Curriculum Overview

Its ten courses and forty-nine modules are sequenced so that each builds on the last. A learner who has practiced boundaries and trusted adults in Course 1 has the foundation to understand consent in Course 4, and the friendship skills of Course 5 before the dating skills of Course 9.

The online curriculum grew out of more than twenty years of teaching these skills at Whole Children and in schools and community programs in western Massachusetts, where it was originally developed and later validated through a partnership with Mount Holyoke College's Graduate School of Education and aligned with the National Health and Sexuality Education Standards. Based on that experience, we have developed a new and enhanced program that includes an interactive learning platform with extensive online learner activities and assessments, and a complete set of flashcards for each course. A curriculum that teachers find highly usable, accessible and comprehensive.

Its intention is simple and deliberate: Neurodiverse children, teens and young adults deserve honest, accessible instruction in the skills of knowing themselves, connecting with others, and keeping themselves safe and healthy. The skills that make independence, friendship, and healthy relationships possible.

Foundational Skills

Course 1.0

Respect, Boundaries & Trust

Module 1.1

Respect

Module 1.2

Boundaries

Module 1.3

Trust & Trusted Adult

Module 1.4

Rules & Expectations

Course 2.0

Knowing & Valuing Yourself

Module 2.1

Aspects of “Me”

Module 2.2

My Characteristics & Traits

Module 2.3

Self-Worth & Self-Confidence

Module 2.4

Diversity & Inclusion

Module 2.5

Acceptance & Compassion

Course 3.0

Caring for Self & Others

Module 3.1

Types of Caring

Module 3.2

Emotions & Caring

Module 3.3

Self-Care Skills

Module 3.4

Caring for Others

Module 3.5

Dealing with Difficult Emotions

Course 4.0

Decision-Making, Choice & Consent

Module 4.1

What is a decision?

Module 4.2

Steps to decision-making

Module 4.3

What is consent?

Module 4.4

Dealing with No

Module 4.5

Rules, Authority & Consent

Developmental Skills

Course 5.0

Making & Keeping Friends

Module 5.1

Types of Relationships

Module 5.2

Making Friends

Module 5.3

Healthy Friendships

Module 5.4

Friendship Challenges

Module 5.5

Friendship Red Flags

Course 6.0

Self-Advocacy & Bullying Prevention

Module 6.1

Self-Confidence Review

Module 6.2

Needs & Wants

Module 6.3

Self-Advocacy

Module 6.4

Bullying & Teasing

Module 6.5

Self-Advocacy for IEP/ISP Meetings

Course 7.0

Public & Private

Module 7.1

Public Vs Private – What’s the difference?

Module 7.2

Public & Private Body Parts

Module 7.3

Public & Private Behavior

Module 7.4

Public & Private Conversations & Information

Module 7.5

Internet & Online Privacy

Relationship & Intimacy Skills

Course 8.0

Puberty

Module 8.1

Intro to Puberty

Module 8.2

Puberty & Reproductive Body Parts

Module 8.3

Emotional & Social Changes

Module 8.4

Puberty & Hygiene

Module 8.5

Gender, Sexual Orientation, Respect & Privacy

Course 9.0

Attraction, Dating & Types of Intimacy

Module 9.1

Types of Intimacy

Module 9.2

Having a Crush

Module 9.3

Asking Someone on a Date

Module 9.4

Safe & Healthy Dating

Module 9.5

Online Dating

Course 10.0

Sexual Readiness, Health & Safety

Module 10.1

Becoming Physically Intimate

Module 10.2

Reproductive Processes

Module 10.3

Contraception, Protection & STIs

Module 10.4

Consent, Responsibility & Safety

Module 10.5

Fulfillment & Connection

Whole Selves™ Curriculum Overview

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