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COMPREHENSIVE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Prepare offers comprehensive violence prevention training and personal safety programs. In all our programs, we situate violence in the social and cultural context within which it exists. Along with the broad spectrum of curriculum we offer, we support the work of others in the anti-violence community. Our primary prevention programs work to change beliefs and behaviors before they lead to violence: health and life skills education, anti-bias and anti-bullying programs, and social and emotional learning fundamentals. We are best known for our secondary prevention self-defense and personal safety courses which feature the suited instructor: IMPACT Basics and Prepare classes for kids and teens. Our classes empower individuals to lead their lives fully, with the confidence that they have the tools to better manage what life brings their way.

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15 Feb, 2024 Challenging conversations with doctors: being heard changes the whole experience

I am grateful for having a wonderful gynecological surgeon. When it came time for a full hysterectomy, via laparoscopy, having an experienced and talented doctor with great communication skills was a huge comfort. Luckily, not only was she supportive and compassionate, but she also fought hard for insurance coverage and won that battle on my behalf. She held so much power – the power of subject matter expertise, the power of life and death during surgery, the power over my future – safe from the ovarian cancer that took my mother. I needed to, and did, trust her completely.  Prior to surgery, I let my doctor know I only wanted her to do the procedure, not any interns or fellows.…


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