Everyone Wins!: Co-Parenting Can Work for All 2020 As a partner on Map 2 Success, a project of the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Health, Healthy Teen Network developed this poster, as a complement to Protect Your … Read More
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You’re Excused!
You’re Excused! 2020 In the United States, students who are pregnant or parenting have rights, protected under Title IX and Maryland law. As a partner on Map 2 Success, a project of the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department … Read More
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The functioning patterns of adolescent mothers leaving foster care
ReSHAPING The functioning patterns of adolescent mothers leaving foster care: Results from a cluster analysis Child and Family Social Work, 2020 Svetlana Shpiegel, Elizabeth M. Aparicio, Bryn King, Dana Prince, Jason Lynch, Claudette L. Grinnell‐Davis Suggested CitationSpiegel, S., Aparicio, E., … Read More
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Wingman
Wingman Suggestive Keyboard Coming Soon! Wingman Suggestive Keyboard is an alternative keyboard for your phone that uses machine learning to help you tackle sexual conversations with ease. The user sets their texting intensity, and Wingman will suggest words aligned with that … Read More
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Evidence-Based Programs & Curricula
Evidence-Based Programs & Curricula Presentations, Trainings, Training-of-Facilitators, Trainings-of-Trainers, & Technical Assistance We can help you build-buy in for evidence-based programs, select the program that fits your needs, prepare your health educators to deliver the program…and everything else along the way … Read More
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Exploring How Trauma is Addressed in Sexual Education Interventions for Youth
ReSHAPING Exploring How Trauma is Addressed in Sexual Education Interventions for Youth: A Scoping Review Health Education & Behavior, 2020 Suggested CitationPanisch, L., Faulkner, M., Fava, N. & Fernandez, S. (2020). Exploring How Trauma is Addressed in Sexual Education Interventions … Read More
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About the Young Parents Logic Model
Featured Project Young Parents Logic Model Your tool to design and improve holistic programs and services to meet the unique needs of young parents. Where We Started Many programs have attempted to improve outcomes for young people who are pregnant … Read More
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Power Through Choices: Training-of-Facilitators
Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators Available Online & In-Person Ready to implement the only proven effective curriculum designed for and with youth involved in systems of care? We’ll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power Through Choices, with young … Read More
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Power Through Choices Training-of-Trainers
Power Through Choices Training-of-Trainers Available In-Person (Online, Coming Soon!) Do you have a team of trainers experienced at building the capacity of adult professionals? A Training-of-Trainers, or a TOT, prepares experienced trainers to conduct a Training-of-Facilitators (TOF) on Power Through … Read More
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What Works? Sex Ed for Youth in Systems of Care
What Works? Sexual Health Education for Youth Involved in Systems of Care Presentation Available Online & In-Person What does it take to provide high-quality sexual health education to youth involved in systems of care? In this interactive workshop, participants learn … Read More
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Teaching Strategies for Sex Education
Teaching Strategies for Sex Education Training Available Online & In-Person Why do we need to use a variety of teaching strategies when teaching sex education? Which ones work best, and why? What can go wrong, and what can we do … Read More
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ReSHAPING
Featured Project ReSHAPING A partnership to bring you the latest research in one place. Where We Started ReSHAPING began as an informal research alliance that met to discuss opportunities for joint manuscripts, presentations, trainings and potential projects. With funding from the Annie … Read More
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Power Through Choices
Featured Project The only proven effective sexual health program designed with and for youth in systems of care. Where We Started After years of supporting their efforts and providing training and technical assistance, Healthy Teen Network acquired Power Through Choices, the … Read More
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Map 2 Success
Featured Project Map 2 Success Improving the support network for Baltimore City young people, ages 12-24, who are pregnant and parenting. Where We Started Baltimore City’s teen birth rate (32.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15–19) is more than double … Read More
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“Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”
ReSHAPING “Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”: The lived experience of sexual health among sexual minority girls in foster care Children and Youth Services Review, June 2020 John P. Salerno, Olivia Kachingwe, Jessica N. Fish, … Read More
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Zola Healthbot Project
Featured Project In/Tend Breaking down science with humor and honest answers, from videos to infographics to a chatbot. Where We Started We had the challenge of developing an educational yet entertaining campaign to increase HPV vaccination. We focused on prime … Read More
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Why All-Gender Classrooms Work
Why All-Gender Classrooms Work U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Discussing gender in the classroom can be a difficult task for some teachers and staff. Challenging situations can come up, like students having different perspectives on the subject matter or … Read More
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When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting
When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 As a teacher, you know that if you suspect that a student has been abused, or a student tells you about a situation that sounds like abuse, you … Read More
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When Is the Right Time to Engage in Sexual Activity?
When Is the Right Time to Engage in Sexual Activity? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 In the classroom, students may ask questions like, “How do I know when it is the right time to have sex?” or “How do … Read More
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What’s Law Got to Do with It?
What’s Law Got to Do with It? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Although you don’t need to be a legal expert to teach sex education, it helps to be up to date on federal and state laws that relate … Read More
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What Is Dual Protection & Why Is It Important?
What Is Dual Protection & Why Is It Important? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Although birth rates among young people have declined over the years, STI rates are soaring. According to the CDC, adolescents ages 15-24 account for nearly … Read More
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Talking to Partners about STI Status: Building Skills & Confidence in Youth
Talking to Partners about STI Status: Building Skills & Confidence in Youth U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Having conversations about sex with a partner can be difficult, but talking to partners about STI status can feel particularly tricky, especially … Read More
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Talking about Values in Sexuality Education
Talking about Values in Sexuality Education U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 A lot of us have been told that we should stay away from any discussions about values during sex education. But the truth is that high-quality sex education … Read More
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Spotting Sex Trafficking
Spotting Sex Trafficking U Choose to Know Digest, 2019 Sex trafficking is using force, fraud, or coercion to exploit someone for a commercial sex act. Any minor involved in commercial sex is automatically a victim of sex trafficking whether or … Read More
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Is Your Knowledge Up to Date?
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Is Your Knowledge Up to Date? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 When you teach about STIs, your students will usually have lots of questions, and it can be hard to keep up with evolving knowledge … Read More
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Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to Know
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to Know U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 When you teach sex education (and maybe even when you teach other topics), the subject of abuse within relationships is likely to come up. … Read More
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Regrouping, Refocusing, and Reengaging Your Students
Regrouping, Refocusing, and Reengaging Your Students U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 We get it! Managing a classroom of middle and high school students can present its challenges, especially when the topic is sex education. Students are bound to have … Read More
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Positively Rock Answering Questions!
Positively Rock Answering Questions! U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 This U Choose to Know resource gives you tips on how to positively answer questions that students might have and gives some practice questions to review. Get It Now Contributing … Read More
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Making Role-Plays Work for You and Your Students
Making Role-Plays Work for You and Your Students U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Some teachers say that role-plays are one of the hardest activities to manage during sex education. Students can feel awkward or get out of hand, and … Read More
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Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing
Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 You probably already know how important it is to talk to your students about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and ways to prevent them, and the data helps make … Read More
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Does Humor Belong in Sex Education?
Does Humor Belong in Sex Education? U Choose to Know Digest, 2019 Humor and laughter are probably going to happen in your classroom during sex education whether you plan for it or not. While teaching about sexuality is serious business, … Read More
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Connecting With Youth Who Are LGBTQ+
Connecting with Youth Who Are LGBTQ+ U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 Gender and Sexuality Alliances or Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) have been around since the 1980s providing youth who identify as LGBTQ+ and their allies a safe space to support … Read More
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Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator?
Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 As a teacher, you undoubtedly strive to be inclusive of all your students, including those who have experienced trauma. You are also probably aware that sex education requires … Read More
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How to Talk About Dual Protection
How to Talk about Dual Protection 2020 Designed for educators and clinicians, this elearning gives you the information and skills you need to address the increasing rates of STIs, whether you’re working in the classroom or clinic. Practice communicating with … Read More
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Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education
Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education May 2022 Have you ever wondered why we have student standards for sex education in schools, guidance for pre-service teachers, but no standards to help existing sex education teachers become more effective? We wondered … Read More
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10 Ways to Support Students with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities in Sex Ed
It can be challenging to deliver sex education in the general education classroom while meeting the needs of students with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ID/DD), even if you are accustomed to doing this for other topics you teach. Sometimes it’s mistakenly assumed that students with ID/DD don’t really need sex education. … Read More
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What do adolescent parents need to prevent repeat pregnancy? A qualitative investigation
ReSHAPING What do adolescent parents need to prevent repeat pregnancy? A qualitative investigation Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2019 Grace S. Hubel, Angela D. Moreland Suggested CitationHubel, G. S., & Moreland, A. D. (2019). What do adolescent parents need to … Read More