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5 Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in School

SHAPE America

LGBTQ+ Youth Need Teachers’ Support The most recent data from GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey illustrates why this work is so critical. of students reported hearing homophobic remarks from their teachers or other school staff, and 72.0% This is lifelong work. It is challenging, uncomfortable, and often difficult. respectively).

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3 Things Schools Can Do to REALLY Improve Student Health

SHAPE America

As a teacher in the San Francisco Unified school district, one of the districts featured in this study, I’ve been able to see firsthand how effective these strategies can be. Research even shows that sex ed in high school can be a powerful rape reduction tool. Image Source.

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National Public Health Week: Empowering Youth for a Healthy Future

Teen Health Mississippi

Trusted adults like parents, teachers, counselors, and other community members play a crucial role in creating a safe space for open communication about their sexual health, relationships, and mental health. Also keep an eye out for Sex Ed for All Month in May!THMS YYA also hold immense power. THMS is here to support you!

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Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education

ASHA

For Sex Ed For All Month this May, I had a discussion with Human Rights Campaign Youth Ambassador Ash Silcott about their experience with sex education as a non-binary student to better understand challenges LGBTQ students face, and how sex ed can be improved to educate and help all young people.

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Helpful Resources for Teaching Sex Education

Teen Health Mississippi

Teen Health Mississippi signed SIECUS’ Sex Ed for All Month: Call to Action to put our organization and work behind a statement of youth power, information and rights, and a call for change. For even more, check out our resources for teachers , which include curriculum, implementation guides, recommended reading, and more.

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4 Sex Education Stats That Show We Can Do Better For Teens

Teen Health Mississippi

Let’s dive into four sex education stats that help explain the limits and opportunities of sexual and reproductive health classes in our schools. Sex Education Stats You Should Know. High school teachers provide 6.2 hours of sex education on average. Spread the word about the state of sex education in the U.S.

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Live Well: Reproductive and Sexual Health

Human Kinetics

Schools can pick and choose which lessons they want to use for their health ed or sex ed curricula and at which grade level. Students only have access to the lessons that teachers grant them access to based on the school or district’s local decisions regarding class content.