Relationships Matter
Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships
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A series of 5-8 sessions for groups of middle school and high school youth that helps them:
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Know what a healthy relationship looks like
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Believe they deserve healthy relationships
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Engage in positive behaviors
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Create positive, healthy, and safe dating and peer relationships
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Who this program is for
Middle school and high school youth
Format
This series includes concurrent programs for youth, and parents, and training for educators by a qualified and certified trainer.
Duration
Five 5 sessions, one (1) hour each, can be run concurrent to the Parents Matters Program.
Cost
Free for individuals, fee structure available for organizations and businesses
Course Description
Relationships Matter is an evidence-based teen dating violence prevention model developed by the Centers for Disease Control that includes prevention strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods. It focuses on teaching middle school and high school healthy relationship skills before they start dating and reducing behaviors that increase the risk of dating violence.
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We are looking for volunteers to help us get this important program up and running. Interested? Let’s talk!
Contact us to learn more about scheduling your own Relationships Matter event
Claire’s Community is excited to partner with you in offering a Relationships Matter 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.
Program Resources
“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