CRE

Where Success Starts.

The Center for Relationship Education’s REAL Essentials curricula can empower anyone to learn foundational relationship skills and transform the quality of connections every day. When leveraged as a key programming tool across a variety of social initiatives, REAL Essentials helps improve quality of life throughout the community. Curriculum materials provide the flexibility facilitators need to build their own customized programs and achieve organizational goals.

Life success starts with healthy relationships. Healthy relationships start with REAL Essentials.

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Community

Community

A high-functioning, communicative and collaborative culture unites communities and elevates the standard of living for everyone.

Family

Family

Learning one another’s communication style and understanding others' motives and intentions helps families work together more productively, build stronger bonds, and fortify family foundations.

School

School

Relationship education that goes beyond academic curriculum empowers students to succeed at school, at home and well into their future lives.

Work

Work

Providing actionable tools for communication, collaboration and understanding builds a strong and productive work culture and comfortable work environment.

Finances

Finances

Strong relationships at home and at work foster transparency, creativity and collaboration, promoting success on a personal and material level.

Health

Health

Healthy relationships = healthy life. Strong relationships lower stress and anxiety, foster mental health, and improve physical wellbeing.

How we build healthy
relationships together.

The Center for Relationship Education’s dedication to activity-based experiences has led to a unique educational curriculum: REAL Essentials. By pairing facilitator training with certification, CRE offers relationship skills to more audiences with proven, lasting results.

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Activity-Based
Activity-Based

REAL Essentials is designed with engaging, memorable activities, ensuring all program participants stay involved and have an enjoyable time while learning. Each activity helps participants digest and recall critical concepts that enhance interpersonal connections.

Scalable
Scalable

CRE's train-the-trainer certification model enables organizations to leverage internal resources while scaling relationship education to a greater level. This creates a sustainable training culture by empowering participants with the tools to routinely integrate relationship education.

Flexible
Flexible

CRE’s modular curricula are designed to easily be customized to suit specific needs for grant programs, community social initiatives, schools and workplaces. Pick and choose which modules are most appropriate for your organization’s goals.

Proven Effective
Proven Effective

Curriculum content is research aligned and was created on the foundation of five evidence-based learning theories. The real proof is in the results. Thousands of REAL Essentials participants have shared their personal stories of impact.

Get Certified in REAL Essentials

Earn your certification in a curriculum proven to develop relationship skills and enhance interpersonal connections.

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Explore REAL Essentials.

The quality of relationships impacts every stage of life. Browse the REAL Essentials curricula catalog to find the programs best suited for the community or organization you serve.

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