Confident & Safe

Teaching Consent, Safety, and Social Wellness With Confidence

Supporting parents, caregivers, and educators with simple, practical tools to teach consent, boundaries, healthy communication, and social wellness skills to youth and young adults with disabilities.

As a caretaker, your priority is your young person’s safety, confidence, and wellbeing.

Parents, caregivers, and educators often want to teach consent, boundaries, communication, and safety — but aren’t always given the tools to do it in a way that supports youth and young adults with disabilities.

At Confident & Safe, we provide simple, practical resources grounded in inclusive practice and developmental expertise. You’ll get scripts, visual supports, and real-life strategies that make these conversations easier, clearer, and more comfortable for everyone.

Every young person deserves to understand their body, express their feelings, set boundaries, and build healthy relationships. We help you teach these skills with confidence — so the youth in your care can navigate the world safely and with self-advocacy.

Meet Dr. Emily Capolongo

Dr. Emily Capolongo is a special educator with over 13 years of experience supporting youth and young adults with disabilities. Throughout her career, she noticed a critical gap: families, caregivers, and educators were expected to navigate conversations about consent, safety, communication, and boundaries — yet were rarely given the tools to do so confidently.

That gap became her mission.

Drawing on her work in schools, adult transition programs, and family support services, Dr. Emily developed simple, inclusive, and accessible ways to teach consent, boundaries, safety, and social wellness skills to young people with a wide range of abilities. Her approach empowers adults with clear language, visual supports, and practical strategies that fit naturally into everyday routines.

Today, through Confident & Safe, she helps parents and caregivers feel supported as they guide their young people toward independence, healthier interactions, and safer relationships with the world around them.

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What We Teach at Confident & Safe

  • Body Autonomy & Consent Skills

    Understanding “yes,” “no,” and “not right now”

    Asking for and giving consent

    Respecting personal space

    Reading nonverbal cues

  • Healthy Boundaries & Personal Safety

    Safe vs. unsafe touch

    Public vs. private spaces and behaviors

    Emotional and physical boundaries

    Practicing scripts for uncomfortable or unsafe situations

  • Growing Up & Body Changes

    Understanding body parts and their functions

    Learning about puberty changes (physical and emotional)

    How to care for your body

    Normalizing curiosity and development

  • Privacy, Masturbation, & Personal Safety

    What privacy means and why it matters

    Rules about private behaviors

    Hygiene and safety practices

    Reducing shame and building healthy coping skills

  • Healthy Relationships & Social Wellness

    Understanding friendships, crushes, and early dating

    Recognizing healthy vs. unhealthy dynamics

    Respectful interactions and communication

    Building self-advocacy and social confidence

  • Identity, Expression & Self-Understanding

    Understanding personal identity and preferred pronouns

    Respecting differences in how people express themselves

    Supporting confidence and self-understanding

    Encouraging healthy self-advocacy and communication

  • Reproduction & Sexual Health Basics

    Introduction to the reproductive system

    Understanding how pregnancy happens

    Foundational, age-appropriate sexual health knowledge

    Safety-focused guidance for emerging questions

Services

Quick Tools for Caregivers

Simple, ready-to-use teaching tools designed to help you support your young person with confidence. These practical resources give you scripts, visuals, and step-by-step guidance you can use right away to teach consent, communication, boundaries, and social wellness.

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Courses & Deep-Dive Guides

Explore structured courses and comprehensive guides that walk you through how to teach essential sexual health and social wellness skills. These resources offer deeper learning, practical examples, and developmentally-informed strategies so you can create lasting understanding, confidence, and safety for the young person in your care.

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Consent, safety, and healthy relationships grow when caregivers feel confident, supported, and equipped with the right tools.

Free Download! "The Consent Starter Kit"

Simple scripts, visuals, and everyday tools to help you teach consent, boundaries, and healthy communication to youth with disabilities.

Teaching consent doesn’t have to feel overwhelming.
This starter kit gives you the exact language, visual supports, and step-by-step guidance you need to teach consent confidently at home, school, or in the community.

✔ Perfect for parents, caregivers, and educators
✔ Designed for youth & young adults with disabilities
✔ No prep needed — easy, practical, ready to use