Schools & Colleges
IMPACT teaches age-appropriate comprehensive violence prevention programs and evidence-based safety trainings for Elementary, Middle, High School, and College-aged students. We teach students of all ages the skills to communicate their boundaries, foster healthy relationships, recognize and resist coercion, de-escalate conflicts, advocate for themselves and others and protect their bodies from harm.
College
We all want college campuses to be places where students can expand their horizons, take on challenges, and shape their futures. At IMPACT, we make sure they can do it safely.
1. Empowerment Self-Defense
IMPACT teaches practical self-defense skills to address the realities of campus safety. Our programs are trauma-informed and relevant to sexual violence from acquaintances, friends, and dating partners. By preparing students to handle potentially unsafe situations, our programs also help students build essential skills that are relevant to many of life's challenges, such as self-advocacy, setting boundaries under pressure, body awareness, and effective communication.
“The IMPACT self-defense course is one of the most life-changing courses I have been a part of.”
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2. Bystander Intervention & De-escalation
IMPACT’s bystander programs help students and administrators manage their stress response so they can maintain their own safety while helping others.
Students learn to
- Identify situations that require challenging conversations
- Address defensive and dismissive responses
- Project calm and confidence
- Create safe and positive expectations in friend and student groups
3. Hate Speech and Harassment
IMPACT programs help students respond to hate speech and harassment, maintaining safety while advocating for a respectful campus climate.
4. Healthy Relationships & Sex Education
IMPACT’s approach to teaching healthy relationships and sex education focuses on student empowerment through education. The interactive, discussion-based courses use a variety of tools to help students reach key objectives: understanding what is healthy and what is not (despite what TikTok says), feeling confident in their values, boundaries, and identities, and being capable of making safe choices that are right for them.
Guided by our Core Values, our sex education program is LGBTQ+-inclusive, disability-inclusive, medically accurate, age appropriate, consent-focused, and responsive to the realities of young people. We do not shy away from difficult topics and instead aim to provide a safe space for students to learn about sexual health, sexual consent and coercion, power dynamics, and more.
We Come to You
IMPACT instructors will travel to your school and work with you to design a program that best fits your educational goals and schedule. Programming schedules can vary from an intensive one-day workshop to year-long classes. We have experience collaborating with educators in Physical Education, Health, Wellness, Guidance & Counseling, English, Social Studies. We have experience teaching elective classes, extracurricular programs, or doing guest presentations in regular classes.
Customized Programs
Specialized training to meet your needs. Many communities and organizations have specific safety needs or concerns. Whether you’re addressing an incident, responding to hate speech and threats, or preparing for community events, IMPACT can help.
We work with you to develop customized classes, facilitate stakeholder meetings, or create a detailed abuse prevention plan.
Our collaborators include social service agencies, domestic violence and sexual assault programs, home visitors, youth development programs, community centers, activist groups, adult education centers, counseling centers, performance venues and many others.
Specialized training to meet your needs
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