools and for community or service groups, such as Police Department Service Clubs Girl Scouts, and agencies that provide services to at-risk youth and adults, such as domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and migrant education agencies.

Kidpower programs are known for being positive, practical, safe and age-appropriate. Kidpower has coined a new term to describe the skills taught in its programs, "People Safety," defined as people being emotionally and physically safe, both with themselves and others.

History
Kidpower was founded by Irene van der Zande in 1989, spurred by an incident where she defended herself and a group of young children, including her own, from a man threatening to kidnap one of the children. She stood between the man and the children and he ran away after she yelled at him and also yelled to gain the attention of others at the scene, asking them to join her in protecting the children.

Kidpower has grown from a local California nonprofit to an International organization that trains and supports nonprofit centers, with more than 150 certified instructors across 16 countries, teaching people of all ages practical personal safety skills to prevent most forms of violence, including bullying, abduction and molestation.

Kidpower of Colorado is the largest of the U.S. local nonprofit Kidpower centers outside of California, based in Colorado Springs, which has trained more than 38,000 people in its 20 years in Southern Colorado. The Colorado center was founded in 1994 by current executive director, Jan Isaacs Henry, a psychotherapist from 1979-1995, who upon taking the Kidpower Instructor Training decided to found and build a center in Colorado.

Locations
Most US Kidpower centers operate under the umbrella organization's 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, with Tax IDs that are part of a subset of the overall International organization's IRS listing. Kidpower of Colorado is the exception, having grown large enough to qualify for its own Tax ID. Kidpower centers in countries outside of the U.S. all have nonprofit status in their respective countries.

In addition to training instructors and supporting the creation of centers, Kidpower has trained professionals in more than 30 countries altogether to bring Kidpower curriculum and skills training to their local communities, for example, Kidpower has provided training about teaching child safety to parents and teachers in Africa.

Kidpower Locations

U.S. Locations
 * California (Headquarters; 8 offices, serving Northern and Southern California)
 * Colorado (Kidpower of Colorado; Colorado Springs)
 * Illinois (Kidpower Chicago; Great Lakes Region)
 * Maryland (Chesapeake and Potomac Kidpower)
 * North Carolina (Kidpower North Carolina; Chapel Hill)
 * Vermont (Kidpower Vermont)
 * Texas (Kidpower Austin)

Locations outside the U.S.
 * Argentina
 * Brasil
 * Canada – Montreal
 * Canada – Vancouver
 * Germany
 * India
 * Lebanon
 * Mexico
 * Netherlands
 * New Zealand
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom
 * Vietnam

Program Research
The Kidpower program is based on research that shows people who practice skills are more likely to use them effectively in an uncomfortable or threatening situation. Kidpower programs have been studied independently as well as undergoing frequent review to ensure that they align with evidence-based prevention and positive child/youth development best practices. In addition to regular participant evaluations, Kidpower programs have undergone multiple formal research studies and evaluations by independent evaluation professionals in the US, Canada, and New Zealand.

In 2013, an independent study was presented at the Society for Research in Child Development’s Biennial Meeting, which shows that Kidpower’s Every Day Skills Program “significantly increases children’s safety skills knowledge” and that 31% of Kidpower students showed improved safety skills and knowledge over three months, compared with a comparison group of children who had not taken Kidpower yet.
 * 2013 “Promoting Safety Skills in Children: A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Kidpower Everyday Safety Skills Program.” Brenick, A., Shattuck, J., Donlan, A., Duh, S., & Zubriggen, E. (2013, April). Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA on April 18, 2013.
 * 2010 Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation-funded Shattuck Applied Research and Evaluation Study documenting the effectiveness of the Kidpower Everyday Safety Program in Santa Cruz, California.
 * 2006 Colorado Trust-funded JVA Study documenting positive skill outcomes of the Personal Safety Project for special education students in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 * 2006 Quebec study by Sylviane Raymond documenting positive modification of children’s behavior over time in the Kidpower Day Care Project.
 * 2005 Todd Foundation-funded study of New Zealand Kidpower school program, documenting the learning and use of safety skills and increased confidence of children, ages 8-12.
 * 2004 Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health-funded study by LaFrance Associates documenting reports from parents and teachers of 550 Head Start children of the effectiveness of the Kidpower Program.
 * 2002 doctoral dissertation by Kim Leisey, Ph.D. of early adolescent girls who described how self-protection training of the kind provided by Kidpower helped them feel safe.

Nonprofit Partnerships
In 2011, Kidpower began a partnership with U.S. national nonprofit, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to provide trainings to prevent child sex abuse specifically for youth sports organizations, coaches and parents. In 2013, Kidpower founder and executive director, Irene van der Zande was asked to join the PCA's National Advisory Board.

In 2012, Kidpower began working with Tenderloin Safe Passage in San Francisco to provide personal safety workshops to the organizations' staff and volunteers who patrol a "safe passage" for children walking through the Tenderloin neighborhood. In 2013, TSP sponsored several Kidpower "handling street harassment" community workshops.

Autism Speaks

Publications
Irene van der Zande is the primary author of Kidpower curriculum, articles and books. Books include:


 * "The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults - Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People," (2012) with foreword by Gavin de Becker.


 * "The Kidpower Safety Comics Series," includes editions for parents with young children ages 3-8, older children ages 9-13 , and "Fullpower Safety Comics" for teens and adults. English, Spanish and bilingual editions for families and teachers.


 * "Bullying – What Adults Need To Know And Do To Keep Kids Safe" (2010)


 * In Chapter 3 of "Courageous Parents, Confident Kids," (2010) is an essay: "Kidpower: Skills for Safety, Skills for Independence" by Irene van der Zande.

More Stuff
Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International, commonly shortened to Kidpower, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit child protection organization teaching adults and children personal safety skills to prevent bullying, abuse, abduction (stranger safety ) and other violence. Kidpower was founded in 1989 in Santa Cruz, CA, and has ten locations in the U.S. and 15 in other countries. Kidpower has provided services to more than 2 million people worldwide, and launched a campaign in 2011 to broaden its reach to provide safety and confidence building lessons to one million more young people by July 2016. Kidpower serves people of all ages, and abilities, including people with special needs.

In addition to stranger safety (awareness and abduction prevention ), confidence skills, boundary setting skills, positive peer communication (bullying prevention ) and de-escalation skills to stop a fight before it gets physical, Kidpower also teaches physical self-defense to adults, teens and children as young as six-years-old, using padded instructors.

Kidpower workshops are most frequently taught in schools and for community or service groups, such as Police Department Service Clubs, Girl Scouts  , and agencies that provide services to at-risk youth and adults, such as domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, migrant education agencies.

Kidpower programs are known for being positive, practical, safe and age-appropriate. Kidpower has coined a new term to describe the skills taught in its programs, "People Safety," defined as people being emotionally and physically safe, both with themselves and others.

History
Kidpower was founded by Irene van der Zande in 1989, spurred by an incident where she defended herself and a group of young children, including her own, from a man threatening to kidnap one of the children. She stood between the man and the children and he ran away after she yelled at him and also yelled to gain the attention of others at the scene and asking them to join her in protecting the children.

Kidpower has grown from a local California nonprofit to an International organization that trains and supports nonprofit centers, with more than 150 certified instructors across 16 countries, teaching people of all ages practical personal safety skills to prevent most forms of violence, including bullying, abduction and molestation.

Kidpower of Colorado is the largest of the U.S. local nonprofit Kidpower centers outside of California, based in Colorado Springs, which has trained more than 38,000 people in its 20 years in Southern Colorado. The Colorado center was founded in 1994 by current executive director, Jan Isaacs Henry, a psychotherapist from 1979-1995, who upon taking the Kidpower Instructor Training decided to found and build a center in Colorado.

Locations
Most US Kidpower centers operate under the umbrella organization's 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, with Tax ID's that are part of a subset of the overall International organization's IRS listing. Kidpower of Colorado is the exception, having grown large enough to qualify for its own Tax ID. Kidpower centers in countries outside of the U.S. all have nonprofit status in their respective countries.

In addition to training instructors and supporting the creation of centers, Kidpower has trained professionals in more than 30 countries altogether to bring Kidpower curriculum and skills training to their local communities, for example, Kidpower has provided training about teaching child safety to parents and teachers in Africa.

Kidpower Locations

U.S. Locations
 * California (Headquarters; 8 offices, serving Northern and Southern California)
 * Colorado (Kidpower of Colorado; Colorado Springs)
 * Illinois (Kidpower Chicago; Great Lakes Region)
 * Maryland (Chesapeake and Potomac Kidpower)
 * North Carolina (Kidpower North Carolina; Chapel Hill)
 * Vermont (Kidpower Vermont)
 * Texas (Kidpower Austin)

Locations outside the U.S.
 * Argentina
 * Brasil
 * Canada – Montreal
 * Canada – Vancouver
 * Germany
 * India
 * Lebanon
 * Mexico
 * Netherlands
 * New Zealand
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom
 * Vietnam

Program Research
The Kidpower program is based on research that shows people who practice skills are more likely to use them effectively in an uncomfortable or threatening situation. Kidpower programs have been studied independently as well as undergoing frequent review to ensure that they align with evidence-based prevention and positive child/youth development best practices. In addition to regular participant evaluations, Kidpower programs have undergone multiple formal research studies and evaluations by independent evaluation professionals in the US, Canada, and New Zealand.

In 2013, an independent study was presented at the Society for Research in Child Development’s Biennial Meeting, which shows that Kidpower’s Every Day Skills Program “significantly increases children’s safety skills knowledge” and that 31% of Kidpower students showed improved safety skills and knowledge over a three months, compared with a comparison group of children who had not taken Kidpower.
 * 2013 “Promoting Safety Skills in Children: A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Kidpower Everyday Safety Skills Program.” Brenick, A., Shattuck, J., Donlan, A., Duh, S., & Zubriggen, E. (2013, April). Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA on April 18, 2013.
 * 2010 Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation-funded Shattuck Applied Research and Evaluation Study documenting effectiveness of the Kidpower Everyday Safety Program in Santa Cruz, California
 * 2006 Colorado Trust-funded JVA Study documenting positive skill outcomes of the Personal Safety Project for special education students in Colorado Springs, Colorado
 * 2006 Quebec study by Sylviane Raymond documenting positive modification of children’s behavior over time in Kidpower Day Care Project
 * 2005 Todd Foundation-funded study of New Zealand Kidpower school program documenting learning skills and use of skills and increased confidence of children 8-12
 * 2004 Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health-funded study by LaFrance Associates documenting reports from parents and teachers of 550 Head Start children documenting reports from parents and teachers of effectiveness of the Kidpower Program
 * 2002 doctoral dissertation by Kim Leisey, Ph.D. of early adolescent girls who described how self-protection training of the kind provided by Kidpower helped them feel safe.

Nonprofit Partnerships
In 2011, Kidpower began a partnership with U.S. national nonprofit, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to provide trainings to prevent child sex abuse specifically for youth sports organizations, coaches and parents. In 2013, Kidpower founder and executive director, Irene van der Zande was asked to join the PCA's National Advisory Board.

In 2012, Kidpower began working with Tenderloin Safe Passage in San Francisco to provide personal safety workshops to the organizations' staff and volunteers who patrol a "safe passage" for children walking through the Tenderloin neighborhood. In 2013, TSP sponsored several Kidpower "handling street harassment" community workshops.

Autism Speaks

Publications
Irene van der Zande is the primary author of Kidpower curriculum, articles and books. Books include:


 * "The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults" (2012), with foreward by Gavin de Becker.


 * "The Kidpower Safety Comics Series," includes editions for parents with young children ages 3-8, older children ages 9-13 , and "Fullpower Safety Comics" for teens and adults. English, Spanish and bilingual editions for families and teachers.


 * "Bullying – What Adults Need To Know And Do To Keep Kids Safe" (2010)


 * In Chapter 3 of "Courageous Parents, Confident Kids," (2010) is an essay: "Kidpower: Skills for Safety, Skills for Independence" by Irene van der Zande.