Optimal Health Sexual Delay

Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.1 Optimal Health Sexual Delay (SD) is a 13-lesson evidence-based relationship skills curriculum for young teens ages 12-16. The curriculum integrates positive youth development, life skills, healthy relationships, dating violence prevention, and sexual risk avoidance in a comprehensive healthy relationship skills program. It is designed to help teens learn how to make wise choices about relationships, dating, partners, waiting to have sex, and more.

Updated in Spring 2025, this version includes the most recent YRBS stats along with existing topics important to today’s youth, such as sex trafficking prevention, technology in relationships, navigating relationships in the digital age, online porn, sexual assault, consent—and their impact on relationships.

Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.1 SD aligns with all Executive Orders on DEI and gender and the OPA memo on developmental appropriateness (i.e., does not normalize teen sex). It is designed for use by current federal grantees who want to implement a sexual risk avoidance curriculum. If you are not using such funding to implement Relationship Smarts PLUS, then we recommend using Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.0 SRA.

Detailed description of the Relationship Smarts PLUS SD Course Materials here.