Thanks to a grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton Health Community Wellness recently trained and deployed 13 new instructors for radKIDS®, an activity-based program designed to give children the skills to recognize, avoid, and escape unsafe situations.
Princeton Health provides classes for kids from pre-kindergarten age to 12 years old, said Debbie Millar, RN, director of community wellness.
“The program teaches practical skills that we hope the kids never need,” Millar said. “But if the unthinkable happens, the confidence and techniques they learn in radKIDS give them a greater chance to protect themselves and escape harm.”
The 13 new instructors began providing radKIDS classes in August – Princeton Health’s first in-person radKIDS classes since the COVID-19 pandemic reached New Jersey in March 2020.
Four-session classes are offered every other month at a cost of $20 per child. To learn more or to register your children, visit www.princetonhcs.org/calendar and search radKIDS.