The Relationship Series (3 DVDs)

DVD #1 The Friendship DVD and CD-ROM Workbook
Part #1: The Difference Between Strangers, Acquaintances, and Friends
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) may have difficulty differentiating between strangers, acquaintances or friends. This can cause frustration and might even lead to potentially dangerous situations. This DVD and CD-ROM workbook is designed to teach:
- How to differentiate between strangers, acquaintances, and friends
- The 5 most important qualities of a friend
- The Do's and Don'ts when dealing with a stranger, an acquaintance, or a friend
Part #2: Becoming Acquaintances or Friends
This segment will enable people with I/DD to better understand how to become an acquaintance or a friend while providing specific tips/techniques/skills. These people often have difficulty in meeting people and in defining their new relationships. This DVD carefully differentiates between an acquaintance and a friend. It also models how a relationship can move from being acquaintances to being friends.
Part #3: Being a Friend
People with I/DD often experience conflict in relationships as well as in sustaining friendships. This segment will ask the viewers, through interactive exercises, to make sometimes difficult decisions regarding the relationships being viewed. Viewers will learn how to sustain their friendships, how to resolve problems, and, if necessary, how to terminate a friendship.
DVD #2 The Boyfriend/Girlfriend DVD and CD-ROM Workbook
Part #1: Starting a Special Relationship
This segment begins by exploring the differences between a friend and a boyfriend or girlfriend. The participants will also learn how to initiate. build and maintain a special boyfriend/ girlfriend relationship. Featured topics are:
- What we look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend
- How to meet a boyfriend/girlfriend
- Safe and unsafe places to meet someone
- Deciding whether or not to continue a relationship
Part #2: Building a Relationship I Like
- In this segment, the viewers will learn how to build a good relationship with their partner. Key points covered are the significance of each person deciding what is important to himself/herself in a relationship and how to communicate with their partner. Featured topics include:
- Effective communication skills
- Four ways to say no in social/sexual situations
- Using a 3-step method to resolve conflict
Part #3: Having a Good Relationship
After starting a special relationship and developing it into a good one through communication with one's partner, the next step is to maintain the relationship. This segment describes how this can be accomplished. The training package of video tape and manual highlights five ways to help maintain a good relationship.
DVD #3 The Sexuality DVD and CD-ROM Workbook
Part #1: Enjoying Your Sexual Life
This segment follows a couple, Mike and Allison, who have been dating for a year and are now having a sexual relationship. By watching the development of Mike and Allison's relationship, participants will learn what they can do to have a healthy and enjoyable sexual relationship. Topics covered include:
- Preparing for a date
- Privacy
- Ways of being sexual without having intercourse
- Discussing and negotiating what sexual acts you do and don't want to do with your partner
- How to communicate with your partner about difficult sexual issues
- Having children and birth control
Part #2: Working Out Problems in Your Sexual Relationship
This segment explores sexual issues and problems that may come up in a relationship. Participants will have an opportunity to observe couples dealing with topics such as:
- What to do when one person wants to have sex and the other doesn't
- How to tell your partner about a sexual problem (i.e. not feeling sexually satisfied)
- Alternate ways to be sexual if you dont have birth control available
Part #3: Sexual Acts that are Against the Law
This segment will help participants recognize which sexual acts are acceptable and which are not so that they can avoid acts which are illegal and enjoy healthy sexual relationships. Scenes used are specifically designed to demonstrate:
- Where you should or should not have sex (i.e. public vs private)
- Sexual acts that are against the law (i.e. public exposure)
- Sexual harassment
What to do if someone tries to have sex with you against your will (i.e. the NO, GO, TELL rule)