Friendships & Dating

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) is partnering with the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Governors Council on Developmental Disabilities to offer a sexual and reproductive health training course to individuals with disabilities. The Sexual and Reproductive Health project uses the Friendships & Dating curriculum, which is a preventative program that teaches individuals with intellectual and related developmental disabilities how to develop and maintain healthy relationships. The Friendships & Dating Program was developed by the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development, and WIND has been in partnership with the Center since 2015.

Take an online Friendships and Dating class

Become a facilitator for Friendships and Dating

Friendships & Dating has been shown to reduce instances of interpersonal violence and increase participant’s social network size. Friendships & Dating is designed to decrease rates of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.

Friendships & Dating is now virtual (online)! Classes are held twice a week for 10-weeks. Each session is approximately 1.5 hours. All sessions happen online through Zoom and other apps.

The Friendships & Dating program supports learning in the following areas:

Introduction to Friendships & Dating
Feelings and emotions
Communication and meeting others
Types of relationships
Personal boundaries
Planning activities and dates
Safe dating skills
Personal safety
Sexual health
Staying healthy

Partnerships

This project is a partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities.

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Contact Us

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities

Dept. 4298; 1000 E. University Ave.

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-2761

Toll Free: (888) 989-9463

TeleType: (800) 908-7011

Fax: (307) 766-2763

Email: srh@uwyo.edu