Love U2®: Relationship Smarts PLUS, based on the 5-year federal evaluation study at Auburn University, is a research-based curriculum that uses hands-on activities to build skills and knowledge necessary for making wise relationship choices.

Love U2®: Relationship Smarts PLUS covers topics such as maturity, identifying values, peer pressure, attractions and infatuation, building blocks for positive relationships, assessing relationship health, a low-risk relationship strategy, principles of smart relationships, the nature of true intimacy, a realistic concept of love, and breaking up.  Also includes date violence prevention and assertiveness skills, communication/conflict skills, identity and future orientation, and a unique approach to pregnancy prevention that educates about the needs of children.

An engaging student workbook provides teens with an opportunity to review, to reflect on, and to apply what they have learned to their own lives.  Another feature is the “Parent/Guardian-Teen Connection” –  activities which convey core content to parents or guardians and serve as catalysts for critical teen-parent conversations.

Love U2®: Relationship Smarts PLUS is designed to work well with diverse youth. It is written in a style that is easy for teens to understand and includes “common” teen language. The curriculum is chock-full of activities that employ real-world scenarios created with the help of scores of diverse young people as well as stories from the anthology, The Art of Loving Well.

Powerpoints from a presentation on Relationship Smarts PLUS can be found >> HERE.