Abortion
- After Abortion A source of information on the aftereffects of abortion and post-abortion healing: research, testimonies, articles, and resources.
Abstinence Sex Ed
- A & M Partnership (Illinois, USA) Aspire, a public school curriculum for Grades 9-12; Excel, a Christian Bible study on purity for Grades 9-12; Quest and A C Green’s Game Plan for middle school students in public or private schools; Navigator, for Grades 9-12 in high schools.
- Best Friends (Washington, DC, USA) Best Girls is a school-based character building curriculum for girls in Grades 6 to12, with intensive peer support and long-term adult involvement. Best Men is a school-based youth development program for boys in Grades 5 to 8.
- Creating Positive Relationships (Indiana, USA) An interactive program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. There is also a CPR “Plus” curriculum, a biblical approach to sexuality for use in parochial schools and youth group settings.
- Friends First (Colorado, USA) The STARS Mentoring Program provides long-term follow-up and peer role-models for abstinence. The STARS curriculum includes a Leader’s Guide, a Mentor Guide, an 11 lesson curriculum for 6th to 8th graders, and a magazine for 6th to 12th graders.
- Heritage Community Services Provides the resources to change the behaviors that cause problems, rather than trying to find a way around the consequences (risk reduction). Abstinence education is just one component of the program; other components include character education and marr
- Human Life Alliance (HLA) A non-profit, non-denominational, pro-life organization dedicated to protecting human life from the moment of conception until natural death by providing high quality pro-life educational resources. Just for Girls / Just 4 Guys (J4G), a trendy, double-sid
- Sex Respect (Illinois, USA) A curriculum for ages 13-15, including three textbooks, a student workbook, a parents’ guidebook, and a teachers’ manual, along with an AIDS supplement. Love and Life is a Catholic/Christian version of the curriculum.
- Teen Aid (Washington State, USA) Me, My World, My Future, a three week curriculum for junior high; Sexuality, Commitment & Family for senior high students; Maturing in Body and Character, for upper elementary and middle school students, and HIV: You Can Live without It!, a directive
- The National Abstinence Clearing House A central location to access character, relationship, and abstinence programs, curricula, speakers, and materials. Promotes appreciation for and practice of sexual abstinence until marriage through distribution of age-appropriate, factual, and medically a
- The Parenting Place (New Zealand) Lesson plans for teaching attitude, sexuality, drug education, and Haurora, with four accompanying booklets: Attitude, Sex with Attitude, Hardwired (drug education), and Hauora.
- True Love Waits An international campaign that challenges teenagers and college students to remain sexually abstinent until marriage. Resources include Bible studies on dating, abstinence, and overall purity; a contemporary musical; and annual events.
- WAIT Training (Colorado, USA) Basic training, a curriculum for 4th to 6th graders; Training for WAITing, a curriculum for churches, Christian schools, and home schools; It’s All about M.E. (Marriage Education).
- Worth the Wait (Texas, USA) WTW brings together medical professionals, social workers, teachers and the community at large to promote abstinence until marriage education.
College Students
- Love and Fidelity Network The Love and Fidelity Network addresses the destructive tendencies of the “hook-up” campus culture, promotes a healthy view of family, marriage and sexuality, and provides support in pursuing and understanding a viable alternative to the hook-up culture.
- True Love Revolution The web site of a non-sectarian student-run organization at Harvard College dedicated to the promotion of premarital sexual abstinence and chastity as a positive alternative for ethical and health reasons.
Community Programs
- Search Institute Search Institute provides leadership and resources to help educators and parents create healthy communities for every young person. Their 40 Developmental Assets are values, experiences, relationships, and qualities that help a young person to succeed.
Homosexuality
- Outpost Ministries For young men struggling with same-sex attractions or other sexual and relational issues. Devoted to the strengthening the masculine spirit, soul, and body through understanding of the love of God, how God heals the inner person, and biblical gender.
Internet
- Family Online Safety Institute An international, nonprofit organization providing the latest online safety information for parents and children (English and Spanish).
- Web Wise Kids Provides unique and effective resources, including challenging and realistic computerized games, to equip young people to safely use and enjoy the latest technologies.
Marriage
- The National Marriage Project Information on preparing adolescents for marriage, including reviews of school curricula.
Medical Implications
- The Medical Institute for Sexual Health The Medical Institute for Sexual Health identifies, evaluates and communicates in usable form objective and accurate medical and scientific information on sexual health.
Parenting
- Parent Further A parenting web site built on a foundation of Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets® (see link below).
- Parents Inc., New Zealand Workshops, events, and seminars.
Pornography
- Bsecure Cloud Care Online family protection software. Recommended by the Christian Medical and Dental Associations.
- Internet Misuse Practical advice for those who have problems relating to internet pornography, their families, and those seeking to help them. A service of CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) United Kingdom.
Pre-teens
- Pure Freedom Pure Freedom provides leader’s guides to help adults to encourage 8 to 12-year-old girls to dress modestly and pursue vibrant lives of purity as a foundation for building an emotionally healthy girl who stands free from the norms of an at-risk culture.
- Secret Keeper Secret Keeper is an interactive web site for 8 to 12-year-old girls and their mothers
Youth Culture
- Attitude The youth education division of Parents Inc. (New Zealand). Help and advice for teenagers in making life-enhancing choices in all areas of their lives, including sexuality.
- Family and Youth Concern Information on trends and research in family issues, including teen sexuality and sex education, not only in the United Kingdom but in the United States and Canada as well.
- The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Information, resources and analysis on today’s youth culture, including those that contribute to teens becoming sexually active. Practical helps for parents, youth workers, and educators in equipping teens to deal with this and other challenges.
Disclaimer:
This collection of website resources is intended to provide you with some excellent information so you can teach teens effectively.
Please understand that these resources are for suggested review and I do not necessarily endorse all the information contained within and that sites change beyond my control. Please use wisdom with respect to how you implent these in your situation.
Regarding Curriculum
All things being equal, when choosing a curriculum in the United States it makes most sense to choose a program in your state because it will meet the requirements of your state Department of Education and because training for teachers will be more easily accessible. Therefore, the state in which the central office is located is given for each curriculum. Some of the curricula are available in other languages, particularly Spanish.
Barbara Kohl Ministries
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