THE NEXT SERIES BEGINS AUGUST 13th 2026!
Want to learn more about relationships, your body and sexual health?
Join our peer educators and professionals to learn about how to have healthy romantic and sexual relationships, including topics like:
- Starting relationships
- Communicating with your partner
- What to do when a relationship goes bad
- Sexual feelings
- Becoming a self-advocate
We hope to see you at this FREE 23-week series to learn about this and more! Scroll down to register.
Hear even more about the program by clicking the video link above to hear about the Navigating Healthy Relationships Class from Sherry and Rachel!
Please note: Participants must be at least 18 years old and are expected to attend the online class for each of the twenty-three sessions.
Questions? Contact Sherry Boroto at sboroto@lacasacenter.org.
NAVIGATING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS – 23-WEEK SESSION
Begins August 13th, 2026.
6:30 PM EST
Who can join? Any adult person (age 18+) with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD).
Special Note: Participants in this class series will be invited by an individual from the University of New Mexico to a research study. If you choose to participate in the study, you will be paid to attend additional zoom meetings outside of class. You can still attend the class if you do not want to participate in the study, but you will not be paid and your information will not be used for the research.
Course Schedule:
NHR Class Schedule August 2026 – February 2027
Module 1:
- 08/13/26 Week 1 Lesson 1: Getting Started
- 08/20/26 Week 2 Lesson 2: Different Types of Relationships
- 08/27/26 Week 3 Lesson 3: Public & Private
- 09/03/26 Week 4 Lesson 4: Gender Expression/Identity
- 09/10/26 Week 5 Lesson 5: Friendship
- 09/17/26 Week 6 Lesson 6: Communication Styles
Module 2:
- 09/24/26 Week 7: Decision-Making
- 10/01/26 Week 8: Lesson 8: Moving from Friend to Partner/Sweetheart
- 10/08/26 Week 9: Lesson 9: Internet, Social Media, & Communication
- 10/15/26 Week 10: Lesson 10: Many Roads to Relationships
- 10/22/26 Break: No Class
- 10/29/26 Week 11: Lesson 11: Being in a Relationship
- 11/05/26 Week 12: Lesson 12A: Has Your Relationship Gone Bad? Part 1
- 11/12/26 Week 13: Lesson 12B: Has Your Relationship Gone Bad? Part 2
Module 3:
- 11/19/26 Holiday Break – No Class
- 11/26/26 Holiday Break – No Class
- 12/03/26 Week 14: Lesson 13: Body Parts
- 12/10/26 Week 15: Lesson 14: Caring for Your Body
- 12/17/26 Week 16: Lesson 15: Sexual Feelings, Attractions & Acts
- 12/24/26 Holiday Break – No Class
- 12/31/26 Holiday Break – No Class
- 01/07/27 Week 17: Lessons 19 & 20: Babies & Birth Control
- 01/14/27 Week 18: Lesson 21: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Module 4
- 01/21/27 Week 19: Lesson 16: Communicating about Sex
- 01/28/27 Week 20: Lesson 17: Decision-Making about Sex
- 02/04/27 Week 21: Lesson 18A: Challenges Part 1
- 02/11/27 Week 22: Lesson 18B: Challenges Part 2 / Lesson 22: Final Class
