Young people deserve medically accurate, evidence-informed information that empowers them to make decisions that align with their values, goals, relationships, and health. This course builds your understanding of abstinence, contraception, and pregnancy prevention while preparing you to facilitate conversations that are inclusive, sex positive, and centered on informed decision-making and body autonomy.
Explore the full range of contraceptive methods—including hormonal, barrier, long-acting
reversible, emergency, and permanent methods—as well as abstinence and the factors that influence contraceptive decision-making. You’ll examine how different methods work, their effectiveness, and how to present options in ways that respect the diverse identities, experiences, cultures, and values of young people. Through interactive learning, practical teaching strategies, self-assessments, and classroom examples, you’ll strengthen your ability to answer students’ questions with confidence while creating learning environments that are respectful, affirming, and free from shame or judgment.
Designed in flexible 25–30 minute modules, this self-paced course provides practical tools you can immediately apply to facilitate engaging, evidence-informed conversations about pregnancy prevention.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Identify key concepts for teaching about abstinence and contraception.
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Explain how to create and adapt inclusive, medically accurate lessons about abstinence and contraception.
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Describe the benefits and limitations of abstinence as a pregnancy prevention method.
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Identify factors that influence the selection of a contraceptive method, including effectiveness, accessibility, personal preferences, and health considerations.
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Explain how hormonal, barrier, long-acting reversible, emergency, and permanent contraceptive methods prevent pregnancy.
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Identify reliable sources of medically accurate, evidence-informed information about abstinence and contraception.
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Describe the correct steps for demonstrating external condom use.
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Recognize strategies for fostering respectful, sex-positive conversations that support informed decision-making and body autonomy.