Emphasis is placed on distinguishing between healthy and abusive intimate relationships, and the importance of making good decisions and affirming people who may be involved in abusive relationships. Involved reviews the concepts of abusive relationships and discusses the actions that can be taken to prevent and intervene in abusive relationships. Students discuss the issues and situations related to being a bystander to abusive relationships and rape, and learn skills for creating safety plans for themselves and others. Physical Safety teaches tools for protection against sexual assault, such as listening to instincts, understanding the strategies of an assailant, and creating safety plans. This class focuses on the situations girls often encounter, explores the dynamics of group attacks, and differentiates between muggings and assaults.
Students learn practical skills for verbal self defense.
Support - Giving and Getting expresses the necessity of support in relationships and friendships. Students discuss how support can best be offered, as well as how to receive healthy support and advice. Apologies examines what lashing out is, when a person might do it, and how it feels to be the object of someone's lashing out. The class helps students own up to mistakes they've made, own up to negative behavior like gossiping and exclusivity, and raises their awareness of when they have let someone down. Students actively apologize to friends.