Who this program is for
Middle School Youth
Format
Our interactive skills-based workshops create a space for students to practice the language of healthy and unhealthy relationships, actively explore topics that are seldom talked about but affect all of us, and reflect on their experiences. Videos and other media are compelling and relatable, allowing participants to explore the complicated dynamics of relationships in an engaging way.
Materials are available in English or Spanish.
Duration
Five sessions, one hour (or class period) each
Cost
Free for individuals, fee structure available for organizations and businesses
Course Description
The Have a HEART: Healthy Relationship Toolkit curriculum ​
inspires young people to recognize and talk about an issue that affects everyone. In a world where emotionally unhealthy and abusive behaviors have become the norm, young people not only need but are hungry for, knowledge that helps them build healthy ones.
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Instruction and Activities will Include the Following Topics:
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Know the Signs of Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships
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How Culture and Technology Impact Our Interactions
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Communicate Boundaries and Practice Consent
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Stay or Go? Navigating Endings of Relationships
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How To Help a Friend and/or Find Resources For Yourself
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This program, developed by the One Love Foundation, incorporates leading recommendations from the CDC for intimate partner violence prevention, as well as current research and culturally responsive best practices from youth development, social and emotional learning, and other related fields.​
Contact us to learn more about scheduling your own Have a HEART event
Claire’s Community is excited to partner with you in offering a Have a HEART training session for your group. Please tell us a bit about your group. We’ll be back in touch with you soon to talk about the next steps.
“Programs that seek to engage influential adults and peers in promoting positive relationship expectations and condemning violent and unhealthy relationship behaviors among adolescents and young adults are critical to the prevention of IPV.”
— Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan, the Center for Disease Control