I am a firm believer the knowledge is power. Rachael Carlevale Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains www.pprm.org I am a firm believer that knowledge is power. Teaching comprehensive, medically accurate, age appropriate sex education: healthy relationships, contraception, pregnancy options- that knowledge is LIFE SAVING power. I feel as a sex education instructor, I am enabling students to make… Read more »
Profiling Great Sexuality Educators includes interviews that originally appeared on the website of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health and is adapted and reprinted with permission. On February 8th, the CSPH brought you Dr. Debby Herbenick (http://www.MySexProfessor.com/), and for an encore, here she is again! 1. What do you do in the field of sexuality? I research, teach and write… Read more »
Adrian Adekola Community Educator Planned Parenthood of WI Why do I teach sexuality education? I choose to teach it for a multitude of reasons. Sexuality isn’t simply about whom you prefer to be intimate with or how one chooses to express themselves. It is something that continuously evolves from the time a woman is told… Read more »
I can remember in high school (for me, 2000 – 2004… yes, I know) my German textbooks still had Germany as “West” & “East”. The language didn’t change, but… still… So, if your “current” edition of “Teaching Safer Sex” looks like this (albeit a sold-out edition): …You may wish to consider the new, expended 2-volume… Read more »
First, I highly recommend watching the PSA:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pfa07ijUCE&noredirect=1 Now let’s think about this: why are seniors having higher sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates? Well, when they were young “whippersnappers”, at least 40-45 (for those around age 65 now) years ago, were sex ed and sexuality education as comphrensive as they are now? Not nearly. And, it was… Read more »
This article was originally published by American Social Health Association‘s HPV News, and has appeared on the website of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health. To register for a free email subscription to ASHA’s HPV News, visit them online. and is adapted and reprinted with permission. Not Just for High School Anymore: Sex Ed Across the Lifespan Interview with Bill… Read more »
Welcome to Profiling Great Sexuality Educators! This is the first of many! Profiling Great Sexuality Educators includes interviews that originally appeared on the website of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health and is adapted and reprinted with permission. And what better way that to start off this weekly post than with the interview with our very own Bill… Read more »
Alison Bellavance. M.Ed. Director of Education & Professional Training Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County & Planned Parenthood of Northeast & Mid-Penn As the big sister to no less than seven siblings, I fell into the role of teacher at a very young age. I read to them, held their hands when we crossed the… Read more »
As a page administrator for the CSE, I am made privy to some stats about the page, in particular, who is visiting. So… who is visiting the CSE’s page? Of the 459 people “liking” us, 74% are female-identified, and 21% are male-identified. Of those female-identified individuals, the majority are between the ages of… Read more »
By: Anita P. Hoffer MS, PhD, EdD The path to my career as a sex educator is clearer in retrospect than it was when I first set out on it! It has been an exciting journey and I don’t regret a single chapter. I began my professional life as a reproductive biologist and scientific researcher in… Read more »
Mari Foster by Mari Foster Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains If I could have a penny for each time I was introduced to a new way to reference a vagina, I would probably be able to drum up a game of Pac-man. One for every penile reference could definitely get me a dollar menu… Read more »
by Laura DeitschPlanned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Laura Deitsch On a Saturday night in late August 1984, my best friend was babysitting at her regular gig. Afterwards, the dad drove her home and as he pulled onto her block, it was instantly obvious that a big party was happening at her house. Her older… Read more »
Note the study’s chart incorrectly lists the URLs forPAMF and Sex, Etc. The correct URLS are, respectively, www.pamf.org/teen and www.sexetc.org The journal Clinical Pediatrics recently published a study evaluating the different sexual health information websites for adolescents. They evaluated almost 30 such websites on five criteria: “authority” (i.e., legitimacy, credentialing, etc.), “interactivity,” “usability,” and “educational content”. The… Read more »
by Melissa Keyes DiGioia,CSE & Jessica Shields, CHES “Through play we learn to recognize patterns in the world around us and develop our own understanding as well as shared understanding with others.”1 Like other sexuality educators we were initially unaware of the potential of this medium as a teaching strategy. When we presented games, we recognized… Read more »
by Alethea Thompson Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey Alethea Thompson Some days I feel like I have the best job in the world — it’s so educational! Whether I am learning from a conference, a mandatory state training, or a Planned Parenthood in-service training, I always have something new to take… Read more »
by Julie Halpin Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Julie Halpin I feel like a curious child stumbling through the world of the unknown, mesmerized by anything new and easily distracted by something shiny. As I fumble through the stages of crawling, walking, and talking I am easily frustrated but excited and anxious to keep… Read more »
Daniela Vallez by Daniela Vallez Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains When I tell people what I do, people usually are quick to tell me their story about how they never had a class on sex education, or they explain how awkward it was. When I ask them why it was so awkward, they usually… Read more »
Somebody Has To Do It! by Niala Terrell-Mason Planned Parenthood of thePacific Southwest Niala Terrell-Mason I teach sex ed because someone has to. I work for a large Planned Parenthood affiliate that covers three counties in Southern California. My particular area, Western Riverside County, has some of the highest teen pregnancy and STIs rates in… Read more »
by Courtney Peters Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma “I teach people about sex.” This is how I used to approach the situation when asked about my profession. I quickly realized that this statement elicited some very strange looks and many unwanted replies. Over the last 16 months, I have learned to elaborate, and now my… Read more »
Darrien Howze by Darrien Howze, M.EdPlanned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan A funny thing happened on the way to looking for a new job. I found a career that I could be proud of: sex education. I get paid to discuss the most common but the most uncomfortable topic in this nation. This career choice… Read more »
