COMMUNITY RESOURCES
SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION TOOLKIT
Welcome! We believe in supporting the community to help empower individuals to make informed decisions regarding their sexual health; and providing age-appropriate, medically accurate and factual sexuality education to all individuals. Our goal is to promote wellness among area adolescents by providing teachers with evidence-based sexual health education, lesson plans and activities, and community resources.
FOR EDUCATORS
General Resources
- Advocates for Youth
- Answer
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Future of Sex Education (FOSE)
- I Wanna Know
- Love is Respect
- Planned Parenthood
Sexuality Education Standards & Curriculum Development
- Evidence Based Curriculum– Eyes Open Iowa
- Healthy Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)– CDC
- National Sexuality Education Standards– FOSE et. al.
- Sexual Health Education Scope and Sequence– CDC
Learning Activities
- Advocates for Youth- Sexual Health Lessons
- Answer- Sexual Health Resources & Lessons
- ETR- Sexual Health Lessons & Resources
- F.L.A.S.H- Sexual Health Lessons & Resources
- In the Mix- Sexual Health Lessons on Media
- No Place Like Home- Sexual Health Lessons
- Planned Parenthood- Sexual Health Activities & Lessons
- Teaching Sexual Health California- Sexual Health Lessons
- Sex Ed Library- Sexual Health Lessons & Books
- Sex Etc.- Sexual Health Lessons & Resources by Teens
Videos (Some videos may be intended for older teens)
- Academic Edge, Inc. – STI/HIV & Sexual Health Videos
- A Thin Line – Videos on Relationships and the Digital Age
- Amaze – Videos for 11-14 year olds
- Audrie & Daisy – Social Media & Bullying Video
- Blood Lines – HIV/AIDs Video
- Don’t Let Yourself Be Abused – Domestic Violence Prevention Videos
- Eyes Open Iowa – Sexual Health Videos
- Future – The Alternative F Word – Sexual Health Videos
- I’m Positive – HIV/Aids Video
- Laci Green – Sex Ed for the Internet
- Scenarios – Videos
- Sex Etc.- Sexual Health Videos
- Stay Teen – Sexual Health Videos
- Tea and Consent – Consent Video
- That’s Not Cool – Teen Online Harassment Videos
Professional Development
- Advocates for Youth
- Associations for Supervision & Curriculum Development
- Eyes Open Iowa
- Healthy Teen Network
FOR PARENTS
Online
- Be an Askable Parent– I Wanna Know
- CDC Parent Portal– CDC
- For Parents– Answer
- For Parents– Kids Health
- Parents & “The Talk”– Eyes Open Iowa
- Parent Portal– Teaching Sexual Health California
- Parents Sex Ed Center– Advocates for Youth
- Talk With Your Kids– Essential Access Health
- Teens & Sex– Mayo Clinic
- Tips & Advice for Talking to Teens About Sex– Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- Tools for Parents– Planned Parenthood
Books
- Beyond the Big Talk – Dr. Debra Haffner
- From Diapers to Dating: A Parents’ Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children – Dr. Debra Haffner
- What Every 21st Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today’s Challenges with Wisdom and Heart – Dr. Debra Haffner
FOR YOUTH
Online
- AskTxTina- Iowa Teens (13-19) can text Tina, a trained health educator, with questions regarding healthy relationships and sexual health on the first and third Friday of the month. Text ‘Tina’ to 877-877 to enroll- www.AskTxT.com – Also add her on Snapchat @ AskTxTina, follow her on Twitter@TxT_Tina, and follow her on Instagram @AskTxTina
- Call Out Cards for Digital Dating Abuse– That’s Not Cool
- For Kids– Kids Health
- For Teens– Answer
- For Teens, By Teens– Sex Etc.
- For Teens– Kids Health
- For Young People– Sexuality Information & Education Council of the United States
- Girl’s Health– Office of Women’s Health
- Go Ask Alice– Columbia University
- I Am In Control– Iowa Department of Public Health
- Info For Teens– Planned Parenthood
- Sexual Health and You– I Wanna Know
- Teen Source– Teen Source
- Young Men’s Health– Boston’s Children Hospital
Books
- Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen – American Medical Association
- Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Teen – American Medical Association
- Girlology: A Girl’s Guide to Stuff That Matters – Melissa Holmes & Trish Hutchison
- The What’s Happening to My Body Book for Boys and Book for Girls – Lynda Madaras
- What’s Going On Down There? And The Period Book – Karen Gravelle
- It’s a Girl Thing – Mavis Jukes
- What’s Happening to Me? – Peter Mayle
- The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls – American Girl Library
- The Care and Keeping of You 2: For Older Girls – American Girl Library
- Sex is a Funny Word and What Makes a Baby – Cory Silverberg
- It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families and It’s Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends – Robie Harris
UPDATED MAY 2017
