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Let us come to you! We can bring education programs, staff trainings, or teaching resources to your school or agency. Below are some examples of workshops we offer:

Sexual Health Information From A to Z

Contraceptive Update: Nuva Ring? Patch? Fem Cap? Implanon? The array of available contraceptive methods grows each year. Whether you are new to teaching sexual health education or an experienced educator, this training has important timely information.

STD Update: One in three American teen girls has a sexually transmitted infection. STI’s can result in significant medical complications. Despite significant advances in treatment, HIV still remains deadly. Herpes still has no cure, and the human papilloma virus (HPV) can be a precursor to cervical cancer. Untreated cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, or even infertility. Even syphilis is on the rise and can still prove deadly if undiagnosed and untreated.

Yet too many sexually active young people remain oblivious to the risks they take when engaging in unprotected sex. As youth serving professionals, being aware of the facts and risks, and finding effective ways to communicate that knowledge to the young people we serve will help minimize their risk.

Evidence-based Approaches to Tackling Teen Pregnancy
Becoming a teen parent significantly reduces future prospects for teenagers; fewer than one-third of teens who parent before the age of 18 ever earn a high school diploma. Reducing the rate of teen pregnancy is one of the most strategic and direct means available to improve adolescent health and maximize healthy and productive futures.
Teachers and youth-serving professionals can have a great impact on reducing sexual risk-taking behaviors by identifying those behaviors and creating interventions to impact adolescents’ decisions around sex. An up-to-the minute update on teen pregnancy and birth rates will be provided along with the latest strategies and interventions to help teens delay intercourse and consistently practice safer sex if they choose to be sexually active.

Love The Way You Lie:  Teaching About Healthy and Unhealthy Teen Relationships
Employing a rich variety of learning activities and strategies, participants will examine the essential components of relationships and build skills to help facilitate discussions of what constitutes a healthy or unhealthy relationship. Participants will also gain a clearer understanding of the nature and dynamics of romantic and intimate relationships and how to help young people and others discover for themselves what intimate relationships mean, and how to keep what’s going well from going wrong.

Wired Teens Wild World: Sexting and Cyber Bullying
Hitting the “send” button can change the life of a youth forever. While the internet has opened up the doors to information and communication, sexting and online cyber bullying can have damaging consequences.  Ready online access to information is both a blessing and a curse, putting a new, more frightening face onto familiar adolescent issues.
This training will help teachers or youth serving professionals look at some of the technological tools available and will address ways to discuss and deter risky sexual behavior; cyber bullying and harassment.  Participants will learn how adolescents communicate in the virtual world, and will gain tools and strategies to teach young people how to avoid falling victim to sexual harassment and cyber bullying.

Adding Stars to the Sky:  Relationships and people with Developmental Disabilities
Sexuality, including intimacy, is an integral aspect of all humans’ psychosocial development and one which is often overlooked for people with developmental disabilities. This training will provide the knowledge necessary to help recognize the importance of building clients’ skills, as well as the need for social opportunities and interactions that provide people with developmental disabilities reach mental and emotional lives. People who have been taught healthy social skills and have appropriate outlets for connection and affection are less likely to have emotional issues or exhibit inappropriate sexual behaviors. People are also more likely to have the skills to potentially fend off abuse.

To find out more info or to set up a workshop please call us at 860.865.5158 or email us at education@ppsne.org.