In Touch With Teens
Is an eleven-unit curriculum empowers youth to have healthy relationships by providing information about power and control, elements of healthy relationships and healthy sexuality, and media literacy as well as education on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and dating violence.
The curriculum further addresses the development of prosocial skills such as empathy, impulse control, effective communication, problem solving, and bystander accountability.
Unit 1: Roots of Violence: Global and Local The Basics
Unit 2: Power and Control: Personal Power vs. Dominance The Basics
Unit 3: Recognizing Unhealthy Relationships The Basics
Unit 4: Bullying The Basics
Unit 5: Breaking the Cycle of Violence The Basics
Unit 6: Creating Healthy Relationships The Basics
Unit 7: Sexual Assault and Coercive Control The Basics
Unit 8: Respectful Sexuality The Basics
Unit 9: Sexual Harassment The Basics
Unit 10: Media Impact The Basics
Unit 11: Choose Peace Over Violence The Basics
Be Strong Curriculum
Is an asset-based, development program for young women that builds on concepts of womanhood, respect, and positive relationships as a strategy for health promotion and violence prevention.
The Be Strong curriculum consists of four empowerment modules which contain activities that enhance developmental assets and provide practical tools for self-discovery, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. The program objective is to help young women define and discover the kind of women they want to be while developing protective factors against violence and other unhealthy behaviors. It also provides a forum for young women to connect with one another, honor themselves, and create healthy relationships.