Learn how to teach Kidpower skills

Join the Kidpower Training of Practitioners Program!

Are you an educator, a counselor, a therapist, a parent, or staff with a youth-serving organization?

Do you want the young people in your life to have the knowledge and skills they need to take charge of their psychological and physical safety with people?

Do you want to know how to protect kids from bullying, abuse, kidnapping, and other violence?

Do you have too many really important things to do already?!

If so, our online Training of Practitioners Program (TOP) might be right for YOU!

This program provides one monthly 2-hour live, online skills practice training session and access to videos, workbooks and more. You will learn how to teach Kidpower skills on the ten topics listed below. In this inspiring 2-minute video from Shandana in Pakistan, she describes what she has gained as a parent and an educator from Kidpower’s live, online training.

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You can choose one of three Pathway options

Ongoing enrollment – start any time! Experience all topics in 10 consecutive sessions (no sessions July/August, topic cycle re-starts in September). No matter when you start, you’ll experience all topics in the 10-part cycle.

To learn more or to request an invitation to apply, and to inquire about financial options and scholarship support, email safety@kidpower.org or complete the contact us form at the bottom of this page.

Take the Auditor Pathway for $230/month for 10 months ($2300)

This will give you the opportunity to:
  • Participate in all the live sessions where you can practice skills with experienced Kidpower trainers
  • Learn the Kidpower Positive Practice Method so you can teach the skills yourself
  • Access videos, workbooks, and other resources on your own time for a full year
  • Gain the tools and knowledge you need to teach Kidpower skills to your family, friends, clients, and schools/youth organizations

Take the Program Completion Pathway for $330/month for 10 months ($3300).

This will give you everything above as well as:
  • Ongoing support in completing assignments every month
  • Greater proficiency in teaching the skills and using them to solve different problems
  • A Certificate of Completion that you can use to document your hours of participation in the TOP Program

Take the Authorized Practitioner Pathway for $4300 (monthly payment schedule available).

If your ultimate goal is to become a Certified Kidpower Instructor or Authorized Provider so you can organize and teach workshops under the auspices of Kidpower International, then this is the right pathway for you. We can arrange a monthly payment schedule with you if needed.

This pathway gives you all the benefits above plus the potential opportunity to:
  • Observe live, online workshops
  • Repeat the TOP Program for an additional year in order to further develop your skills
  • Receive mentoring from a senior Kidpower trainer
  • Develop a Licensing Agreement with Kidpower International to use our name and adapt our curriculum to help meet your specific goals
  • Become qualified to be endorsed by Kidpower International as a Certified Instructor and certified as an Authorized Provider

Topics

This program includes ten monthly live-skills practice workshops in two different days/times to make it more accessible across time zones and schedules.

New applicants can join at any time. Although there is a break for the live workshops in July and August, the recordings and workbooks will be available. Here are the ten monthly topics:

  • September: Stay Aware, Calm, Respectful, and Confident
  • October: Move Away From Trouble
  • November: Protect Your Feelings From Hurtful Words
  • December: Set and Respect Boundaries
  • January: Stop Unwanted or Unsafe Touch, Play, and Attention (includes safety rules about private areas)
  • February: Be Persistent in Getting Help for Safety
  • March: Prevent and Stop Bullying
  • April: Stay Safe in Public and with Strangers
  • May: How to Manage Emotions to Make Safer, Wiser Choices
  • June: How to Avoid and Escape an Attack
  • July/August: sessions paused – cycle begins again September 2025

Live Online Sessions
2025-2026 Schedule

All times are in Pacific Time (San Francisco/Los Angeles)

Upcoming Live Sessions

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May 2025
How to Manage Emotions to Make Safer, Wiser Choices
Tuesday • May 13 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • May 15 •  1:00 pm Pacific
June 2025
How to Avoid and Escape an Attack
Tuesday • June 17 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • June 19 •  1:00 pm Pacific

July and August 2025
Scheduled group sessions paused.
Practice sessions available on request.

September 2025
Stay Aware, Calm, Respectful & Confident
Tuesday • September 23 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • September 25 •  1:00 pm Pacific
October 2025
Move Away from Trouble
Tuesday • October 21 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • October 23 •  1:00 pm Pacific
November 2025
Protect Your Feelings From Hurtful Words
Tuesday • November 18 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • November 20 •  1:00 pm Pacific
December 2025
Set and Respect Boundaries
Tuesday • December 16 •  7:00 am Pacific
Thursday • December 18 •  1:00 pm Pacific

All Sessions' Topics

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September

Stay Aware, Calm, Respectful, and Confident

October

Move Away From Trouble

November

Protect Your Feelings From Hurtful Words

December

Set and Respect Boundaries

January

Stop Unwanted or Unsafe Touch, Play, and Attention

February

Be Persistent in Getting Help for Safety

March

Prevent and Stop Bullying

April

Stay Safe in Public and With Strangers

May

How to Manage Emotions to Make Safer, Wiser Choices

June

How to Avoid an Escape an Attack
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Shandana Sheikh of Kidpower Pakistan
“Once you understand how to use and practice a skill, you can use it everywhere, in any language!”
For information about how you can use our copyrighted curriculum and trademarked names in ways that are mutually supportive and protect our intellectual property, please see: Permission to Use Information for Training of Practitioners Program Participants

To learn more or to request an invitation to apply, and to inquire about financial options and scholarship support, email safety@kidpower.org or complete the contact us form below!

To learn more about how to organize a Kidpower Professional Development for your own team of colleagues at your agency or school, see Organize Your Own Workshop!

To inquire about training with Kidpower, use the contact form below.
The Kidpower Online Learning Center, part of Kidpower International, aims to help learners gain important 'People Safety' skills for themselves and to help educators and caring adults learn how to teach these important skills to others, using Kidpower's Positive Teaching Method™.

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