In the 4-hour Introductory Workshop, participants learn street-smart behaviors, and awareness and avoidance skills to help them avoid being targeted for assault.
They learn and practice effective verbal skills to prevent assault in realistic role-play scenarios. Students are taught easy-to-learn and effective physical self-defense skills for face-to-face situations. The curriculum also includes setting boundaries and communication skills for people we know.
All the skills are practiced in recreated common assault scenarios with one instructor coaching and a fully padded instructor acting as the “would-be-assailant.” For more information on how the class works, visit our How Experiential Works page.
In this workshop, you will learn to:
- Avoid potentially dangerous situations (awareness and avoidance skills)
- Recognize when your boundaries are being crossed (interpersonal awareness)
- Talk your way out of an assault (verbal dissuasion techniques)
- Defend yourself when faced with physical violence (physical self-defense)
- Set boundaries with people you know (communication skills)
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Please note that the 4-Hour Introductory Workshop is NOT a prerequisite for the Basics Course. Suitable for men, women and teens ages 13 and older. The cost is $75. $50 for seniors. Need-based scholarship available. Payment plans available. This course may be single or mixed gender. This is a popular course for schools and businesses to provide students and employees with basic, essential, personal safety skills. Call our office about group rates.
Marissa’s Scholarship Fund Information
Marisa’s Scholarship Fund enables us to give generous scholarships to those adults, teens and children who need assistance. Need-based scholarships are available to a limited number of participants per class, depending on availability of scholarship funds. Click here to download the Scholarship Application or contact us to receive a paper copy. As it can take 1-3 weeks to review your application, please submit the application as early as possible before the class for which you wish to register. Upon the application’s approval, you will be contacted.
Payment Plans
A student of the 4-Hour Introductory Workshop may divide the workshop tuition due into no more than three consecutive payments. A non-refundable $40 deposit or full tuition must be paid by day of the class. The full tuition amount must be paid within one month of the class. S/he must provide IMPACT with post-dated checks or requests for credit card charge dates for the entire course tuition in advance of the beginning of the course. Checks will be deposited or charges made bi-weekly or monthly as the student indicates.
Discount
Continuing to the Basics Course: $25 of tuition paid for the 4-Hour Introductory Workshop may be applied as a discount toward the 20- Hour Basics Course if students desire to continue their personal safety education. You may only apply one discount or scholarship to the 20-hour course.
Cancellation Policy
We reserve the right to cancel a class, or modify the class schedule due to low enrollment at any time prior to the start of the class. In the event that a class is canceled, the course tuition will be refunded in full or transferred to the next class.
If a student decides to cancel enrollment, and if notice of cancellation is during regular business hours during a weekday, and if notice is given two weeks or more before the class begins, a student may:
- Transfer credit to a future class within one year, less a $50 administrative fee.
- Receive a fifty percent (50%) refund.
However, no credit, or refund is available if you fail to give proper notice.
