Unequal Partners: Helping Teens Avoid, Change, or End Unhealthy
Relationships

Friday June 6 - Richmond

This is a free training but registration is required and there will be a $15
fee assessed to registrants who register and do not attend. Space is
limited. Morning beverage and lunch will be provided. Afternoon snack will
NOT be provided but will be available for purchase on hotel premises.
Please visit here to register:
http://www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence/training.asp

Unequal Partners aims to increase professionals' understanding of the
dynamics, complexities and risks of adult-teen relationships and improve
their effectiveness in helping adolescents develop healthy relationships and
avoid, change or leave unhealthy ones.

Drawing on the Third Edition of the Unequal Partners curriculum, this
workshop utilizes interactive methods to encourage participants to reflect
upon their own experiences and opinions. Participants will learn strategies
for educating and working with groups of adolescents to define healthy
relationships, understand guidelines for consent, recognize the warning
signals of unhealthy relationships and communicate about relationship
issues.

Participants will be able to:
. Describe the importance of educational interventions in helping patients,
clients and students make healthy decisions about sexual relationships,
especially adult-teen relationships.
. Describe their attitudes, feelings, and perspectives regarding adult-teen
sexual relationships.
. Name at least two guidelines for determining sexual consent.
. Know current state laws about adolescent sexual relationships, including
adult-teen relationships.
. Describe at least two educational strategies for educating groups of young
people about healthy relationships.

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Rebecca K. Odor, MSW
Director of Sexual & Domestic Violence Prevention
Division of Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor St. #815G
Richmond VA 23219
of: 804-864-7740
fax: 804-864-7748
email: Becky.Odor@...
web: www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence