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Kids Bully Prevention program
Watch our Bully Prevention program coverage featured on WBAL-TV-11 with Rob Roblin
Our Bully Prevention program is designed to enable kids to deal with physical aspect of bullying without throwing a punch or kick.
The "BP" Program is one of the most important programs we offer at our Academy. With the recent national focus on bullying it is now more than ever important to prepare the kids who will have to deal with it.
The National Education Association estimates about 160,000 kids miss school every day in the U.S. for fear of bullies. This likely a conservative estimate since the NEA suggests that less than 15% of kids actually report acts of bullying.
Kids continue to be bullied in school despite efforts to control it. It happens frequently and can have devastating consequences on the child's school performance as well as their psychological development. The Bully Prevention Program is designed to teach kids simple yet effective martial arts skills that are appropriate for them to use. At the same time, the Bully Prevention Program also stresses development of thinking and interactive skills to prevent actual fights from occurring.
Specifically the Bully Prevention program has three objectives:
- Boost Confidence: Bullies are less likely to target self-confident children. As your child sees themselves increasing their skill their confidence will rise. Our experienced instructors instill this confidence by using positive reinforcement and teaching techniques that will neutralize the attack of a larger opponent.
- Increase Awareness: Harassment from bullies can be physical or verbal and delivered at various intensity levels, which each have an appropriate level of response. In each lesson, we focus on teaching your child to recognize and respond to the most common physical and verbal bully behaviors.
- Be Ready: We prepare our students for every common contingency and develop the skills they need to deal with potentially dangerous situations. When your child is prepared he or she will not tolerate harassment from a bully.
Remember, bullying is not a normal part of growing up. Help your child develop the necessary tools to stick up for themselves and others.
Feel free to contact us to get more information on our Bully Prevention Program!