Hands-on Training
Our training sessions range from three hours to a full day. All of our training programs feature in-depth instruction and ample opportunity to practice new skills and strategies.

Dynamic Talks
A SafeSkills® one-hour talk will enliven your next meeting, conference or event. Audiences enjoy our demonstrations and success stories illustrate help people understand. Unique to SafeSkills® is our "mind setting" exercise that gets people thinking!

• Business Travel Safety
Employees' learn what to avoid and how to respond in potentially dangerous situations.  Business Travel Safety also includes defensive actions that can be taken to stop an assault and help you escape.
Available as a training workshop or a one-hour talk.

Instruction Options Include:
• How Muggable Are You?
Find out how muggers target their victims on the street by observing posture and body movement. Learn what you can do to avoid being targeted by a mugger.
• Eye Contact and Body Language
Use eye contact and strong, "authority," body language to deter someone or to avert a dangerous encounter.
• Transportation
Learn to recognize and reduce potential risks of traveling, especially to unfamiliar places.
• Hotel Safety
Criminals often target hotels that cater to business travelers.  Learn the do's and don'ts of staying at a hotel.
• Self-Protection Instruction
Learn and practice skills to escape from an assault.

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• Personal Safety For Men and Women
This SafeSkills® program is for people who want to develop safety patterns in their daily lives that will decrease the potential of being targeted for a crime. Strategies are included for developing a team response if you are with family or friends during an encounter.
Available as a training workshop or a one-hour talk.

Instruction Options Include:
• Myths and Realities of Crime
Knowing when and how assaults commonly happen is an important part of keeping you, and those you are with, safe. Being aware need not make you afraid or restrict your freedom. Increased awareness of when, how, and where crimes can occur is the first step in crime prevention.
• Assessing Your Personal Risk
The goal of SafeSkills® is to give you knowledge and skills to help you stay safe. The focus is on understanding the psychology of attacks. Participants learn to deal with encounters before physical resistance is necessary. By creating sensible plans of action for different types of encounters, participants have an advantage when faced with an attacker.
• Effective Physical Techniques
SafeSkills® teaches simple and effective techniques. Participants often tell us how much they appreciate our teaching approach. We teach physical skills that are practical, simple to learn, and easy to remember.

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• Self-Protection: Essential Skills for Women
This program teaches women and teen girls how to recognize situations and behaviors that signal the early stages of an assault. Participants learn how to respond to assault situations, and how to defend themselves. Women and teen girls of all physical abilities can learn the techniques SafeSkills® teaches.
Available as a training workshop or a one-hour talk.

Instruction Options Include:
• Myths and Realities of Sexual Assault
Knowing when and how sexual assaults commonly happen is an important part of staying safe. We will explore different types of assaults and how to respond effectively.
• Personal Safety Basics
The importance of incorporating safety awareness into daily activities is stressed without scaring or making participants feel paranoid.
• Verbal Assertiveness Skills
In acquaintance rape verbal assertiveness is an important skill for making your boundaries clear. This is especially effective once the woman has learned to recognize the beginning stage of an assault and takes assertive action early on, before the assault becomes physical.
• Physical Resistance Skills
When escape or verbal assertiveness are not viable options, a woman needs to know how to defend herself.  SafeSkills® teaches skills that anyone can learn and use.

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• How To Defuse Potential Violence
Social Service Workers, Health Care Workers, Librarians, Human Resource Personnel, Nurses, Teachers - any professional who comes in contact with dissatisfied or angry people - will benefit from the skills in this program. Participants learn skills to manage a moment of conflict to prevent an escalation to violence.
Available as a training workshop or a one-hour talk.

Instruction Options Include:
• Prevention Skills
Developing effective prevention skills puts you at less risk for workplace violence and will make you better prepared to deal with situations that arise. Participants learn specific strategies for office or home visits that they can use daily.
• Assessment Skills
Assessing the individual confronting you is an important first step to choosing an effective de-escalation strategy. Knowing the common precursor signs of escalating violence will help participants be prepared to intervene before a situation escalates.
• Communication Skills
Effective use of verbal and non-verbal communication skills is the key to preventing volatile situations from becoming physically dangerous. Body language signals and verbal strategies are evaluated for their usefulness. You will discover what you can do to build rapport and prevent violence from erupting.
• Eye Contact and Body Language
Know the do's and don'ts of eye contact and body language. Learn how to use this information to help de-escalate volatile encounters.
• Personal Safety Skills
Learning what to do if a situation escalates to physical assault is an important part of this training. Practice your skills for non-aggressive shielding and escaping.
• Organizational Response
Learn the components of an effective organizational response to the threat of violence in the workplace. Teamwork can make a major difference in your effectiveness in dealing with potentially violent conflict.