Curriculum: Building Healthy Relationships at Work

Help People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Become Great Employees and Keep Their Jobs!

Evidence-Informed and Trauma-Informed Curriculum That Supports Competitive, Integrated Employment For All People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Have you witnessed employees losing their jobs not because they couldn’t do the work but because of how they interacted with their co-workers and customers?

This curriculum, Building Healthy Relationships at Work, will help you teach people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities how to navigate all types of relationships, including co-worker relationships, and also how to become great employees.

This curriculum is a collaboration between Elevatus Training and Project SEARCH with input from experts in the fields of relationship and sexuality and competitive, integrated employment programs.

Cognitively accessible and interactive lesson plans to engage students. Uses role plays, sorting, and other activities to engage the learners.

The lessons were reviewed and field tested through Project SEARCH with positive results.

Uses real-life situations to teach healthy boundaries in the workplace.

Teaches clear boundaries and rules for interacting with people in the workplace, how to avoid harassing others, and what to do if you are being harassed.

Each lesson comes with handouts and an optional slide deck (sold separately) for either in-person or online teaching.

Can be used by an instructor or co-facilitated by an instructor and a person with a disability.

Designed to teach groups of people or can be easily adapted to use one on one.

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Free Content Samples
  1. Sample Lesson (PDF)
  2. Sample Handout (PDF)
  3. Side-by-Side Comparison of Our Two Curriculum (PDF)
Click to View Curriculum Table of Contents
  1. Getting Started
  2. Gender Identity & Expression
  3. Types of Relationships
  4. Public and Private
  5. Communication
  6. Decision Making
  7. Positive Relationships at Work
  8. Friendships
  9. Moving From Friend to Partner/Sweetheart
  10. Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships
  11. Healthy Boundaries at Work
  12. Pulling It All Together
Click to View Instructor Manual Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Working with Families
  3. Working with Worksites
  4. The Role of the Instructor
  5. Challenges and How to Overcome Them
  6. What to Do if a Person Discloses Abuse
  7. Tips for People with Disabilities as Co-Facilitators
  8. Words of Wisdom
  9. Pre/Post Test Instructions and Test
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I find the curriculum to be well-written and geared for the population we serve. Many individuals struggle with finding the balance for creating and maintaining healthy, positive relationships. The curriculum addresses the issues our young adults may encounter in a straightforward, easy-to-share manner. The manual prepares one to take on tough topics in an open, non-judgmental manner.
Margo Greene Project SEARCH Instructor

Benefits of this Curriculum

Includes Everything You Need to Get Started

Every lesson includes a script, interactive activities, handouts, and a summary of the main points in each lesson – everything you need to present classes in your setting.

Inclusive of all Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities

Includes a Gender Identity and Expression lesson with current terminology and ways to support LGBTQIA+ participants or students.

Promotes Self-advocacy for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

It teaches participants about speaking up regarding relationships and also within relationships.

You Can Start Slow and Add Other Lessons

There are 12 lessons, but you can pick and choose what topics will work in your setting. Once you see how well the curriculum is received, you can add more topics to your class.

Involvement of People with Disabilities and Professionals

Was reviewed and field tested with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and competitive, integrated employment professionals to produce this cognitively accessible resource.

Focus on Abuse Prevention

Teaches healthy boundaries and sexual harassment prevention.

Interactive Opportunities to Practice Skills

Throughout the curriculum there are many opportunities for participants to practice skills such as distinguishing public from private, how to meet new people, and communication. These are done through skits, roleplays, and other techniques.

People With Disabilities as Teachers

This curriculum is designed to be team-taught with people with disabilities and staff, but can also be used just by staff.

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I think this is great, and I especially like the ease of having hard conversations with this age group. The language level was very much on point for the bulk of students that we teach in Project SEARCH. I like that it has tangible picture-based activities that we can produce and laminate for continued use.
Cathe Hoskins, MSProject SEARCH Coordinator/Instructor

Included with this Curriculum

12 Well-Scripted Lesson Plans

High-quality, well-paced lesson plans designed by an expert in sexuality education. The scripts help you guide your class through the learning objectives and give you the words to say, including the modeling of inclusive language.

Teaching Tools

These accompany the lessons, make the learning more effective, and make your life easier.

Handouts

Visually pleasing with graphic representations for learning. Digital handouts are available upon request.

Instructor Manual

This manual helps you learn how to be a good instructor, how to work with parents and worksites, and many more practical skills for teaching this topic.

Curriculum Slide Deck (sold separately)

Our Curriculum Slide Deck is a companion product to assist people in teaching classes either on or offline.

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Here’s what self-advocate participants said about the classes:
“It gave me information to build my social abilities.”
“It taught me what to do and not to do in a job.”
“Everything was good, now I can take what I learned and share it with others.”

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Curriculum Only

$195

Curriculum Includes

12 Lesson Plans
Handouts
Teaching Tools
Instructor Manual
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Pay via check or PO (offline) or credit card (online).
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Curriculum + Slide Deck

$290

Curriculum Includes

12 Lesson Plans
Handouts
Teaching Tools
Instructor Manual
Curriculum Slide Deck
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Pay via check or PO (offline) or credit card (online).
Contact us about quantity discounts.

Here’s what self-advocate participants said about the classes:
“It opened me up to different ways to handle problems, speak around co-workers and acquaintances to be mature.”
“We learned a lot for my future, to get a job and be safe.”
“When we need help, we need to speak up.”

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