Healthy Relationships Content Topic Results
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June 2025
Parkinson’s & Sexuality: Emotional Health, Intimacy, and Relationships
Publisher(s):This webinar explores the intersection of Parkinson’s Disease and sexuality, focusing on intimacy, identity, emotional well-being, and relationship challenges for individuals living with Parkinson’s and their caregivers.
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- General Material
May 2025
What Turns You On: Unhealthy vs. Healthy Sex
Publisher(s):This webinar is a part of the “What Turns You On Series” by Center For Healthy Sex, examining the differences between healthy and unhealthy sexual behaviors, emphasizing the roles of shame, trauma, intimacy, authenticity, and emotional connection in shaping sexual experiences.
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- General Material
April 2025
The Facts About Child Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and Recovery
Publisher(s):Child sexual abuse is a widespread and preventable form of trauma that can have significant long-term effects on a child’s mental, physical, behavioral, and social well-being. The video emphasizes trauma-informed, multidisciplinary support and the importance of caring adults and evidence-based treatment in helping children heal and regain a sense of safety.
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- General Material
July 2024
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Online Sexual Offenses: Surviving the “Perfect Storm”
Publisher(s):Defense attorney Mark Mahoney presents critical forensic and neurological evidence explaining how Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) influences behavior in criminal justice settings, particularly in child exploitation and internet-based cases. Watch this webinar to learn how eye-tracking research, cognitive science, and "counterfeit deviance" demonstrate why neurodivergent individuals process social reality differently, and why traditional legal assumptions of intent and dangerousness fail when applied to autism
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- General Material
October 2023
Supporting Our Youth with Healthy Intimate Relationships and Consent
Publisher(s):This webinar helps parents and caregivers better understand consent, healthy relationships, and the ways children and adolescents learn about intimacy through technology, social media, and interactions with their peers.
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- General Material
July 2023
First or Fourth, How to Maintain a Healthy Sexual Relationship During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Publisher(s):This webinar explores the emotional, physical, and relational changes that can affect intimacy during pregnancy and the postpartum period while offering practical strategies for maintaining healthy and fulfilling sexual relationships.
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- General Material
June 2023
Betrayal Trauma and How Can You Get Help
Publisher(s):Dr. Manning contrasts general stress and trauma, emphasizing that betrayal trauma occurs within a primary attachment relationship (such as a marriage or long-term partnership). Because individuals depend on their primary partner for safety and stability, sexual betrayal shatters fundamental trust, triggering intense emotional distress, hypervigilance, and deep existential confusion.
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- General Material
April 2023
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Publisher(s):This official training module, presented by New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, details the legal definitions, regulatory standards, and reporting mechanisms for workplace sexual harassment and discrimination under New York State law. Watch it to explore how the framework evaluates gender diversity, intersectionality, the hostile work environment standard in physical and remote settings, and quid pro quo harassment.
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- General Material
May 2022
Everyone Deserves Love and Respect: What Abuse can Look Like for Neurodivergent People
Publisher(s): A resource that helps neurodivergent individuals and therapists recognize signs of abusive relationships while addressing the unique barriers autistic people and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities may face when seeking support.
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- General Material
March 2022
Compulsive Sex in the LGBTQIA+ Population
Publisher(s):This webinar examines how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected LGBTQIA+ communities by increasing social isolation, substance use, behavioral addictions, grief, and challenges related to intimacy and mental health.
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- General Material
March 2022
Signs of an Abusive Relationship
Publisher(s):A trauma-informed guide that helps neurodivergent individuals and therapists recognize abuse in relationships by addressing the unique barriers, warning signs, and support needs experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and other neurodivergent survivors.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
January 2022
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Relationship Violence Toolkit
Publisher(s):Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (FVPSA), National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Toolkit organizes information, resources, tips and tools drawn from the wealth of information gathered when the two service systems were convened through local collaborative projects funded by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.









