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Teen Council Lesson Plan on facilitating conversations about challenging current events and how to create a safe space for teens to learn, process and heal.
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Sex Education Content Resources
Core Concept: Sexuality is a central, complex, and lifelong aspect of being human. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: An understanding of reproductive anatomy and reproduction is an essential component of comprehensive sex education. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: STIs are very common. Prevention, testing, and treatment of STIs is a routine part of caring for one’s sexual health. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: HIV is preventable and, for the most part, a chronic manageable disease. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: Sexual abstinence is a decision to refrain from some or all sexual activity for a variety of reasons at any time in a person’s life. Birth control, when used correctly, prevents pregnancy. People use birth control methods for a variety of reasons. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: Relationships are multifaceted and unique to the people in them. Important skills for relationships include communication, navigating boundaries and consent, and identifying supportive, unsupportive, and potentially abusive behaviors. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: The goal of answering participant questions is to provide factual information, guide decision making, and encourage open discussions. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Core Concept: All people deserve to receive information related to sexual values that is accurate, unbiased, non-judgmental, and encourages them to think critically and explore their own values. This PDF addresses the how, why, what, facts and common questions you might need to teach this course.
Books, audio, and video recommendations to support the Trauma and Healing course.
Learn how high warmth, high structure, and high expectations can help build strength and connectedness during meetings.
This in-depth PDF will walk you through the Circles of Care model created to support facilitators through deep connections.
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Professional Development Resources
Tools to help you reflect on areas of skill growth and resources to help you along the way.
Resources in areas of skill growth to help you along the way.
Additional Resources
Subscription service providing facilitation modeling videos answering youth questions about sex education.
Young people understand that reproductive and sexual health and rights are inextricably tied to social justice and the fight for liberation. Join thousands of youth activists and adult allies as we build a better and more equitable world.
Information about the teaching simulation program. The program provides a safe space for folks to practice delivering sex education to young people with five “virtual” students in a classroom and scenarios folks often encounter when delivering sex education to young people.
Access to downloadable resources on the State of Sex Education in each state via state profiles, a Community Action Toolkit, and sex ed fact sheets and policy briefs.
PLSSE is the newest set of standards designed to help improve educators’ ability to effectively address sexuality in the classroom. Created by the Sex Education Collaborative (SEC), the PLSSE were developed to provide guidance to school administrators and classroom educations about the content, skills, and professional disposition needed to implement sex education effectively.
VaxTeen communicates directly with teenagers and young adults to counter misinformation about vaccinations, encouraging those who are unvaccinated to catch up on vaccines as soon as they can by helping them find out what immunizations they need and how they can get them. The site includes state by state guidelines on minor consent to vaccinations.