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Teen Vibe Camp featuring Love Notes

Teen Vibe Camp featuring Love Notes is an evidence-based program that supports teens and young adults in developing skills and confidence to engage in respectful and healthy relationships.

Love Notes is a national, evidence based, relationship based, youth and young adult curriculum that addresses healthy romantic relationship skills, communication skills, pregnancy, risky sexual behavior, consent, dating violence, sexual coercion, and many other topics. Additionally, Love Notes is trauma-informed and focuses on a young person’s aspiration, thereby building assets and strengthening protective factors which have been linked to positive outcomes.

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Program Details

Love Notes is 4 sections of lessons, covering various topics centering around healthy relationships. All lessons contain a mixture of information presented by facilitators, videos, and engaging activities that help youth explore their own views on love and relationships. 


Section 1: Knowing Myself
These lessons ask youth to look inward at what they bring into the relationship – their personality style, their baggage (both positive and negative), and their expectations. Youth are also asked to create relationship goals, often we focus on career goals with youth so this is a natural complement to that.


Section 2: Relationships and Love
In these lessons we look at attraction, falling in love, and what makes a healthy relationship. Youth are also introduced to the love chemicals, the science behind falling in love, red flags of unhealthy relationships, and intimate partner violence. Also included in these lessons are tips on breaking up. 


Section 3: Communication Skills
Healthy communication is paramount to a healthy relationship and so these two lessons focus solely on those skills. Youth are introduced to the speaker listener technique (for disagreements and arguments) and the WWA technique (how to complain so that others will hear you). 


Section 4: Sexual Decision Making
These lessons focus on sexual risk avoidance. This includes topics surrounding STDs and HIV, consent, and pregnancy. Specifically, we discuss how avoiding risky sexual behavior is healthy for the mind, body, and spirit.

Teen Vibe Camps

During school breaks, the Love Notes program offers Teen Vibe Camps. Camps take place from 9 am-5 pm. Lunch will be provided each day. Camps are open to teens and young adults ages 14-18 and there is no cost. You do not have to be a YMCA member to participate.

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Key Principles

Love Notes, designed for teens and young adults ages 14-18, is a developmentally appropriate and engaging program facilitated by adult/peer facilitator teams. Throughout the program, youth interact with each other in ways that encourage them to examine and reflect on who they are, how they are in relationships, what they want out of relationships, how to set meaningful expectations, communicate clearly, and hold and respect boundaries.

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