Empowering education to prevent violence.
Prepare understands violence happens in a social context.
We support the work of others in the anti-violence community.
Our programs build skills and expand options, so people can lead bigger, safer lives.
Our programs are evidence-based and research-validated.
Our programs are taught in a trauma-aware, consent-based learning environment.
Prepare programs build empowered individuals,
organizations, and communities.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Prepare’s mission?
Prepare is an educational services company offering evidence-based and research-validated programs in violence prevention, personal safety, communication skills, and self-defense.
We are dedicated to fostering safer communities through comprehensive educational programs. We envision a society where our collective response to violence is informed, proactive, and compassionate.
We are dedicated to fostering safer communities through comprehensive educational programs. We envision a society where our collective response to violence is informed, proactive, and compassionate.
Who are your classes for?
Prepare’s programming reaches all ages, genders, and abilities. Each program is designed to be relevant and accessible to the group we are teaching.
When was Prepare founded?
Prepare was founded in 1992 and is a woman-owned, family-run business.
What do Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention mean?
Primary Prevention: Focusing on preventing violence before it occurs by addressing risk factors and promoting protective factors via health education, anti-bullying training, and social-emotional learning to change beliefs and behaviors that lead to violence.
Secondary Prevention: Hands-on self-defense courses such as IMPACT Basics and Prepare programs for kids and teens, featuring the suited instructor. Prepare offers education on threat assessment and threat management, including verbal skills such as boundary setting, de-escalation, and activating help, as well as physical resistance skills to interrupt aggression.
Tertiary Prevention: Our classes address the consequences of violence and support trauma recovery and future harm reduction. Our instructors teach and coach students according to best practices developed by therapists and counselors in the field of trauma recovery.
Secondary Prevention: Hands-on self-defense courses such as IMPACT Basics and Prepare programs for kids and teens, featuring the suited instructor. Prepare offers education on threat assessment and threat management, including verbal skills such as boundary setting, de-escalation, and activating help, as well as physical resistance skills to interrupt aggression.
Tertiary Prevention: Our classes address the consequences of violence and support trauma recovery and future harm reduction. Our instructors teach and coach students according to best practices developed by therapists and counselors in the field of trauma recovery.