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Services for Adults and Senoirs
A multitude of community groups, woman’s centers, businesses, schools and municipalities offer their clientele or employees our People Safety workshops for adults and/or seniors. Consult the Organize a workshop section to learn more about setting-up a successful group activity. Workshops can be held in the daytime, in the evenings or on weekends.
Three seasons a year, we also offer a wide variety of public workshops; please consult our Public Workshop Schedule for more details on dates and areas where the below-mentioned workshops are offered. Other services also offered to families (kids, teens, parents) and professionals.
OUR FOCUS
Our FULLPOWER (adults) and SENIOR POWER Workshops are a very hands-on and dynamic way to develop a repertoire of safety skills all the while learning them in a safe, supportive, success-based and empowering environment.
These workshops aim to transmit the underlying principles, safety strategies and skills needed to prevent numerous situations of violence; both with strangers and with people we know, in everyday interactions as well as in emergency situations.
Adults and seniors appreciate our short term workshop formats where tangible information and hands-on practice are central in our teaching methodology. They also appreciate our approach because it combines warmth, humour, and empowerment, along with emotional and physical safety.
In SENIOR POWER Workshops, all contents and practices are tailored to fit the needs, life situations and abilities of each individual and group. Whether participants are still very active, have physical limitations or frailties, we focus on what they CAN do rather than what they can’t do and support them in using their strengths to help them stay safe. Consult our Special Needs section to learn more about how we tailor workshops to individual abilities.
CONTENT
Through individualized practice and group activities, we work towards developing different assertiveness and safety skills such as:
When on our own, HOW TO…
- Be aware of the behaviour of others on public transit, at parties, and on the street in order to take charge and prevent potential problems from escalating
- Create safety plans when travelling and for dealing with risky situations
- React effectively when faced with street harassment
- Use both your voice and your body to defuse a potential attack
- OPTIONAL : Use effective and safe physical self-defense skills as a last resort to defend oneself against an attack
When dealing with people familiar to us, HOW TO…
- Protect ourselves from hurtful words and insults
- Set boundaries and make requests in an effective and appropriate way
- Deal with invasive or inappropriate behaviour such as : peer pressure, emotional coercion and manipulation or bullying, bribery and misuse of power
- Stop unsafe or inappropriate touch or attention
- Put an end to harassment, whether sexual or otherwise
- Get help from someone busy or indifferent
- And more…
TYPICAL WORKSHOPS
Workshops on Everyday Safety Skills (without verbal and physical self-defense) we can normally accommodate up to 24 participants. For bigger groups, a conference style activity is better suited.
Workshops with Emergency Only verbal and physical self-defense, a maximum of 16 people is recommended per team of coach & padded instructor. The duration of the workshop is determined by the needs of the group being served.
Below, you will find a description of typical workshops available for adults and seniors. Workshops with marked with an asterisk (*) are most often preferred or suited to seniors. Other combinations of duration, format & content are available.
»Fullpower EVERYDAY SAFETY *
People Safety skills for people we know;
Prevention & boundary setting skills
Maximum 16 adults | Typical Length: 5 hours
For women and men – ages 18 and up
Learn and practice boundary setting, verbal and psychological defense strategies for everyday life (interactions with intimate partners, friends, work colleagues, social acquaintances, as well as public interactions). This workshop also includes self-protection tactics for threatening situations without using physical self-defense skills.
“I feel more comfortable at setting boundaries even with co-workers who are sometimes quite macho and intrusive. With what I learned, I feel more confident and able to deal with their reactions. Now, instead of dreading my next day at work, I look forward to it!” |
»Fullpower ESSENTIALS *
People safety skills for when out and about ;
Introduction to verbal & physical self-defense
Maximum 16 adults | Typical Length: 4 hours
For women and men – ages 18 and up
This workshop answers the most frequently asked questions about self-defense. Adults learn to protect themselves from verbal confrontations and simulated physical assaults in an empowering as well as an emotionnaly and physically safe environment. Skills cover prevention strategies, verbal attacks, physical defense skills for front and back attacks. Full force physical self-defense training included.
“Every day I think about what I learned in those few short hours with you. I can’t believe how much more confident and stronger I feel. The support of the other students and the instructors made FULLPOWER a very safe place for me to learn.” |
»Fullpower FUNDAMENTALS
Combination workshop : Everyday Safety and Emergency Only Skills
Maximum 16 adults | Typical Length: 10 hours
For women and men – ages 18 and up
Recommended equipment: interlocking and stackable floor mats
For those looking for something more in depth than the ESSENTIALS workshop, without going into a long class format like the COMPREHENSIVE workshop, here is the FUNDAMENTALS. A weekend workshop that covers the same contents as the Essentials workshop, along with the Everyday Safety Skills and some Ground Fighting skills. Full Force Self Defense included. Come explore the road to empowerment!
“ I found this workshop very beneficial for me and your training really helped me. Although I discovered some inner challenges, surpassing them felt really satisfying. I am proud to have committed to this for myself and my safety.” |
»Fullpower COMPREHENSIVE
Extended practice of Everyday Safety and Emergency Only Skills
Maximum 16 women | Typical Length: 25 hours
For women only – ages 18 and up
Equipment required: interlocking and stackable floor mats
Comprehensive program on Everyday Safety and Full Force self defense. Everyday Safety skills covered include : confidence and assertiveness, boundaries setting, protective strategies against verbal and psychological attacks, harassment, negotiation and assault prevention skills, and more! Physical self-defense content includes techniques against a wide variety of physical attacks by a single unarmed attacker; attacks from the front, the back, on the ground, as well as attempted sexual attacks.
“Before the workshop I was terrified of not knowing how to defend myself in any situation, now I feel deeply confident that I can. It’s a gift for life.” |
ADVANCED WORKSHOPS
-PRE-REQUISITES MANDATORY-
»Fullpower COUNTER-WEAPONS
Introductory level
Maximum 16 adults | Typical Length: 6 hours
For women and men – ages 18 and up
Pre-requisite workshops:
TEENPOWER Essentials, FULLPOWER Essentials, Fundamentals OR Comprehensive
Introduction to safety strategies and psychological, verbal and physical techniques to help prevent, defuse, break-away or unarm a single armed attacker – armed with knives, guns or otherwise.
“Before your workshop, fear of a weapon completely paralysed my thinking on safety in an armed attack. Your workshop helped demystify this and most importantly gave me simple and useful practices to avoid them and deal with them.” |
»Fullpower MULTIPLES
Introductory level
Maximum 16 adults | Typical Length: 5 hours
For women and men – ages 18 and up
Pre-requisite workshops:
TEENPOWER Essentials, FULLPOWER Essentials, Fundamentals OR Comprehensive
Introduction to safety strategies and psychological, verbal and physical techniques to help prevent, defuse or break-away from an attack by more than one attacker.
"I use to think defending myself against multiple attackers was mission impossible. I saw and practiced how quick it was to adapt the skills I had already learned so they could work in multiple attacker situations. On top of fine-tuning these invaluable skills, I now feel even more confident and reassured when having to walk through swarms of people or in the city.” |
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