Join Dr. Scott Crapo from Utah State University as he delves into recent research on the multifaceted, positive impacts of Love Notes.

Love Notes aims to achieve a wide array of outcomes beyond reducing sexual risk-taking, yet limited research has explored its effectiveness in reaching broader learning objectives. Given the significant association between healthy adolescent dating relationships and both current and future outcomes, it is crucial to understand how Love Notes influences youths’ general approach to relationships, particularly across diverse contexts.

Additionally, since schools and organizations are often unable to commit extensive time to relationship education programs, Dr. Crapo also assessed whether Love Notes can be effectively taught in fewer lessons.

Join us to discover how Love Notes impacts youth perceptions and attitudes about relationship behaviors and also one’s capacity to succeed in relationships. See how changes to the format of Love Notes impacts these outcomes, all explained in an easy-to-understand and engaging manner.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

• Articulate which non-sexual outcomes empirically demonstrate gains
• Understand the implications of format and dosage of Love Notes
• Determine the applicability of findings to their own program/models

Presenter(s): J. Scott Crapo, Ph.D., Research Associate- Utah State University, Human Development and Family Studies

Who should attend: Healthy relationship and pregnancy prevention grantees, grant managers, grant writers, facilitators and trainers, policy makers, youth serving community organizations, correctional agencies, organizations working with runaway and homeless youth, those who serve foster youth, program evaluators and general researchers.