IMPACT Colorado's flagship Empowered Family Class helps you start a lifelong safety conversation as a family. Family members experience better communication, reduced anxiety, and higher self-confidence. In our unique course, adults and children are taught separately in age-appropriate, inclusive, and trauma-informed material and skills. Kids learn and practice skills in scenarios such as: talking to a trusted adult when they feel unsafe; addressing bullying or cruel social behavior; responding to unwelcome attention from strangers and people they know; physical techniques to strike and escape in a potential abduction situation. As a parent or caregiver, you will gain skills to protect yourself and support your child. During interactive scenarios, your instructor will coach you in: listening to and engaging with your child when you’re outside your comfort level; verbal de-escalation techniques; simple, effective strikes to ward off a potential assault or threat to your family’s safety.