Curricula for Young Adults or Youth

Below are healthy marriage-related curricula and products tailored to young adults or youth. Some curricula presented are faith-based curricula.  If you receive Federal funding, check with your Federal project officer before implementing a faith-based curricula.

Program: 3 Rules that Guarantee Financial Success
Contact Info: Vernon Williams; 410-730-1746; vwilliams64@comcast.net; www.howtocutexpenses.com
Year Developed: 2008
Program Length: 5 hours
Description: The curriculum teaches participants how to: 1) Identify what is really important to them, 2) Direct their spending in order to achieve what is important, and 3) Eliminate or reduce expenses that prevent them from achieving what is important.
Language(s): English

Program:  All About ME
Contact Info:  Joneen Mackenzie, RN; 720-488-8888; joneen@waittraining.org; www.waittraining.org
Year Developed:  2008
Program Length:  8 - 12 hours
Description:  A skills building, interactive, activity based curriculum that teaches the science of healthy relationships.  The content includes: conflict resolution, decision making, partner selection, life planning, stages of intimacy and more.
Language(s):  English

Program: The Art of Loving Well
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 1993
Description: A character education curriculum for today's teenagers promoting conversation and reflection about our common human, emotional experiences creating knowledge through literature.
Language(s): English

Program:  Aspire
Contact Info:  Debbie Chun; 847-537-3417; dchun@ampartnership.org; www.abstinenceandmarriage.com
Year Developed: 2006, 2009
Program Length:  8 - 16 hours
Prescribed Format:  Weekly Sessions
Description:  Aspire combines current research and statistics with true life stories to show teens the importance of marriage.  Students learn how choosing abstinence from sexual activity will benefit their future marriage, while helping them focus on their goals for the future.
Language(s):  English

Program: Christian A.R.Y.A.
Contact Info: Kelly Simpson; 214-369-5717; ksimpson@activerelationships.com; www.activerelationships.com
Year Developed: 2003
Program Length: 9-12 hours
Description: For youth. Learn skills for effective communication, conflict resolution and for managing money! Build powerful, practical tools to manage anger and emotional triggers. Discover ways to choose relationships wisely. Build self-confidence and respect for others.
Language(s): English

Program: CONNECTIONS: Dating and Emotions
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2004
Program Length: 17 hours
Description: This innovative, research-based curriculum helps teens understand the challenges that arise in early relationships, develop healthy dating practices, self-regulate intense emotions, and cultivate life skills.
Language(s): English

Program: CONNECTIONS: Relationship and Marriage
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2003
Program Length: 18 hours
Description: This curriculum is designed to prepare youth to reach for their dreams about marriage and family life. Empowering youth with relevant information equips them to make wise choices about relationships, marriage, and family.
Language(s): English, Spanish

Program:  Don't Do What I Did!
Contact Info:  Diane O'Neil; 303-668-0440; diane@columbineweb.com; www.dontdowhatidid.net
Year Developed: 2009
Program Length:  4 - 6 hours
Description:  It teaches teens what to look for in a spouse, and how to keep a marriage happy once they've found the right person. The workshop is one hour per week, for four weeks.
Language(s):  English

Program: Essential Disciplines for Teens
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2007
Program Length: 8 hours
Description: This program equips participants with the understanding and mastery of character, communication, conflict resolution, self improvement, and one's calling.
Language(s): English

Program:  Excel
Contact Info:  Debbie Chun; 847-537-3417; dchun@ampartnership.org; www.abstinenceandmarriage.com
Year Developed:  2005, 2009
Program Length: 8 - 16 hours
Prescribed Format:  Weekly sessions
Description:  Excel is a Bible study for high school students to learn from the life of Joseph how to face peer pressures while staying focused on God's plan for their life.  Teenagers learn the future impact of the choices they make today.
Language(s): English

Program:  Game Plan
Contact Info:  Debbie Chun; 847-537-3417; dchun@ampartnership.org; www.abstinenceandmarriage.com
Year Developed: 2001, 2009
Program Length:  8 - 16 hours
Prescribed Format:  Weekly Sessions
Description:  GamePlan uses a sports theme to help teenagers consider the future impact of the choices they make today. GamePlan prepares students for a healthy, future marriage by teaching them the benefits of abstinence from sex, drugs, alcohol, and other risk behaviors.
Language(s):  English

Program:  Love Notes
Contact Info:  The Dibble Institute; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@DibbleInstitute.org; www.DibbleInstitute.org
Year Developed:  2009
Program Length:  15 Hours
Description:  For a growing number of teens and young adults, personal goals are derailed by unplanned pregnancy, single parenting and troubled relationships.  Love Notes, created for at-risk youth, teaches them how to build skills to make wise decisions about these issues.  Love Notes features language, activities and a workbook that engage young males as well as females.
Language(s):  English; Spanish

Program: Love U2: Baby Smarts
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2005
Program Length: 10 hours
Description: Youth are challenged to consider what birth to young, unwed, and unprepared parents means to a child and that child's future – in short, to see the consequences from the eyes and hearts of a child.
Language(s): English

Program: Love U2: Communication Smarts
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2007
Program Length: 7 hours
Description: Communication Smarts: PREP for Teens gives teens lessons in communication and conflict management skills for use with peers and family. This material is adapted for teens from the highly acclaimed, research-based PREP program.
Language(s): English

Program: Love U2: Relationship Smarts PLUS
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2007
Program Length: 13 hours
Description: Relationship Smarts PLUS, based on the 5-year Federal evaluation study at Auburn University, offers activity-based lessons to guide teens in building healthy relationships and making wise choices.
Language(s): English

Program:  Navigator
Contact Info:  Debbie Chun; 847-537-3417; dchun@ampartnership.org; www.abstinenceandmarriage.com
Year Developed: 2003, 2009
Program Length:  8 - 16 hours
Prescribed Format:  Weekly Sessions
Description:  Navigator helps students avoid risk behaviors such as sex outside of marriage, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, while teaching students to make good choices in their teen years to positively impact their future goals and dreams.
Language(s):  English

Program: One, Two… I Do
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2006
Program Length: 8 hours
Description: The underlying goal of this program is to present young people with insights based on the biblical principles that serve as the foundation for the institution and blessing of marriage.
Language(s): English

Program:  Quest
Contact Info:  Debbie Chun; 847-537-3417; dchun@ampartnership.org; www.abstinenceandmarriage.com
Year Developed: 2009
Program Length:  8 - 16 hours
Prescribed Format:  Weekly Sessions
Description:  Quest uses real life stories, combined with research, to show teenagers the importance of making choices that will positively impact their future. Quest teaches the benefits of marriage to individuals, children, and society.
Language(s):  English

Program: Vessels of Honor (VOH)
Contact Info: Thelma Thompson; 305-232-6003; thelmayvette@aol.com; www.recapturingthevision.org
Year Developed: 1996
Description: VOH teaches youth what a man or woman expects of a spouse. Young people are then given the tools necessary to meet those needs: communication skills, conflict-resolution, and commitment. It is an all-encompassing toolbox to prepare youth for a healthy marriage.
Language(s): English

Program: Why Buy the Cow?
Contact Info: Kay Reed; 800-695-7975; RelationshipSkills@dibbleinstitute.org; www.dibbleinstitute.org
Year Developed: 2008
Program Length: 1-1.5 hours
Description: A supplemental unit emphasizing the myths and facts of cohabitation based on research from the National Marriage Project.
Language(s): English