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Defense Awareness Response Training

Professional De-escalation & Safety Training Solutions for Organizations

Creating Safe Spaces: Everyone Deserves a Life Free from Violence

DART, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to violence prevention training. Our courses teach awareness skills and violence de-escalation techniques for workplace environments (WorkSmart), a dating violence prevention course offered for middle school students (DateSmart), and a personal safety course for public audiences (Fight Back 101).

DART Violence Prevention Training

Experts in education, law enforcement, and self-defense, contributed to DART's highly respected curriculum. Courses are designed to be practical, easily learned and retained. DART’s goals in every workplace training session are to enhance employee confidence, ensure a safer workplace environment, and positively impact employee retention.


FREE Workplace Violence Safety Survey To Help Assess The Quality Of Your Workplace Safety Program.


DART's free Workplace Violence Safety Survey will help you evaluate the safety of your workplace environment and effectiveness of your policies. The survey will then provide you with a score based on a 100% scoring system.

After completing the survey, please feel free to download a PDF of the completed survey and its scores to share with your co-workers and/or employer. One will also be emailed to you.

What you can expect


Appropriateness

DART developed and offers training that is appropriate for the general population regardless of an individual's size, previous training, or physical conditioning.

Highly Trained Instructors

All DART instructors must complete a thorough training and evaluation process before being certified as a DART instructor.

Highly Skilled Curriculum Developers

Professionals in education, counseling, police work, security, workplace violence law, and martial arts provide the expertise and balance needed to develop highly effective violence prevention training that is easily learned and retained.

Focus On The Client

DART recognizes that each client has specialized needs and works with each individual client to see that their unique concerns are met.

Follow-Up Training

DART recognizes that the physical skills taught in an initial workshop require periodic practice/reinforcement. DART therefore will customize a follow-up training program for its clients upon request.

DART Training Expectations and Features

Click on the buttons below to learn more about each course offering and how to schedule one for your organization.

WorkSmart

WorkSmart Training Program

Courses include verbal de-escalation skills, defensive physical skills, team intervention, and more.

DateSmart

DateSmart Youth Program

7th and 8th-grade students learn about healthy relationships and dating violence prevention.

Fight Back 101

DateSmart Youth Program

Participants learn practical self-defense techniques, situational awareness, and basic escapes from grabs and holds.Contact us to learn more.

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