Want to learn more about relationships, your body and sexual health?

Join our peer educators and professionals to learn about how to have healthy romantic and sexual relationships, including topics like:

  • Starting relationships
  • Communicating with your partner
  • What to do when a relationship goes bad
  • Sexual feelings
  • Becoming a self-advocate

We hope to see you at this FREE 23-week series to learn about this and more! (Registration and full schedule is below.)

Hear even more about the program by clicking the video link above to hear about the Navigating Healthy Relationships Class from Sherry and Rachel!

Please note: Participants must be at least 18 years old and are expected to attend the online class for each of the twenty-three sessions.

Questions?  Contact Sherry Boroto at sboroto@lacasacenter.org.

INFORMATION SESSION

January 9, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST

Virtual via Zoom

Wondering if the 23-week series is right for you or a loved one? We have an information session to hear more about the program (information session not required to register for the series).

Who should attend:

  • Adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities (I/DD)
  • Parents and Caregivers of Adults with I/DD
  • Service providers of adults with I/DD

NAVIGATING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS – FULL SERIES

January 23, 2025 – July 17, 2025

Thursdays from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Want to register for the full series today? Participants that register are expected to attend the online class for each of the twenty-three sessions, beginning January 23, 2025 and ending July 17, 2025. Session dates are listed below.

Special Note: The class series will be observed by an individual from the University of New Mexico for the purpose of a research study. If you choose to participate in the study, you will be paid to attend the classes and additional zoom meetings. You can still attend the class if you do not want to participate in the study; however, you will not be paid and your participation will not be used in the study.

Navigating Healthy Relationships Series Dates

Module 1:

01/23/25 Week 1 Lesson 1: Getting Started

01/30/25 Week 2 Lesson 2: Gender Expression/Identity

02/06/25 Week 3 Lesson 3: Different Types of Relationships

02/13/25 Week 4 Lesson 4: Public & Private

02/20/25 Week 5 Lesson 5: Friendship

02/27/25 Week 6 Lesson 6: Communication Styles

03/06/25 Week 7 Lesson 7: Decision-making

Module 2:

03/13/25 Week 8: Lesson 8: Moving from Friend to Partner/Sweetheart

03/20/25 Week 9: Lesson 9: Internet, Social Media, & Communication

03/27/25 Week 10: Lesson 10: Many Roads to Relationships

04/03/25 Week 11: Lesson 11: Being in a Relationship

04/10/25 Week 12: Lesson 12A: Has Your Relationship Gone Bad? Part 1

04/17/25 Break – No Class

04/24/25 Week 13:  Lesson 12B: Has Your Relationship Gone Bad? Part 2

Module 3:

05/01/25 Week 14: Lesson 13: Body Parts

05/08/25 Week 15: Lesson 14: Caring for Your Body

05/15/25 Break – No Class

05/22/25 Week 16: Lesson 15: Sexual Feelings, Attractions & Acts

05/29/25 Week 17: Lessons 19 & 20: Babies & Birth Control

06/05/25 Week 18: Lesson 21: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Module 4

06/12/25 Week 19: Lesson 16: Communicating about Sex

06/19/25 Break – No Class

06/26/25 Week 20: Lesson 17: Decision-Making about Sex

07/03/25 Week 21: Lesson 18A: Challenges Part 1

07/10/25 Week 22: Lesson 18B: Challenges Part 2

07/17/25 Week 23: Lesson 22: Final Class