What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I’m continuing to talk about the reality of young men’s sexuality, as described in my book “Challenging Casanova: Beyond the stereotype of the promiscuous young male.” Rebecca Plante and I have also begun discussing Campus Sexual Culture. We believe high schools and colleges need to thinking… Read more »
October is Sex Education Month! Let’s talk to our youth about sex and sexuality! Planned Parenthood has posted a bunch of great resources to help parents and guardians reach out to their kids during Let’s Talk Month. The Sex Ed Store is chock full of activities, curricula, and books to assist in having conversations as… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? After teaching sexuality courses for twelve years for the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis, I recently accepted a position as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Sexuality Studies for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Traditionally, social… Read more »
The REAL Act The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013 is heading to Congress in the coming months to support federal funding for medically accurate, comprehensive sexuality education. The Act was first proposed by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in 2009, reintroduced in 2011, and again in February 2013…. Read more »
What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? As a Sexual Health Educator, I provide staff development & training on a multitude of LGBTQI Health Concerns including Interpersonal/Sexual/Domestic Violence. I also develop curriculum for health care providers for the School of Nursing and Medical Schools on LGBTQI Cultural Competency and Eliminating Health Disparity for… Read more »
What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? I am currently working on writing new lessons that integrate teaching identity, power and sexual health. These lessons tackle structural violence and institutional oppression as they manifest in our sexual identities. Right now, I am also helping my community transition to having a school-based health… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I am very interested in the intersection between sexuality education and social justice education. I’ve recently designed a workshop called “Just Sex: Sex, Social Justice, and Pleasure” that applies social justice principles to topics in sexuality education. Bio: Al Vernacchio is the Sexuality Educator at… Read more »
Sex vs Sexuality: Puberty and sexuality education all too often do not coincide. In Northern California, Kaiser Permanente offers a play to 6th graders called Nightmare on Puberty Street, which introduces them to the changes that occur to youngsters bodies during puberty. (As a personal aside, I’m not a fan of this name, as it’s… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? My newest is Inside Out: Your Body Is Amazing Inside Out and Belongs ONLY to You. It’s a body-positive child abuse prevention program. Inside Out is a culturally-inclusive, body-positive, affirming approach to child abuse prevention that encourages young people to love and respect themselves. Inside Out sets… Read more »
Russia says no to sex education and yes to reading. Pavel Astakhov, left, Russia’s children’s ombudsman is just looking out for the chastity of Russian children. He says that everything young people need to know about sex and relationships is in the Russian classic literature like Chekhov, Tolstoy and Gogol. Despite Russia’s 1 million people living with… Read more »
Photo by: HUE photography What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? I’m currently writing for the blog My Sex Professor. While the blog isn’t what most people may think of when they hear of “teaching,” I think it’s a very innovative way of teaching and being able to interact with a broad range of… Read more »
Graphic: Guttmacher Institute New Mexico: For six years, the New Mexico Department of Health has rejected federal funding for abstinence-based sexuality education, saying it’s ineffective and biased. However, the DOH, in partnership with New Mexico State University, has recently accepted a nice sum of money to support an abstinence-based sexuality curriculum called Sex Can Wait. The curriculum will be offered as… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I use my training as a sexuality educator to focus on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention. My current projects include synthesizing research on school climate with best practices in sex education, bullying prevention and harassment prevention. I work with school districts in NJ and PA on programs, policies and procedures… Read more »
Sexual Climate: Janet Rosenzweig, MS, PhD, MPA discusses the characteristics of a healthy school’s sexual climate in this Healthy Kids page of Philly.com. In order for youth to grow up and be educated in a safe environment, it is essential to understand the importance of having a healthy “sexual climate.” Equally as essential is the ability of… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? A million things! Two of the big highlights would be starting up a new sex-ed program for an entire all-girl’s middle school and doing a lot to put LGBTQ domestic violence on the map as an issue in Rhode Island. With a healthy relationships and… Read more »
Tulsa, Oklahoma: Tulsa Public Schools is set to vote this coming Tuesday, September 10 on the expansion of their sex ed curriculum for 7th, 9th, and 11th graders in the district. If passed the comprehensive pregnancy prevention curriculum, Making Proud Choices! will begin this Fall and will require the consent of a parent or guardian. The classes… Read more »
Every year, late Fall, the Center for Family Life Education hosts the National Sex Ed Conference. This year’s Conference, in case you were wondering, is December 11-13, 2013, at the Sheraton Meadowlands, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Educators from all over the country, and even the globe, come to this Conference – the largest conference… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? Answer recently released our latest online professional development workshop, “Boys and Sex Ed: Beyond Statistics and Stereotypes.” This workshop seeks to address the gender imbalance within sexuality education, which tends to focus on girls and young women, by demonstrating how to teach in ways that… Read more »
Two students attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are encouraging conversations on their campus for sexual education and advocacy through their reinstatement of two student groups: Students for Choice, and Students Advocating Gender Equity (SAGE). Meredith Cain and Audrey Nance returned to campus feeling inspired after attending the Youth Organizing and Policy Conference in Washington, DC in July,… Read more »
What project in sex ed are you currently working on? My current passion is working to bring together the fields of sexuality education and sexual violence prevention. I provide professional trainings around the intersection of healthy sexuality and sexual violence prevention for organizations in both arenas. This summer I will present on this topic at the National Sexual… Read more »
