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This topic-specific SMART Moves module gives young people a chance to practice the foundational skills introduced in SMART Moves: Core.
SMART Moves is a suite of targeted programs and supplemental topic-specific modules designed to help youth develop healthy decision-making attitudes and skills. Each program component reflects contemporary youth development best practices in a flexible format that allows Clubs and Youth Centers to customize learning to the needs and interests of their youth and communities. The SMART Moves suite consists of SMART Moves: Emotional Wellness, SMART Moves: Core and a series of topic-specific SMART Moves modules.
The goals of the SMART Moves: Healthy Relationships module are for youth to gain knowledge about themselves, learn about personal boundaries and identify their own, and develop skills to build healthy relationships. As a result of participating in this module, youth will be able to:
This SMART Moves module is intended to be used only after youth have completed the SMART Moves: Core Targeted Program. In SMART Moves: Core, youth are introduced to foundational healthy decision-making skills, such as goal-setting, effective communication, a decision-making process, refusal skills and critical thinking about media messages. It is essential that youth are introduced to those foundational skills first so they can practice them in the context of this module’s sessions on healthy relationships.
The supplementary family and caregiver resources in this module invite families to talk about healthy relationships and share their values related to health and wellness. This module includes a sample family and caregiver celebration night agenda and a Consent Discussion Guide for families and youth to use together to continue learning about healthy relationships. Each Family and Caregiver Resource supports a particular session of the SMART Moves: Healthy Relationships module. Find these resources under the Resources tab module.
Family and Caregiver Resource Type | Corresponding Session |
Family and Caregiver Celebration Night Agenda
Celebrate the diversity of your Club families at a Family and Caregiver Celebration Night. During this event, families learn about the SMART Moves: Healthy Relationships module and engage in activities that highlight how families can provide support. | Grades K-2 Session 2: What Makes a Good Friend?
Grades 3-5 Session 2: Steppin’ Into Friendships
Grades 6-8 Session 2: Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships |
Consent Discussion Guide
Youth discuss asking for and giving consent with their families. Includes tips on how parents and caregivers can support their young people.
| Grades K-2 Session 5: Understanding Consent
Grades 3-5 Session 5: What Is Consent?
Grades 6-8 Session 5: Consent Guidelines |
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) partners with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to make the eight-session safety program KidSmartz available to Clubs and Youth Centers. KidSmartz educates youth and families about body safety and empowers kids in grades K-5 to practice safer behaviors. The program introduces the four rules of personal safety by way of engaging and age-appropriate activities that support the development of healthy relationships.
By partnering with WWE and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, BGCA is also able to offer Clubs free access to WWE’s bullying prevention program. The Be A STAR program focuses on social-emotional skills, while giving youth the tools they need to enhance their learning, decision-making, creativity, relationship skills and mental health.
Parent Safety Resources: These resources support awareness and prevention to help keep young safe.
Resources about healthy relationships can strengthen a decision-making program by emphasizing the importance of communication in relationships and introducing themes such as boundaries and consent. Learning to develop healthy relationships will help youth to understand how their own relationships can impact their decision-making responses and the importance of respecting the decisions of others.
The logic model below outlines the anticipated short- and long-term outcomes from the SMART Moves: Healthy Relationships module.
| Objective | Youth will build social-emotional and health skills to effectively build and maintain healthy relationships. |
Short-Term Outcomes (0-3 months) |
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Intermediate Outcomes (3-6 months) |
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Long-Term Outcomes (12 months or more) | Youth develop and maintain healthy relationships. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of America gratefully acknowledges the many people who contributed to the development of the SMART Moves: Healthy Relationship module.
The following BGCA national staff members contributed to the development of this program:
Jennifer Bateman, Senior Vice President, Youth Development Programs
Crystal Brown, National Vice President, Youth Development Programs
Lauren Barineau, former Senior Director, Youth Development Programs
Zaynah Johnson, Director, Youth Development Programs and Project Manager
Tanisha Grimes-Oakley, National Director, Youth Development Programs
Laura Gover, Senior Director, Youth Development Programs
Lesa Sexton, Director, Youth Development Programs
Clarke Hill, Director, Youth Development Program Quality
Mitru Clarlante, Lead Director, Child Safety & Quality Assurance
Lori Huggins McGary, Director, Child and Club Safety
Michelle McQuiston, Director, Editorial Services
Chip Bailey, Director, Creative Projects and Brand Management
Matt Stepp, Senior Art Director
Special thanks to:
Sally Huffstetler Patton, Copy Editor
Crosby Creatives, Content Managers
We are grateful to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) for contributions to the research and content design of this module.
We also appreciate the partnership of AMAZE and permission to use their educational videos as supplemental resources for this module. Visit amaze.org for more information.
