Resources for Sex Educators
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Professional Organization
An international community of independent relationship and sex educators and sexual health education non-profits. Find an Educator is a directory of Sex Ed professionals listed by speciality and region. Community Calendar, Blog, resources and more
Sex Ed Videos
More info. Less Weird. AMAZE takes the awkward out of sex ed. Real info in fun, animated videos that give you all the answers you actually want to know about sex, your body and relationships.
National Sex Ed Standards
The National Sex Education Standards (NSES) outline the foundational knowledge and skills students need to navigate sexual development and grow into sexually healthy adults.
Information, Q&A
Scarleteen is an independent, feminist, grassroots sexuality and relationships education media and support organization and website. Scarleteen.com is visited by over five million diverse people each year -- most between the ages of 15 and 30. It is the most used site specifically providing sex and relationships information and support for young people worldwide.
Advocacy and more
Advocates for Youth works alongside thousands of young people here in the U.S. and around the globe as they fight for sexual health, rights and justice.
Resources and Curricula
Project School Wellness has courses, a blog, great info on skills based health education, and more
Certified Health Educator Program
A credentialed program aligned with the Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education from Eyes Open Iowa.
Whether you work in healthcare, education, social work, or prevention services, a Certified Sexual Health Educator credential from EyesOpenIowa can give you the skills and confidence to facilitate meaningful adolescent sexual health education.
State and National Health Data
CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health behaviors and experiences among students across the country.
The results help in understanding the factors that contribute to the leading causes of illness, death, and disability among youth and young adults.
Training and PD
Maine Family Planning is committed to promoting K-12 comprehensive sexuality education in Maine schools and communities that is medically accurate, age-appropriate, and affirming for people of all identities.
Media Literacy & Curriculum
A K-12 digital citizenship curriculum, free to all and fully online. Media literacy is 21st century sex education. All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Available in English, Spanish and French.
Podcast
Puberty Prof Podcast with Lori Reichel, a nationally recognized health educator, is a series on Spotify. Episodes include solo shows, discussions with guests on specific pre-teen and teen experiences, interviews with people of all ages who not only survived their pre-teen and teen years, yet thrived, and shows in which questions asked at pubertyprof.com or on the Puberty Prof’s social media outlets are answered by Lori.
Resources
Sex Positive Families provides the education and resources that help families raise sexually healthy children. Workshops, videos, articles, podcasts, and online courses for families and educators
Resources
Working to Institutionalize Sex Ed (WISE): The toolkit is a compilation of experience-based best practices divided into four phases. We call this approach the "WISE Method." Each phase is aimed at helping schools institutionalize sex education so that sex education is an ongoing part of a school's curricula.
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