Abstract
Relationships and Romance for Teens
Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.1 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 pregnancy prevention in a comprehensive healthy relationship skills program. It is designed to help teens learn how to make wise choices about relationships, dating, partners, sex, and more.
Updated in Spring 2025, version 5.1 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.
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Resources
Preview
- RSP Classic 5.1 Instructor Manual 1 free
- Lesson 1: Who Am I and Where Am I Going? 13
- Lesson 2: Maturity Issues and What I Value 31
- Lesson 3: Attractions and Infatuation 47
- Lesson 4: Principals of Smart Relationships 67
- Lesson 5: Is It a Healthy Relationship? 85 free
- Lesson 6: Breaking Up and Dating Violence 101 free
- Lesson 7: Decide, Don't Slide! Pathways to Success 135
- Lesson 8: Communication and Healthy Relationships 165
- Lesson 9: Communication Challenges and More Skills 189
- Lesson 10: Sexual Decision-Making 209
- Lesson 11: Pregnancy, STIs and HIV 241
- Lesson 12: Unintended Pregnancy Through the Eyes of a Child 272
- Lesson 13: Teens, Technology, and Social Media 304
- Appendix 348
- Activity Cards 352
- Journal 401
- Untitled 132
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Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.1
Print materials available for purchase here.
Relationship Smarts PLUS was created to help teens learn, often for the first time, how to make wise choices about relationships, dating, partners, sex, and more. The program takes an innovative approach to these topics by integrating relationship skills with powerful learning strategies
