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Personal Safety and Crime Prevention: A Pro-Active and Common Sense Approach

As parents, most of us face the same challenges and concerns about personal safety… whether we’re out with our kids, a group of friends, or out on our own.  Empower yourself with practical safety strategies, tips and advice to reduce the risks and prevent victimization.

Learn practical safety tips from a leading expert in child safety and abduction prevention. 

·      Trusting Intuition

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·      How to Recognize Warning Signs BEFORE Being Victimized

·      Helpful Ways to Talk to Kids About Safety Without Scaring Them

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·      Facts and Myths About Danger & Safety

·      Strategies and Tips to Lower Your Risk of Being Targeted



*Pattie Fitzgerald is recognized as a leading expert in the field of personal safety,  including abduction prevention and sexual abuse prevention education.    She is a children’s author, former preschool teacher and a certified Child Visitation Monitor, in addition to her certification as a Child Safety Educator and Level One Agent through the National Security Alliance/Kid-Safe Network.  In 2007, Pattie became a guest instructor for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s M.E.R.I.T. program and her workshops and curriculum are used at schools throughout the United States.  She has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, and local television and radio news programs across the country.   Pattie’s children’s books include: “NO TRESPASSING - THIS IS MY BODY!” and “SUPER DUPER SAFETY SCHOOL” both of which have earned strong praise from pediatricians, parents and educators across the country. She is also a member of the American Professional Society On The Abuse of Children and the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners. 

$10 – Includes Light Continental Breakfast

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