HEALTH EDUCATION

COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERVICES

Informational Education ––– 60–90 minutes each
Our interactive educational session provides education specific to a particular subject to encourage young adults between the ages of 12-24 to make healthy, informed decisions regarding their sexuality. This program brings culturally appropriate information on a variety of topics to address different needs of young adults.

• Planned Parenthood Services (No cost)
• Birth Control Methods
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Men and Women’s General Health
• Body Image
• Teen Dating Violence
• Dating Safety
  

Comprehensive Sex Education ––– 6 or 8, 60-90 minute sessions
Our health educators utilize a healthy youth development approach to educate adolescents and young adults about their role in preventing unintended pregnancies and the spread of STIs while providing motivation for success in their journey to adulthood.

Comprehensive Sex Education has proven to be the most effective in preventing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Our comprehensive sex education is medically accurate, age appropriate, and culturally inclusive. The goals of comprehensive sexuality education are to help young people gain a positive view of sexuality and to provide them with developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills so that they can make healthy decisions about their sex lives now or in the future. (10 student minimum)

• Middle or High School Classroom
  • Communication, values, goal achievement, cost of parenting, are some of the topics that are included
  • Supplemented with Informational Education topics
    
    
• Young Men’s Group
  • Specifically addresses young male behavior while focusing on pregnancy and infection prevention.
  • May also include optional fatherhood topics
    
    
• Teen Parent Support Group (5 student minimum)
  • Assists young parents in coping with pregnancy, parenting, and healthy relationships, while focusing on secondary or consecutive unplanned pregnancies
    
    
• HIV/AIDS Awareness Program
  • 6 Day curricula that focuses on removing myths, increasing awareness, and providing medically accurate information about HIV/AIDS.
    
    
• Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives Pre-Teen Group (Orange County only)
  • Focuses on the social, emotional, and physical changes during puberty
  • Can be implemented in a school classroom or at a home setting with neighborhood pre-teens
  • Parent participation is encouraged

Parent Education Services––– 60-90 minutes
Our workshop provides training on how to talk to children about relationships, and sexual behavior based on each individual family’s values. We also provide information about adolescent/ child development, including what is appropriate to talk about at each age. We provide skills building role plays on how to incorporate discussions about sex and reproductive health into daily conversations; so that parents are comfortable to discuss the topic with children of any age.

• Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology, BCMs, STIs Informative
  
  
• Tools for Parents (Coming Soon)
  • Talking points and strategies to continue conversations about sex with their child
    
    
• Real Life, Real Talk Forums (Coming Soon)

Real Talk: Sexual Health Education Training for Professionals

Our training is designed to provide teachers, social service workers, group home leaders, faith leaders, and others with realistic answers for your client’s questions and behaviors about sexuality. Our classes cover topics such as how to refrain from imposing personal values about sex and how to answer client’s questions within the boundaries of your agency.

• Contraceptives and Sexually Transmitted Infections Update and Review for Educators
  • PP Services
  • Birth Control Methods
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Tools for Health Educators
  • Guest Speakers
    

Click here for registration information for our next Real Talk training.

Peer Program
Our peer educators are young adults between the ages of 14 and 19, who live in Orange and San Bernardino counties. The peer program helps our young adults gain leadership skills while learning about sexual health and peer listening. Peers have two opportunities a year to become Certified Peer Educators. Some peers earn volunteer hours and some are offered school credit for participating.

Once certified they are able go out into the community and talk to friends and classmates about reducing teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, health, and stress management.

Community Outreach Service
Invite Planned Parenthood to your next community event or function. Our community coordinators can provide information to your clients at your event by tabling or providing a brief description of our medical and educational services. Common events that we participate in include health, college, career fairs and more.

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