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Growth & Development

Growth & Development. Do You Remember?. Principles of Sexuality Education. An effective curriculum deals with issues in the classroom in such a way that recognizes, values, and validates social justice, equity and human rights. Effective sexual health education:. Inclusive Supportive

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Growth & Development

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  1. Growth & Development

  2. Do You Remember?

  3. Principles of Sexuality Education An effective curriculum deals with issues in the classroom in such a way that recognizes, values, and validates social justice, equity and human rights. OPHEA Curriculum Support Document

  4. Effective sexual health education: • Inclusive • Supportive • Respectful • Comprehensive

  5. Also, consider these: • Be sequential • Be relevant • Involve other stakeholders

  6. Facilitating Sexual Health Learning • Know yourself • Know your students • Establish guiding principles • Create a respectful, supportive environment • Create an inclusive classroom • Take the role of advocate

  7. How to Respond? • “Am I Normal” questions • Permission-seeking questions • Questions about values • Shock questions • Personal questions • Information-seeking questions

  8. FACT OR OPINION? • One at a time, have each group member read a card • Decide by CONSENSUS where the cards should be placed • Which items create the most discussion and why? • GRADE LEVEL?

  9. Sexual Health Resources Connection Health (Su Nottingham) 4600 Stanton Road Oxford, Michigan, 48371 FAX: 248-969-0407 EMAIL: SuNot@aol.com (Sexuality Education Kits)

  10. Sexuality Resources, cont’d http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cgshe-ldnemss/cgshe_2e.htm Public Health Agency of Canada – Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education http://www.sieccan.org SIECCAN is the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, a national non-profit educational organization established in 1964 to foster public and professional education about human sexuality. http://www.sexualityandu.ca The ultimate Canadian web site devoted to sexuality education and information. Our site provides credible and reliable information on the topics that are most important to you. http://www.cfsh.ca/ppfc/content.asp?articleid=110 Beyond the Basics Sourcebook from the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada http://www.safehealthyschools.org/index.htm A collaborative website promoting comprehensive school health

  11. Fact or Myth??? • Fertilization takes place in the uterus. • You cannot go swimming if you have your period. • All girls have cramps when they get their period. • Males only have erections when they are thinking about sex. • Sperm have to be kept at a temperature that is lower than body temperature to survive. • Boys can tell when a girl has her period.

  12. 7. Smoking may affect the ability to achieve an erection. 8. Fertilization is the union of the sperm and the ovary. 9. You should bathe or shower every day after the start of puberty. 10. All females are more emotional during their period. 11. Males are born with immature sperm in their testes. 12. After puberty, a male continues to produce sperm throughout the rest of his life. 13. Fertilization can only occur right after intercourse. 14. Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes have no effect on sperm. 15. Breast or penis size does not affect function.

  13. Grade Level? • Grade 7 • (OPHEA Curriculum Support Document)

  14. Healthy Relationships Let’s talk about the “yucky stuff”!!!!

  15. Grade 4 – Identify the characteristics of health relationships….. • Grade 5 – Identify strategies to deal positively with relationships…. • Grade 6 – Apply a problem-solving/decision making process…. • Grade 7 – use effective communication skills…… • Grade 8 – Apply living skills in making informed decisions…. • Grade 9 – Describe the factors that lead to responsible sexual relationships

  16. SEXUALITY • The total expression of one’s femaleness and/or maleness through that person’s thoughts, feelings, beliefs and values.

  17. What is SEX???? • Oral sex • Just how many teens are having sexual intercourse?

  18. Loves Me, Loves Me Not • Grade 5 – Identify factors (e.g. trust, honesty, caring) that enhance healthy relationships with friends, family, and peers. • Grade 7 – Use effective communication skills (e.g. refusal skills, active listening) to deal with various relationships and situations.

  19. Predicting the Weather • Grade 7 – Use effective communication skills (e.g. refusal skills, active listening) to deal with various relationships and situations. • Grade 8 – Apply living skills (e.g. decision-making, assertiveness, and refusal skills) in making informed decisions, and analyse the consequences of engaging in sexual activities and using drugs.

  20. Stand Up for STI Prevention • Grade 8 – Identify symptoms, methods of transmission, prevention, and high-risk behaviours related to common STI’s, HIV, and AIDS • Grade 10 – Explain the effects (e.g. STI’s, HIV/AIDS) of choices related to sexual intimacy (e.g. abstinence, using birth control)

  21. Sexual Health Resources Connection Health (Su Nottingham) 4600 Stanton Road Oxford, Michigan, 48371 FAX: 248-969-0407 EMAIL: SuNot@aol.com (Sexuality Education Kits)

  22. Sexuality Resources, cont’d http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cgshe-ldnemss/cgshe_2e.htm Public Health Agency of Canada – Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education http://www.sieccan.org SIECCAN is the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, a national non-profit educational organization established in 1964 to foster public and professional education about human sexuality. http://www.sexualityandu.ca The ultimate Canadian web site devoted to sexuality education and information. Our site provides credible and reliable information on the topics that are most important to you. http://www.cfsh.ca/ppfc/content.asp?articleid=110 Beyond the Basics Sourcebook from the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada http://www.safehealthyschools.org/index.htm A collaborative website promoting comprehensive school health

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