Teens are faced with many influences that impact their decisions regarding sexual behavior. Heart 2 Heart, a sexuality program, can help students by providing education and resources for making the best decisions regarding sexual health.
Understanding the importance of prevention education, media influences, and life management skills provides a healthy foundation for high school students participating in the Heart 2 Heart program.
Heart 2 Heart
Session activities include:
- Defining and understanding sexuality
- Influence of media messages
- STIs, AIDS, Teen pregnancy
- Recognizing the impact individually and to society
- Healthy relationship skills
- Social, emotional and mental health
- Communication
- Dating
- Impact of sexual decisions
Developed for students in grads 9-12, this course includes six, one-hour sessions with informational materials for each student. Schools evaluate learned outcomes through pre-and post-testing. Sessions are interactive, using materials designed to meet Missouri Grade Level Expectations (GLE) and Illinois Learning Standards (ILS).
RESOURCES
Online
American School Health Association - www.ashaweb.org
Center for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov
Health Resource and Service Administration – www.hrsa.gov
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy - www.teenpregnancy.org
Teen Aware: Sex, Media and You - http://depts.washington.edu/taware/
Teen Health - http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States – www.siecus.org
Teen Health and the Media – http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/
Refusal Skills Source: Safer Choices, ETR Associates, Santa Cruz, CA, 1998.
http://www.etr.org/recapp/practice/refusal.htm
http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip21.html
Books
Teaching About Sexuality and HIV: Principles and Methods for Effective Education
By Evonne Hedgepeth and Joan Helmich
Questions Children Ask: And How to Answer Them
By Miriam Stoppard
Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality, 2nd Ed.
By Michael J. Basso
How to Make Presentations that Teach and Transform
By Robert J. Garmston and Bruce M. Wellman
Theology of the Body
By Christopher West
A Case for Chastity
By Heather Gallagher and Peter Vlahutin
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