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that we learned
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to apply with-
out
conscious
thought: buckling
a seatbelt, looking
both ways before
crossing a street, or
responding to a fire
alarm.
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We engage regu-
larly with teach- (Hear directly about the ‘Preparedness Without Paranoia’ Education and Training Series from Dr.
ers, children, and Kathleen Kiernan, CEO & Founder of Kiernan Group Holdings. Dr. Kiernan, a 29-year veteran of
Federal Law Enforcement, retiring as Assistant Director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and
their parents to Information for the ATF, developed PWP, an approach to individual engagement and education to
increase confidence and decrease victimization in active threat environments.)
understand what
and how children think about threats ee preparedness and emergency edu-
to inform the conversations that need cation.
to occur at home, at school as well as
For children we have built a series
in their parent’s boardrooms crossing
of learning materials and activi-
over into workplace violence, employ-
ty books to meet
them where they
are developmen-
tally, and engage
them in the con-
versations, not talk
around them.
(PWP Minor Visions: Always find a trusted adult to talk to if something isn’t right.)
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