Sexual Health Facilitators’ Guide to Responding to Youth’s Questions About Sex 2023 Facilitators of sexual health education programs may face a dilemma when they aren’t sure about how to respond to a youth’s question. This may be because they don’t … Read More
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Communicating About Adolescent Sexual Health: Messaging That Moves
Communicating About Adolescent Sexual Health: Messaging That Moves 2017 As an expert in efforts to improve students’ sexual health, you see your work in a different light than many of the people whose support you need to sustain your 1308 … Read More
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More Than Pronouns: Creating Affirming Spaces During Positive Prevention Plus
More Than Pronouns: Creating Affirming Spaces During Positive Prevention Plus March 2023 We all are learning, growing, and doing the best we can for our students. Navigating conversations in a sex ed class can be complex. “Am I using the … Read More
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Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed: A Focus on LGBTQIA+ Youth
Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed: A Focus on LGBTQIA+ Youth December 2021 Research shows that inclusive classrooms are necessary in supporting the diverse academic, social, emotional, and communication needs of all students. Join True You Maryland partner Vanessa Geffrard to learn … Read More
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Keeping It Real and Professional Part 2: Answering Challenging Questions
Keeping It Real and Professional Part 2: Answering Challenging Questions February 2021 Educators and facilitators are often torn between the desire to connect with students/youth while answering their questions comprehensively and the desire to maintain appropriate boundaries. This training will … Read More
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Keeping It Real and Professional Part 1: The Wondrous Landscape of Teaching Sex Ed
Keeping It Real and Professional Part 1: The Wondrous Landscape of Teaching Sex Ed January 2021 Teaching sex ed can be rewarding…but also complicated! Human service professionals are often torn between the desire to connect with clients and teach from … Read More
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Evidence-Based Programs & Curricula
Evidence-Based Programs & Curricula Presentations, Trainings, Training-of-Facilitators, Trainings-of-Trainers, & Technical Assistance We can help you build-buy in for evidence-based programs, select the program that fits your needs, prepare your health educators to deliver the program…and everything else along the way … Read More
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Teaching Strategies for Sex Education
Teaching Strategies for Sex Education Training Available Online & In-Person Why do we need to use a variety of teaching strategies when teaching sex education? Which ones work best, and why? What can go wrong, and what can we do … Read More
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Creating a Comfortable Climate
Creating a Comfortable Climate Training Available Online & In-Person This training helps sex education instructors ensure they are using best practices when it comes to setting the tone for discussions, answering questions, preventing challenging situations, and managing them effectively if … Read More
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Why All-Gender Classrooms Work
Why All-Gender Classrooms Work U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Discussing gender in the classroom can be a difficult task for some teachers and staff. Challenging situations can come up, like students having different perspectives on the subject matter or … Read More
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When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting
When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 As a teacher, you know that if you suspect that a student has been abused, or a student tells you about a situation that sounds like abuse, you … Read More
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When Is the Right Time to Engage in Sexual Activity?
When Is the Right Time to Engage in Sexual Activity? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 In the classroom, students may ask questions like, “How do I know when it is the right time to have sex?” or “How do … Read More
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Talking about Values in Sexuality Education
Talking about Values in Sexuality Education U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 A lot of us have been told that we should stay away from any discussions about values during sex education. But the truth is that high-quality sex education … Read More
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Regrouping, Refocusing, and Reengaging Your Students
Regrouping, Refocusing, and Reengaging Your Students U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 We get it! Managing a classroom of middle and high school students can present its challenges, especially when the topic is sex education. Students are bound to have … Read More
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Positively Rock Answering Questions!
Positively Rock Answering Questions! U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 This U Choose to Know resource gives you tips on how to positively answer questions that students might have and gives some practice questions to review. Get It Now Contributing … Read More
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Making Role-Plays Work for You and Your Students
Making Role-Plays Work for You and Your Students U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Some teachers say that role-plays are one of the hardest activities to manage during sex education. Students can feel awkward or get out of hand, and … Read More
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Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator?
Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 As a teacher, you undoubtedly strive to be inclusive of all your students, including those who have experienced trauma. You are also probably aware that sex education requires … Read More
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Send Shame Walking! Applying a Sex Positive Lens to Health Class Facilitation
Send Shame Walking! Applying a Sex Positive Lens to Health Class Facilitation U Choose to Know Digest, 2018 Sex positivity is the idea that all sex (as long as it’s healthy and consensual) is a good and normal thing. Sex … Read More
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Answering Sensitive Questions Participant Worksheet
Answering Sensitive Questions Worksheet 2016 Use this worksheet to take notes while you participate in the Responding with Confidence online module, in The Teacher’s Guide to Sex Ed. Get It Now Contributing Staff Deborah Chilcoat, MEd Related Sexual Health Facilitators’ Guide … Read More