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Ready to implement Power Through Choices? We’ve got you covered with the training, resources, and any other support you need as you prepare to facilitate the curriculum.

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Ready to implement Power Through Choices? We’ve got your back with training and support.

Training-of-Facilitators Available Online & In-Person

When you purchase a copy of the Power Through Choices curriculum, you also receive a “seat” in a virtual Training-of-Facilitators, which must be redeemed within one year of the curriculum purchase.

We’ll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power Through Choices, with young people. Training-of-Facilitator participants get the background and practice they need to be ready to implement the program with quality and fidelity. Ongoing technical assistance to make adaptations and support implementation is also available

We offer an open Training-of-Facilitators at least once a year. Check out our event calendar to see the next available training.

Alternatively, we may also be available to train your staff, on-site or virtually. If you have at least 12 educators ready to implement Power Through Choices, and you need the training scheduled for your timing, this may be the option for you.

Technical Assistance

Looking for support but not quite a formal training? We offer proactive and reactive technical assistance (TA) and coaching.

TA may be structured as informal individual or group sessions, taking place in person (via site visits), on the phone, or online, over a set period of time. TA helps to build skills as well as increase knowledge and change attitudes.

TA might look like coaching on facilitation techniques, advice on adaptation requests, or managing implementation challenges.

Please note that there are fees for technical assistance.

Training-of-Trainers

Do you have a team of trainers experienced in building the capacity of adult professionals?

A Training-of-Trainers, or a TOT, prepares experienced trainers to conduct a Training-of-Facilitators (TOF) on Power Through Choices, so your educators are ready to implement the curriculum with youth.

TOTs are a great way to support long-term sustainability because your trainers will be ready to train your team of health educators.

Want to know more? We’re ready to schedule this training for you.

About the Training

Don’t just take our word for it! Check out what some of our past participants have to say about attending a Power Through Choices training.

"Doing my own teach back as well as observing others teach backs was extremely helpful in seeing the best way to implement the program and reflect on how to improve delivery and content."

“I appreciated asking the participants for tips/tricks as professional facilitators of other curriculums. It really helped to make me feel empowered and to hear advice from others for sexual health education implementation in general.”

“There were many reminders about successful tips for working with youth, for modeling and using inclusive and nonjudgmental language. It was great seeing all the different personalities and approaches of the various participants. Thank you for streamlining the process and creating an organized approach this week and in the superbinder.”

“Besides learning about the curriculum itself, the training was great at teaching me more facilitation skills that can be helpful when working with this specific population. Things like language use, learning styles to consider, and even some adaptations were all helpful.”

“Great trainers, very interactive process, and mindful of several factors that are key to implementation.”

“The energy was always upbeat, the feedback was appreciated, and seeing other ways of facilitating is always helpful, too.”

More Resources for Facilitators

Looking for resources you can use now, as you prepare to facilitate Power Through Choices? We’ve got you covered!

Words Matter

Language shapes our world, and the words we choose can build bridges or barriers. That’s why, across fields and industries, experts agree: Words matter. Using inclusive language shows we care about the unique communities around us and expresses a dedication to remaining in relationships with them. Words Matter: A Guide to Inclusive Language for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health provides you with practical, real-world strategies to use inclusive, affirming language.

Get It Now: Curriculum Materials

Power Through Choices is available for purchase now. Materials include everything you need to implement the curriculum with young people.

Print Materials

With your purchase, you’ll receive a print copy of the following materials in a three-ring binder.

Session plans
Facilitator notes
Handouts

Digital Downloads

With your purchase, you will also receive a link to download a digital copy of the documents needed for implementation:

Survey tool for youth participants
Certificates of completion template
Power Through Choices style guide
Slideshow template for the sessions on STIs and anatomy

Optional Training-of-Facilitators

As of September 2023, the Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators is encouraged but not required. After purchasing the curriculum, you have the option to enroll in a virtual Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators within one year of purchase, at no additional cost (training fee is included in the cost of the curriculum). We offer these trainings virtually twice a year.

Ordered your curriculum already? Check out our events calendar to find the next training date. Or, let us know how we can help.

Quick Look

Power Through Choices is an evidence-based sexual health education program specifically designed for adolescents ages 13–18 involved in systems of care.

10, 90-Minute Sessions

For Young People, Ages 13-18, Involved in Systems of Care

Trauma-Informed

Choice-Focused

Evidence-Based Program

Based in Theory

Self-Empowering

LGBTQ+-Inclusive

Implement in a Wide Range of Settings

For Groups of 8-20 Participants

Read on to learn more about the curriculum including evaluation findings, adaptations, facilitator resources, and training.

Evidence-Based Program

Power Through Choices is a proven effective program and is widely recognized as an evidence-based program:

As part of the program’s randomized control trial, young people receiving the Power Through Choices curriculum reported statistically significant impacts in numerous areas on a 12-month post-program survey.

Participants…

Reported lower rates of sexual activity,
Were less likely to be involved in a pregnancy, and
Were less likely to report having sex without birth control.

Learn more about our evaluation findings in our curriculum reports and journal articles.

Upcoming Events

Power Through Choices: Training-of-Facilitators

October 27-30, 2025

Ready to implement the only proven effective curriculum designed for and with youth involved in systems of care?

We’ll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power Through Choices, with young people. Check out the information for the next training.

Alternatively, we may also be available to come to you to train your staff, on-site (at an additional cost). If you have at least 12 health educators ready to implement Power Through Choices, this may be the option for you!

Training-of-Facilitator participants get the background and practice they need to be ready to implement the program with quality and fidelity. Ongoing technical assistance to make adaptations and support implementation is also available.

Want to know more? Let’s talk!

In Solidarity

October 6-8, 2025

We shine our brightest—together. 

In solidarity, we turn silence into support, hesitation into harmony. 

In solidarity, we commit to healing, caring for ourselves and each other. 

In solidarity, we build community and make movements, defying what seeks to divide us. 

In solidarity, we seek joy and justice, especially when the weight of the world seems too heavy to bear alone.

In solidarity, we discover action in anger, radiance in resistance. 

Join us in Atlanta for #HealthyTeen25. In this extraordinary city, we’ll draw lessons from movements everywhere and those who’ve come before us. We’ll look inward, reflecting on our own roles in the age-old struggles for truth, justice, and liberation. We’ll uncover new ways to channel support for sexual and reproductive health care and education into shared purpose and lasting change. Ready to rise at every new challenge, book ban, or hate bill with determination and unity, we’ll dream of new potentials and possibilities, bright and boundless. 

In solidarity, we uphold our right to control our bodies and shape our own destinies, settling for nothing less than true liberation. 

Shine your light at #HealthyTeen25.

The #HealthyTeen25 Call for Proposals is open! Take a look at what kind of sessions we are looking for and what you’ll need to submit your proposal.

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Dates available

We know learning isn’t one-size-fits all. Let’s create your custom event.

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Save the Date for #HealthyTeen26

October 5-7, 2026

For over 40 years, our conference has been the only comprehensive annual national event to convene adolescent sexual and reproductive health professionals. Hundreds of conference attendees attend our apex capacity-building event each year. They come to strengthen their skills to implement evidence-based and innovative approaches and network with national colleagues to share lessons learned.

Save the date and join us in San Diego, California! Sign up to receive our emails and don’t miss important information about #HealthyTeen26, including the call for proposals, award nominations, and when early bird registration opens!

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