Jessi Ensenberger “You Can’t Get Pregnant Standing Up”:Why America Should Beef Up on Peer Education by Jessi Ensenberger, Planned Parenthood of Indiana Last year I became a peer educator with Planned Parenthood of Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana. I am extremely passionate about spreading comprehensive, medically accurate knowledge about sexuality; but this isn’t the only reason… Read more »
by Kirsten deFur Kirsten deFur wrote these lessons for the forthcoming 3rd ed. of Teaching Safer Sex: “Defining Sexual Health” and “I Feel Good!” (vol. 1) and “Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid” (vol. 2) Contributing author to Teaching Safer Sex I had just started 8th grade at Byrd middle school in Richmond, VA. It was the beginning… Read more »
by Bill Taverner Both volumes of the preliminary draft of Teaching Safer Sex, 3rd ed. are now in the hands of our editorial advisory board, as well as other experts in sexuality education, and our copyeditor. So for the first time since I dove into this project full-force a year ago, I am finding myself trying… Read more »
By Matthew Lowe Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Matthew Lowe I teach Sex Ed because the Sex Ed classroom is the only secular educational space in which a student’s development as a whole person is directly addressed. If human sexuality were purely scientific, the biology teacher could cover it, right after mitosis and meiosis. But… Read more »
Charlie Glickman by Charlie Glickman Last [month], the Center for Family Life Education (CFLE) hosted the Sex Ed Conference and it was an amazing time! There’s nothing like a few hundred sex educators sitting around, sharing tips, and telling stories. Although my work focuses on working with adults while many of my colleagues work… Read more »
by Marty Klein I was recently interviewed by internet safety expert Dr. Larry Magid for a piece on kids looking at porn. We had such an interesting conversation I thought I’d write about this myself. Of course, 700 words can’t possibly cover every aspect of this issue. But let’s begin. Given the typical danger-oriented media… Read more »
By David M. Hall (CNN) – During the final Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, Rick Santorum was asked how he would respond if his son told him he was gay. “I would love him as much as I did the second before he said it,” Santorum responded. He received applause for this statement, which… Read more »
By Alethea Thompson Sexual Health Educator, Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey Sex Education can be eye-opening to high school students, as well as college students. I feel students relate to music more often. There is a video that I have had the opportunity to see several times. My daughter, who is 22,… Read more »
The current issue of the American Journal of Sexuality Education is a special, themed issue on abstinence. One of the articles, “Abstinence, Sex, and Virginity: Do They Mean What We Think They Mean?” by Jason Hans and Claire Kimberly, includes an analysis of what teens and professionals mean by “sex” and “abstinence”. Below is the abstract and selected… Read more »
by Brian Flaherty, Partners in Sex Education One of the truly enjoyable things about the CSE conference is that the programs tend to be created and presented by professional educators – by people who spend a good amount of time thinking about the best way to present information so that they reach a variety of… Read more »
by Alie Kriofske Mainella IndependenceFirst, Milwaukee, WI I was lucky enough to attend my first ever NationalSex Ed Conference in New Jersey last month and I learned so much. I work with young people with disabilities and a big part of my job is teaching boundaries and personal space, healthy relationships, safe dating and sexuality for… Read more »
by Robie H. Harris How lucky was I to be able to be at and attend workshops at and be the opening keynote speaker at the CFLE’s 2011 National Sex Ed Conference! Very lucky! Despite the horrendous rain storm on Wednesday night, people arrived and were full of great questions after my keynote, in which… Read more »
By Megara Bell, Partners in Sex Education The best workshop that I went to at CFLE’s National Sex Ed Conferencewas one that I didn’t even intend to go to. A workshop that I couldn’t have predicted would be as interesting or as relevant as it was. I passed Matthew Morales on my way to another… Read more »
by Cindy Lee Alves Although I have heard many great things about Bill Taverner and the CFLE in the past, this was my first time attending their National Sex Ed Conference. I attended not only the entire conference, but a pre-conference workshop (“Sex Ed Games that Teach” with Melissa Keyes DiGioia & Jessica Shields, CHES),… Read more »
by Amy Kramer, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy “These are my people.” That’s what I thought as soon as I walked in to the CFLE’s National Sex Ed Conference. It was the first time I’d been to this annual event, though hopefully not the last. Not only was I able to… Read more »
by Jennifer Hill, The College of New Jersey CFLE’s National Sex Ed Conference was the most useful, engaging, and interesting professional sex ed conference I have ever attended. Okay, full disclosure: it’s the first sex ed conference I have ever attended. Unlike many the attendees there, I am new to the sex ed professional world. … Read more »
by Peggy Brick Editor’s Note: Following is a transcript of the remarks given by Peggy Brick on December 9, 2011 at the CSE National Sex Ed Conference, in honor of Susie Wilson, recipient of the 2011 Golden Brick Award. Susie Wilson! Visionary! Reformer! Advocate! Catalyst! Sexuality Educator par excellence! What a joy it is for… Read more »
Tuli Patel By Tuli Patel Director of Religious Education The Unitarian Church in Summit This year there were no picketers, no loud angry voices, no police cars by the dozens. A little disappointing at first, but I was thankful for the lack of fear as I walked to my car in the parking… Read more »
by Sheri Winston, CNM, RN, BSN, LMT IntimateArtsCenter.com I’m just back from the CFLE Sex Ed Conference and reminded of a few things. One – I love hanging out with other people who think sex is normal, that talking about sex is normal and that learning about sex is, absolutely normal. Being not just a… Read more »
Today, the New York Times Magazine posted a lengthy and important article on sex ed. The article profiles the work of an outstanding educator, Al Vernacchio, who will also be speaking at The CFLE’s National Sex Ed Conference next month. In fact, Mr. Vernacchio will be presenting the workshop “You’re Out, Baseball!” which is described in… Read more »
