Facilitator Training
Our ESD+ Facilitator Training is the perfect path to being able to service your own students, clients and community with Violence Prevention, Resilience & Empowerment programs
WHY TRAIN WITH EMPOWERED TODAY?
Our trauma-informed Facilitator Training combines the principles of two practical, evidence-based systems: Empowerment Self Defence (ESD) + Mindfulness-Based Stress Management (MBSM).
Coming from an education background, we not only teach the applicable content but also the teaching pedagogy and strategies needed to ensure programs are taught in a safe, practical and engaging way.
WHO IS OUR
TRAINING FOR?
Our Facilitator Training is for
any person or organisation that is interested in offering women's empowerment programs.
Our principle-based curriculum
offers a non-prescriptive suite
of tools, allowing you to run
standalone programs or easily integrate individual modules into
your existing programs.
HOW TO ACCESS
OUR TRAINING
- by participating in one of our regional community trainings as part of our Empowered Communities Initiative (see below schedule)
OR...
- as an exclusive in-house training for your organisation where we offer exclusive & tailored instructor trainings for organisations that have a number of staff they would like to have trained.
Contact Us for more information.
What Does the Training Entail?
Our ESD+ Facilitator Training is a 4-day workshop that will provide you 20+ hours of content to teach women's empowerment programs.
The content & topics covered include...
- Trauma-informed care and emotional safety
- Understanding gender-based violence
- Research & Statistics
- The history & principles of Empowerment Self Defence
- Emotional, Mental & Physical skills for violence prevention & personal safety
- Self-care: Grounding, Mindfulness, State regulation & Support
- Teaching pedagogy & principles
- How to build a student-centred curriculum that focuses on your strengths
Sample Schedule
Day 1
Module 1: Emotional safety
Module 2: The history & principles of Empowerment Self Defence
Module 3: Neuroscience/Psychology: Understanding Stress, Fear & Violence
Module 4: Mindfulness-Based Stress Management
Day 2
Module 5: State regulation - Centring & Breathing techniques
Module 6: Principle: THINK (Assessing a situation/Risk assessment, Awareness (Internal & External), Intuition, Tactical thinking, Options/Choices
Module 7: Principle: YELL (Connecting with & using your voice, Verbal/Nonverbal communication, Respectful relationships, Consent, Boundary setting, Assertiveness, De-escalation)
Module 8: Principle: RUN (Removing yourself from a situation safely, Moving towards safety, Distract/Evade/Escape strategies, Using your surroundings: people, exits, objects, tools/weapons)
Day 3
Module 9: Principle: FIGHT (Fighting spirit, Self-worth & resilience, Basic strikes, Teaching with targets)
Module 10: Aikido & physical self defence principles
Module 11: Soft Physical Skills (non-violent)
Module 12: Releases from Grabs & Holds (Wrist grabs, Hair grabs)
Day 4
Module 13: Strangle releases & rear attacks
Module 14: Physical skills review
Module 15: Principle: HEAL (Ways to heal, Sharing for healing, Survivor advocacy & support, Responding to disclosure, Choosing to report)
Module 16: Self-Care for facilitators & participants
Module 17: Facilitator toolkit
Online Module 18: Working with Teens: Porn, Safe Partying
Online Module 19: Myth Busting Common Safety Advice
Online Module 19: Facilitating With a Trauma-Informed Lens
Online Module 20:Teaching pedagogy, principles & practice – building a student-centred curriculum that focuses on your strengths
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