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Healthy relationships

Resources on what makes adolescent relationships healthy and how professionals can support youth relationships with romantic partners, peers, their own parents, and other supportive adults. Spans consent, dating violence, sexual cyberbullying, and the relationship experiences of expectant and parenting youth.

Healthy Romantic Relationships and Youth Well-being

This resource summarizes research and practice literature, provides practice guidance, and describes cultural and systemic considerations associated with three key domains of healthy romantic relationships.

  • Healthy relationships
Research Summary

A Research-Based Question and Answer Resource on Intimate Partner and Teen Dating Violence for Youth-Supporting Professionals

This resource provides answers to common questions that youth-supporting professionals may have about IPV and TDV. Some of these questions may be of interest to all youth-supporting professionals, regardless of the young people with whom they work. Other questions may be of greater interest to youth-supporting professionals who work with young people who experience the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work.

  • Healthy relationships
  • Sexual violence
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