Re: Sexually active students

Posted by kyfcs on 11/16/07

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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.