Sexuality Over the Lifecycle Resources for K-12 Health

 

On this page you will find a variety of sexuality teaching resources.  This page includes the standards, guidelines, guidance, laws, curriculum, books for kids and teacher recommended books.

 

STANDARDS, GUIDELINES AND GUIDANCE:

• National Sexuality Standards - https://siecus.org/resources/national-sexuality-education-standards-first-edition/

• CDC/SEICUS Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (2004): Developed by a national task force of experts in the fields of adolescent development, health care, and education, provide a framework of the key concepts topics, and messages that all sexuality education programs would ideally include. https://npin.cdc.gov/publication/guidelines-comprehensive-sexuality-education-3rd-edition 

• NYS Guidance on HIV Education (2019) - See Page 25 for Elementary, Middle School, High School curriculum lessons. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiS3-CrooWAAxWekokEHQHvDh8QFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.p12.nysed.gov%2Fsss%2Fdocuments%2Fhiv-aids-guidance.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2n-JG4r_aaHtKrYOU4zpl-&opi=89978449
  

• NYS Condom Availability: https://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/condom-availability-plan  

• CDC Resources on Condom Availability: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/healthservices/caps/index.htm
  

•  NYS Erin's Law - Erin’s Law requires public school personnel and K-12 students to learn about child sexual abuse prevention. Personnel curriculum must cover the warning signs of child sexual abuse and mandated reporting, how to appropriately respond to disclosure, how to talk to parents, and how to speak to students about child sexual abuse prevention. https://www.d2l.org/erins-law/ 

• BIVONA Child Advocacy Center Resources: 
  
• https://www.bivonacac.org/community
• https://www.bivonacac.org/school-programs
•  MBF Prevention Education:
  
• https://www.mbfpreventioneducation.org/why-use-our-programs/mbf-child-safety-matters/
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SEXUALITY SPECIFIC CURRICULUM AND BOOKS: 

Please note that you will have to adapt any of these to the NYS Guidance Document as well as NYS Health Education and National Health Education Standards.

• Advocate for Youth 3R's Sexuality Curriculum (2023): This is a peer-reviewed curriculum that also included student reviewers. Additional searches on this website also has additional topics (STI/STD/HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, puberty, and more).   https://www.3rs.org/3rs-curric-search/
  

• Kids Health Puberty Resources for Teachers (NEMOURS, 2023): Searches on this website can be done on all topics (STI/STD/HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, puberty, and more). https://classroom.kidshealth.org/classroom/classroomsearch?search=y&q=puberty&datasource=classroom&start=0&rows=10&lang=english
  

• Books for Kids on Sexuality (2023): Provides age appropriate books with descriptions for kids. https://sexedrescue.com/sex-education-books-for-children/

• Planned Parenthood - Sex Education to Go Curriculum for Teachers: This provides lessons that can be adapted to your school population.  https://sexedtogoteachers.thinkific.com/?utm_source=CK.Google&utm_medium=CK.PPPSW.SxdTG.TeachingSexEd.EN.NA.Search.SxdTG.SxdTG.2&utm_campaign=BF.CON&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj5mpBhDJARIsAOVjBdp8fpVRe28rPGLr5oTJQtO28NxOUjHZQOXfu_XGgQBr1gxbLKfm0ocaAvsAEALw_wcB 
  

 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CURRICULUM:

• Healthy Relationships and Consent: Through the Lindsay Anne Burke Memorial Fund (2023), you can apply for grants (link at top of page) to get a variety of evidence based curriculum's like Safe Dates. There are also many other resources that are free on this page. http://www.labmf.org/curriculum-materials.

• Take a Stand FOR Healthy Relationships: A Teen Dating Violence Prevention Curriculum by National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2023) - Teach students to recognize healthy, safe qualities and behaviors in relationships with standards-aligned resources for in-school use. http://www.teens4healthyrelationships.org/

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PODCAST:

• Part 1: Puberty Prof: Helping Young People Plan with Ms. Jackie Dipzinski - Discussion on Planning and Goal Setting - Sexuality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nPnRQAAEg

• Part 2 Puberty Prof: Helping Young People Plan with Ms. Jackie Dipzinski - Discussion on Planning and Goals Setting - Sexuality: https://youtu.be/PnLHKNsXRkM
  

RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK AND READINGS FOR TEACHERS:

Bruess, C. E., & Schroeder, E. (2018). Sexuality education: Theory and practice. Scotts Valley, CA: ETR.  

Juliana M. Kling, etal, and on behalf of the SGHE 2020 Summit Working Group. Sex and Gender Health Educational Tenets: A Report from the 2020 Sex and Gender Health Education Summit. Journal of Women's Health. Jul 2022.905-910. http://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2022.0222