STRATEGIES FOR HEALTHY YOUTH RELATIONSHIPS

Comprehensive and Integrated Approaches for Helping Schools and Communities Reduce Violence and Risk-Taking Among Youth

 

Strategies for Healthy Youth Relationships is a consortium of researchers and professionals dedicated to promoting healthy adolescent relationships and reducing risk behaviours. We develop and evaluate programs, resources and training materials for educators and other front-line professionals who work with youth. In particular, we work with schools to promote the neglected R (for relationships) and help build this Fourth R in school climates.

Fourth R initiatives use best practice approaches to target multiple forms of violence, including bullying, dating violence, peer violence, and group violence. By building healthy school environments we provide opportunities to engage students in developing healthy relationships and decision-making to provide a solid foundation for their learning experience. Increasing youth relationship skills and targeting risk behaviour with a harm reduction approach empowers adolescents to make healthier decisions about relationships, substance use and sexual behaviour.

The Fourth R is an evaluated program. It has been listed on National Registries for effective (model) and promising practices, including SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices and Public Health Agency of Canada's Best Practices Portal. Click here for more information and a list of registries.

 

	NEW RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE: Grade 7 Health Program and FRENCH translation of the Grade 8 Health Program. Visit our Curriculum Resources page for more information about Fourth R resources to purchase.

The second edition of the Media Literacy project is available to download free! Click here for more information.

Please visit our News page for more information about recent publications, articles, and interviews. For other resources, visit our publications page.