Explore how trauma, past or ongoing, shapes the classroom experience. This session offers practical, strengths-based strategies for trauma-informed teaching, including how to balance student safety with curriculum fidelity. (FREE)

Explore how trauma, past or ongoing, shapes the classroom experience. This session offers practical, strengths-based strategies for trauma-informed teaching, including how to balance student safety with curriculum fidelity. (FREE)

Through frameworks such as sexual multiepistemic literacy, auto-sexual-decolonization, and Osunality (or African eroticism), educators will explore how to center pleasure, relational accountability, embodied wisdom, and learner self-determination in sexuality education that promotes healing, dignity and liberation. (Cost: $18-34)

We’ve tried them all so you don’t have to! This session shares our favorite books, websites, social media accounts, and conversation tools that make talking about sex and relationships with kids a little easier, and a lot less awkward. (FREE)

The one-day speaker training prepares volunteer speakers to conduct interactive speaking engagements in schools, colleges, workplaces, faith communities, and more in the Greater Boston area & beyond. (Cost: $35-75)

This zoom training offers a grounded exploration of reproductive justice; what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters for the communities we serve. Through historical context and a multi-lens framework, you'll deepen your understanding of reproductive autonomy and leave equipped to apply a reproductive justice lens to your everyday work and advocacy.

This virtual training was developed in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, both in anticipation of increased questions from young people about abortion and in recognition of the need to include abortion in conversations about sexuality. Young people deserve accurate information and open, honest spaces to explore it. This training will equip educators with the skills to support youth in learning about abortion and understanding its role in sexual and reproductive healthcare. $195

This training equips participants with a clear understanding of the legal and policy landscape that impacts sex education. Participants will explore the statutes, regulations, and local policies that guide the development and implementation of sexual health programming, confidentiality requirements, parental involvement, and minors’ rights. By the end of the session, educators will be better prepared to navigate these frameworks confidently and responsibly, ensuring that the information they provide is both compliant and empowering for the youth they serve. (Cost: $55.19)

Join us to hear from Jaclyn Friedman of EducateUS about what’s really taught in school, what are the biggest myths, and why disinformation around sex ed is spreading. We’ll break down what age-appropriate education actually looks like, address common misconceptions, and equip you with guidance on how to talk about this issue with family and friends. Plus, we will have actions you can take to stand up for sex education in your schools.

May is Sex Ed For All Month and we believe that sex education belongs in schools AND at home. Join this bite-size professional development opportunity to learn more about how educators can empower parents and caregivers in their roles guiding young people through body changes, understanding consent, and so much more! (FREE)

May is Sex Ed For All Month and we believe that sex education belongs in schools AND at home. Join this bite-size professional development opportunity to learn more about how educators can empower parents and caregivers in their roles guiding young people through body changes, understanding consent, and so much more! (FREE)

This training is appropriate for educators who are looking to enhance their sexual educator skills. The training will take place over the course of three days with a 90 minute session each day. (Cost: $175)

During this session, dive deeper into the CHPE Framework practices to support curriculum development and student learning in health and PE classrooms. The goals of this session are to support practice-focused curriculum planning and explicit teaching of practices in HPE settings. Presented by Lighthouse Wellness and Health Education Consulting, Inc.

Most sex ed skips over pleasure, but it doesn't have to. In this half-day training, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts invites educators to explore how they can be pleasure-inclusive in their sex ed while still teaching students about health and safety. The workshop will focus on incorporating pleasure-inclusive content into lessons about consent, communication, and anatomy. (Cost: $150)

Not sure how to even start the conversation? We’ll explore how to create an open, trusting family environment where questions about sex, relationships, and bodies are always welcome. (FREE)

Join us for an interactive exploration of humanizing pedagogy in health and physical education. Educators at all levels are welcome to come and explore how humanizing approaches support student-centered, culturally responsive and sustaining, trauma-response and engaging instruction. You will leave with strategies you can use the next day in the classroom, as well as broader ideas and strategies to support ongoing reflection and growth.

This zoom training offers a grounded exploration of reproductive justice; what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters for the communities we serve. Through historical context and a multi-lens framework, you'll deepen your understanding of reproductive autonomy and leave equipped to apply a reproductive justice lens to your everyday work and advocacy.

Sexual health education is a tool for equity. Learn how to incorporate a justice lens into your lessons and promote liberation, not just information. (FREE)

Sexual health education is a tool for equity. Learn how to incorporate a justice lens into your lessons and promote liberation, not just information. (FREE)

Long summer days can bring mental health challenges to the surface. Learn signs of stress, depression, and anxiety in youth, and about how to support their emotional wellbeing over the summer months. (FREE)

Faculty: Penny Harvey

This lecture will explore paths to ‘figure out fertility’ and family building in contemporary social, legal, and technological contexts. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and practice, it will outline choices and access across diverse family forms, highlighting how inequality, policy, and cultural norms shape reproductive possibilities and pathways to making family today. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Anna Goodhand

‘Love Bomb-ing’ is growing in our vocabulary and awareness: it includes two parts, Idealization then Devaluation in relationships. Solely Love Bomb-ing is not abuse, but often its impact can be Traumatic and devastating. And there are ways to cope afterwards. There are signs that this may be showing up and there are ways to slow down and check in with the potential ‘bomber’ to protect yourself. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Dianne R Browne, PhD, CSE

Maternal mortality, an important topic in sexuality, needs attention. NJ Health News, 2026 reports the risk of maternal mortality is 7.6 times greater among Black/African American women than white women. Focus groups with African American/Black women sharing antenatal experiences illuminate the impact of racism during those periods. (Cost: $35)

Get a one year subscription to the curriculum and 20 hours (3 days) of detailed and interactive IN PERSON TRAINING on how to teach UN|HUSHED: The Elementary School Curriculum. (Cost: $895)

Faculty: Amari Leigh and Maria Prendeville

How to check if you are shadowbanned on Instagram, How to get out of the Insta shadowban, Refocus your marketing on website content, Growing your email list in times of censorship, A Q&A at the end to answer all of your questions You’ll walk away with tips on how to stay out of the shadowban and sustainable ways you can grow email and website marketing channels. (Cost: $35)

Get a one year subscription to the curriculum and 20 hours (3 days) of detailed and interactive IN PERSON TRAINING on how to teach UN|HUSHED: The Middle School Curriculum. Your trainers this year are curricula co-authors Karen Rayne, PhD, CSE and Jessica Smarr, MPH. (Cost: $895)

Get a one year subscription to the curriculum and 20 hours (3 days) of detailed and interactive IN PERSON TRAINING on how to teach UN|HUSHED: The High School Curriculum. Your trainers this year are curricula co-authors Karen Rayne, PhD, CSE and Jessica Smarr, MPH. (Cost: $895)

Faculty: Bill Taverner and Leila Merhi

This workshop offers a multi-generational perspective on professional networking for health educators, exploring how networking practices have evolved over the past two decades. Using a discussion-based format, participants will review practical strategies and consider how they apply to their own professional goals through reflection and small-group discussion. (Cost: $35)

“RJ Foundations” introduces folks to RJ through the history of reproductive justice resistance and organizing. It is in a pilot phase, so you’ll have a chance to help shape how we develop it! (FREE)

Faculty: Julia Fowlkes

A crash course in maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships through conflict management-focused communication skills for adolescents living in out-of-home care settings. (Cost: $35)

Presented by Jeremy Darling, LMHC, CST
This 3-hour training will review the history and ethical development of sex therapy as a specialty in the world of outpatient mental health.AASECT CEs available. (Cost: $95)

Faculty: Lauren Goyette

This lecture explores how dating apps, texting culture, stress, boundaries, and communication patterns impact emotional intimacy and connection in modern relationships. We’ll discuss common struggles people experience while dating today and practical ways sexuality educators can support healthier communication, emotional awareness, and relationship skills. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Kim Adamski

Research suggests that kink and BDSM-related interests and behaviors are more common than many people realize, with studies showing a wide range of prevalence depending on how kink is defined and measured. People who engage in kink deserve judgment-free, risk-reduction education. Learn about different models of consent, risk evaluation, and best practices for discussing kink behaviors in the classroom. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Rachele Manett

Disabled sex can be tricky when we run into barriers, but disabled sex is also creative, restorative, exploratory, and vast in how it looks from person to person. This creates the perfect opportunity for re-defining what sex means and focus on person-centred hacks and adaptations to make sex more accessible for those with and without disabilities. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Ashley N. Browning, MRC, CNP
This session explores sexual agency, shame, and liberation among Black women through storytelling and cultural analysis. Centering pleasure, autonomy, and reclamation, it challenges harmful narratives and offers a culturally responsive approach to sexual health, healing, and empowerment. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Meg Culkeen
A well-planned parent information meeting builds trust and prevents disinformation. This practical workshop will help you design a sex ed curriculum night. You’ll learn how to go beyond notification requirements and clearly communicate curriculum goals, address FAQs with confidence, provide parents with useful resources, and establish a collaborative tone that minimizes controversy. (Cost: $35)

Faculty: Joyce Miles Jacquote
Sex and sexuality remain taboo in American society, fostering misinformation and shame—especially for marginalized communities. The purpose of this presentation is to explore how Black Queer and gender-diverse individuals navigate sexuality and sexuality at intersecting margins and to equip mental health professionals and laypeople with insights for informed and affirming care. (Cost: $35)

This training will cover vocabulary, using gender neutral language and correct pronouns, answering tough questions, and will provide opportunities for skill building utilizing real-life examples plus more. Any and all are welcome to attend, including educators, nurses, school nurses, human resource professionals, medical and health providers, disability service providers, youth-serving professionals, law enforcement officers, etc. (Cost: $295)

Faculty: Penny Harvey
This training will explore paths to ‘figure out fertility’ and family building in contemporary social, legal, and technological contexts. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and practice, Harvey will outline choices and access across diverse family forms, highlighting how inequality, policy, and cultural norms shape reproductive possibilities and pathways to making family today. (Cost: $35)