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5 Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in School

SHAPE America

As educators, we must always be reflecting on and working toward supporting all of our students, including marginalized youth who may face additional barriers and challenges in and outside of school. It is, I believe, an essential part of our work as health and physical educators. This is lifelong work. respectively). based on gender.

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3 Things Schools Can Do to REALLY Improve Student Health

SHAPE America

If you were to travel across the United States asking schools how they approach health education, you’d get a VERY wide range of responses. 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. 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

Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education. I take these questions as opportunities to provide developmentally appropriate information to help my child learn about sex, reproduction, attraction and relationships. However, not all schools provide comprehensive sex education. I had no idea how it worked.

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Helpful Resources for Teaching Sex Education

Teen Health Mississippi

Sex education has the power to change a young person’s life for the better, but teaching it can be a daunting and loaded responsibility for educators. The Importance of Comprehensive Sex Education. We know the impact that comprehensive sex education can have on a young person’s life, and the data backs us up.

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

Teen Health Mississippi

When it comes to the state of sex education in Mississippi and across the country, there’s much work to be done if we want to see real results—more contraceptive use, less young people living with HIV, higher numbers of teens getting information to make informed decisions for their life and health. Sex Education Stats You Should Know.

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Live Well: Reproductive and Sexual Health

Human Kinetics

Customize health and sex education instruction to meet local needs Middle school and high school health education and sex education standards vary from state to state and from district to district.