Growth, Development, and Sexual Health
Teachers and school administrators often ask me for recommendations about what lesson plans or curriculum they should use in class. I’ve collected my top choices on my Resources page.
Here are some suggestions for teaching about Growth, Development and Sexual Health:
Curriculum: Be Real. Be Ready. (High School)
Curriculum: Healthy Me. Healthy Us. (Middle School)
Curriculum: 3Rs (K-12)
Curriculum: Inclusive Sex Education
Curriculum: TeachingSexualHealth.ca
Curriculum: Sexuality for All Abilities
Curriculum: Relationship ‘Zine Project and Digital ‘Zine Template
Curriculum: The Truth About Pornography: A Pornography Literacy Curriculum for High School Students
Curriculum: Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship lessons
Resource: California Health Education Framework
Resource: CaliforniaHealthEducation.org
Resource: Principles of Gender-Inclusive Puberty and Health Education
Resource: The Reckoning: Teaching About the #MeToo Movement and Sexual Harassment
Resource: One Love
Resource: Love Is Respect
Resource: Amaze.org
Resource: How to Talk with Youth About Human Trafficking and Exploitation
Resource: Sexuality Education Resources for Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Resource: YouTube Playlist: Sex Ed for People With Disabilities
Resource: Sexuality & Disability
Resource: Scarleteen
Resource: Sex Positive Families
Resource: Answer
Resource: SHAPE America Health Teacher Toolbox
Free online teacher training: Growth, Development, and Sexual Health
Free online teacher training courses: Sex Ed to Go
Free online teacher training: Sexual Health Educator Training Program
Book: Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality
Book: S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties
Book: Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up
Book: Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World
Article: “How High School Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Rape In College”
Article: “The Key to Curbing Campus Sexual Assault Lies in High School Health Class”
Article: “Students Deserve Real Sex Ed”
Video: “The Sex Ed Crisis: LGBTQ Youth Aren’t Getting the Sexual Education They Deserve”
Radio Interview: The Future of Sex Education in a Post-Roe America
Radio Story: Teaching "Yes Means Yes" in High School Health Classes
Radio Story: “The History of Sexuality Education in California”
Radio Story: “Yes Means Yes: Teaching Teens Affirmative Consent”
Standards: National Health Education Standards
Standards: National Sex Education Standards
SHAPE America Position Statement: Sex Education is a Critical Component of School Health Education