THE TOP CHILD SAFETY RESOURCES/MATERIALS,

ALL IN ONE PLACE.

If you’re an educator/client of Optimal Empowerment, and need help presenting any of this safety material to your group/classes…please don’t hesitate to ask us, we’re more than happy to help!

  • KidSmartz is an empowering child safety program that educates families on preventing abduction and builds empowerment and confidence in K-5 age range kids to practice safer behavior. This simple yet powerful program provides resources to help parents, caregivers, and teachers protect children by teaching and practicing the 4 Rules of Personal Safety using classroom lessons, at-home lessons, parent tips, and engaging printable activities.

  • Revved Up Kids provides a spectrum of training programs for children, teens, parents, schools and youth-serving organizations. Their programs mission is prevention; equipping children and teens to be safer from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking and they train adults to be more effective protectors.

    Revved Up Kids training is ideal for schools, places of worship, neighborhoods, scouts, teams, after school programs, youth-serving nonprofits, and private groups.

  • NRA Gunsafe Training for kids is an engaging, empowering and simple training that helps them make the safest decisions when they see a gun; whether they’re at home,their friend’s house or somewhere else. This free material is accessible for parents and educators.

    Firearm-related incidents are the leading cause of death in the USA for children and teens. [nichd.nih.gov]

  • The American Red Cross believes that one way to help reduce drowning incidents among children ages 5 through 12 is to teach water safety education in elementary schools and other youth programs. Parents are welcome to use this material to share with their own kids as well! The American Red Cross created Longfellow’s WHALE Tales to help teach children about safe behavior in, on and around the water. Longfellow’s WHALE Tales K–6 Educational Resources are designed to give children an awareness of being safe around the water and to help promote healthful aquatic recreation.

    In the USA, more children ages 1–4 die from drowning than any other cause of death. For children ages 5–14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death after motor vehicle crashes. [cdc.gov]

  • NetSmartz is NCMEC's online safety education program. It provides age-appropriate videos and activities to assist in teaching kids how to be safer online with the importance of kids learning to become more aware of potential online dangers. This program helps them develop the awareness and best practices to prevent victimization in the online world and real world.

  • Here are some free anti-human trafficking online training courses. These courses are great in helping you gain more education, awareness and ultimately a sharper eye on how to spot and report potential human-trafficking scenarios.