Table 1.

Within My Reach Curriculum Overview

Section Title	Content Description
1. The State of Relationships Today	Overview of curriculum, basic facts about relationships in the United States
2. Healthy Relationships	Model of a healthy relationship presented
3. Sliding versus Deciding	Information on how to make healthy decisions in relationships, mate selection
4. Smart Love	Identifying healthy and unhealthy relationships and patterns, impact on children
5. Knowing Yourself First	Understanding family background and personality influences on relationships
6. Making Your Own Decisions	Applying decision-making framework, mate selection principles in one’s own relationships, how decisions affect children
7. Dangerous Patterns in Relationships	Ways to identify poor conflict management strategies and aggression, how to get help
8. Where Conflict Begins	Model of how conflict escalates presented
9. Smart Communication	Time-out conflict management strategy presented
10. The Speaker Listener Technique	Active listening skills reviewed and practiced
11. Infidelity, Distrust, and Forgiveness	Discussion of specific problems in relationships
12. Commitment: Why it Matters to Adults and Children	Commitment theory and tools for identifying commitment presented
13. Stepfamilies and the Significance of Fathers	Guidelines for dealing with ex-partners and new partners in co-parenting
14. Making the Tough Decisions	Strategies to exit unhealthy or unsafe relationships
15. Reaching Into Your Future	Planning ahead to reach goals for relationships and parenting