Are you are interested in setting up a class in your town or for a special group? Here are some things you should know.
Experiential classes range in length from 2-20 hours. Experiential classes serve 1-16 participants. They may take place at IMPACT’s studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico or another location more convenient for your group. We are able to make arrangements to travel to surrounding areas.
Pricing is per class, not per participant. The more participants in the class, the lower the cost per participant (up to 16 students). Pricing for our Experiential Programming varies depending on the length of the class, and is on a sliding scale based on whether the organizer is a school, a nonprofit, or what size of business. If IMPACT instructors are traveling to teach the class, mileage and daily stipends will also apply. The organizer is responsible for obtaining space for the class, signing up participants, arranging payment with participants, paying IMPACT for the class, and distributing release forms.
Classes can be single-gender or mixed-gender. Sometimes groups are formed based on age-affinity like groups of children, teens or elders. IMPACT also serves groups of individuals of similar abilities such as wheelchair users or those with developmental disabilities. Workshops include (but are not limited to):
2-Hour Verbal-Only Workshop
Students in the 2-hour course learn and practice verbal boundary setting skills to deal with harassing and/or threatening strangers in role-play scenarios. The workshop also includes verbal boundary setting skills with people we know. Participants learn to set boundaries and stand up for themselves while maintaining their personal or professional relationships. All skills are practiced in interactive scenarios enabling students to assess a situation and respond appropriately while in the adrenaline state.
4-Hour Workshop (also offered as a public course)
In the workshop, participants learn street-smart behaviors and awareness and avoidance skills to help them avoid being targeted for assault. They practice verbal and physical strategies in face-to-face scenarios with strangers. These skills are practiced against fully padded “mock assailants” (instructors trained in recreating common assault situations.) The curriculum also includes practicing verbal boundary setting skills with people we know.
8-Hour Workshop
The curriculum includes awareness and avoidance skills, verbal confrontation techniques for people we know, physical and verbal skills for face-to-face scenarios, being grabbed from behind, and being grabbed from behind and going to the ground. 8 hours allows for the this major addition of “ground fighting” skills.
6-Hour Children’s Workshop (also offered as a public course)
IMPACT’s Children’s Workshop serves boys and girls, ages 6-12. Children learn concepts of safety with strangers by practicing and role-playing scenarios, and learn verbal and physical tools to end an assault and get to safety. Students gain tools to stop unwanted touch from people they know and divert manipulation and threats as well as how to tell a trusted adult. We also teach how to deal with bullying and peer pressure without engaging.
