Re: Sexually active students

Posted by Lisa on 1/18/08

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On 1/18/08, Lisa wrote:
> Congratulations on the grant. How do I obtain some of these
> resources that you mentioned?
>
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> On 11/16/07, kyfcs wrote:
>> Are you required to use only your textbook? I teach
>> Relationships and I use several different resources. One is
>> the Families Today text by Glencoe. I also use the Aspire
>> curriculum. It is provided by the abstinence until marriage
>> partnership. The curriculum stresses that even though they
>> have chosen to be sexually active in the past they don't have
>> to continue making those choices. Another good resource is the
>> Dibble Foundation. I just received a grant to teach their
>> curriculum (they provided me with free curriculum). They have
>> Relationship Smarts curriculum, Sex Smarts, and several other
>> options which are all excellent resources. Good luck.
>>
>>
>> On 8/18/07, Sara wrote:
>>> On 8/10/07, Deev wrote:
>>>> At least 30&37; of my students - at an alternative school
>> for
>>>> at-risk high school students - are already parents or
>>>> about to become one for the first time. Our text book
>>>> would be excellent for a different population, but falls
>>>> miserably short of my students' interests/needs. And am
>>>> NOT encouraged to approach sex ed from any sort of
>>>> expectation that they're sexually active. Any one else
>>>> out there with similar challenges?
>>>
>>> My students aren't parents but many of them are certainly
>> sexually active - do
>>> you have to use and follow your textbook to the letter? If
>> you do, there's sadly
>>> not to do about it. If you don't, then you could confine
>> your sex ed stuff to STDs
>>> and contraception - if you're allowed to talk about
>> contraception. You could be
>>> talking about both as 'hypotheticals' and perhaps even your
>> textbook could be
>>> used on those topics.
>>>
>>> Listen, all we do here anyway is that - we do the parts of
>> the body - all the parts
>>> - and STDS and an overview of contraception. We don't do
>> the 'how to's.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Sexually active students, 8/10/07, by Deev.
• Re: Sexually active students, 8/18/07, by Sara .
• Re: Sexually active students, 11/16/07, by kyfcs.
• Re: Sexually active students, 1/18/08, by Lisa.
• Re: Sexually active students, 1/18/08, by Lisa.