About This Course

Most families do not fail during stressful situations because they do not care about each other. They fail because the plan was never clearly shared.

One person may know where the medical kit is, where the important documents are kept, what to do during a storm, who to call during an emergency, or where the family should meet if something goes wrong. But if that plan only exists inside one person’s head, the household is not truly prepared.

The Household Game Plan is a classroom-based course designed to help everyday adults create calm, simple, practical plans for common household emergencies and disruptions without turning the home into a military unit or scaring everyone half to death.

This course is about household coordination under stress. Students will learn how to make sure everyone in the house knows what to do, where to go, who to contact, what to grab, and how to stay calm when normal life gets disrupted.

Just as importantly, this course teaches students how to bring reluctant family members into the conversation without making it weird. Many people who train, prepare, or think ahead have experienced the same frustration. They wish their spouse would take preparedness more seriously. They wish their kids knew what to do. They wish the plan did not depend entirely on them. But every time they try to explain it, the conversation can feel awkward, dramatic, or one-sided.

This course helps solve that problem.

Students will learn how to get the plan out of one person’s head and into the household in a calm, normal, non-paranoid way. Whether preparing for a medical emergency, house fire, severe weather, power outage, vehicle problem, separated child, sudden evacuation, or shelter-in-place situation, the goal is the same: help the household function with clarity instead of confusion.

Preparedness should not make your household fearful. Done correctly, it should make everyone calmer.

Topics Covered

How to get your family on the same page without making preparedness weird, scary, or overwhelming

Why the plan cannot live in one person’s head, and how to keep the most prepared person from becoming the bottleneck

How to create simple household roles so everyone knows what to do when stress and confusion hit

Family communication plans, rally points, emergency contacts, code words, and what children should know from memory

Practical household playbooks for fire, severe weather, medical emergencies, power outages, vehicle problems, separated family members, evacuation, and shelter-in-place situations

Simple “when you get home” action steps to help your household become more prepared right away

Equipment Required

An open and practical mindset

Pen and paper

Prerequisites

None

Course Notes

This is a classroom-based course for adults, couples, parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who wants the people in their household to be better prepared without creating fear, conflict, or resistance.

Students should expect practical discussion, real-world examples, and simple take-home action items they can begin using immediately.

Price

$25 for non-members