Let’s Talk About BOYZ Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Series for Teen Girls Guides

Let’s Talk About BOYZ Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Series for Teen Girls (LTAB)

Let’s Talk About BOYZ is an incredibly creative and engaging gender-specific curriculum designed for teen girls ages 10 to 18.

This user-friendly, 14-session series offers a comprehensive solution that promotes well-being, connectedness, and success. It helps develop self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. These competencies empower teens to practice self-regulated, positive behaviors that enable them to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. The series is ideal for in-school or after-school programs, community organizations, home-based activities, and faith-based or mentoring programs.

The objective of the LTAB curriculum is to provide instructional strategies and real-life examples to help participants gain a deeper understanding of domestic violence (DV), identify its various forms, and recognize and prevent it before it occurs. These examples include experiential scenarios that encourage positive behavioral outcomes among youth while addressing key health determinants, social influences, attitudes, values, norms, and skills that impact teen dating violence specifically. This curriculum offers a guided approach that enables both adults and teens to comfortably discuss sensitive topics.

No teaching experience is required—the guide does the work for you! While adding your own insights based on personal or professional experience is encouraged, the curriculum's structured format helps facilitate discussions led by individuals, small groups, or instructors. Each session provides detailed, evidence-based facts, removing any guesswork.

Additional Features and Benefits:

• Each segment offers empowering applications that build self-esteem, self-respect, and personal value—regardless of background, culture, or life challenges.

• The content initiates engaging, thought-provoking discussions that encourage participants to consider delaying dating and embrace abstinence. It also explores the emotional and physical consequences of early intimate relationships.

• Participants learn how to identify healthy, supportive relationships versus abusive ones. They will gain tools to prevent abuse before it happens, recognize predator traps, resist peer pressure, and avoid impulsive or harmful behaviors.

• Protection Against Sex Trafficking: The series includes critical insights and practical applications to educate girls about common lures of human trafficking (especially sex trafficking). It helps participants recognize red flags, understand malicious intent, and apply suggested safety tips and resources.

• The curriculum is supported by empirical data and current statistics that highlight the growing prevalence of domestic violence, teen dating violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.