Escape School Field Trip

This is a free field trip that teaches children about strangers and how to get away from them. My children participated in this several years ago and it was extremely non-threatening. Even my "sensitive" child found it empowering, not scary. My oldest was in 2nd grade, so my preschoolers participated, too. We'll be doing this, again this month. I think it's a really valuable program. www.escapeschool.com

It's geared to empower kids (like it talks about if you're riding your bike at the park with your friends - so I would think 11, 12, 13 age), but in the movie they show, it has lots of young children (5,6,7) and speaks to them, too. The guy we saw it from before said he did the presentation for his daughter who was about to go off to college. She was accosted while away at school and fended off the guy using the stuff her dad had presented to her. So, I think it's a pretty wide age range.

From their website :

Escape School is a nationally recognized abduction prevention program that
empowers children and parents by providing them with ways to recognize, avoid or
escape potentially dangerous situations. Offered in an entertaining and
non-threatening manner, the program teaches children how to differentiate
between good and bad strangers, the common lures abductors use, how to "get
away, right away" and how to find help when needed.

Is this similar to the "Stranger-Danger" programs that we heard about when we were young?
No, this is not a 'stranger-danger' program. Strangers are not necessarily bad people. In many cases, a 'stranger' may actually be the person who helps a child in a
potentially dangerous situation. In Dignity Memorial Escape School, we teach
children how to tell the difference between good and bad strangers by the way
they act and not by the way they look.

This is a national program and I've found the presenters in our area to be very eager to put this on for any sized group of kids. Check out their website to see if you can schedule one in your area!