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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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National Public Health Week: Empowering Youth for a Healthy Future

Teen Health Mississippi

Here at Teen Health Mississippi, we are dedicated to ensuring youth and young adults (YYA) have the resources they need to make decisions for their health and well-being. This National Public Health Week, we want to empower you , the trusted adults in their lives, to be champions alongside YYA for their well-being.

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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. Schools can pick and choose which lessons they want to use for their health ed or sex ed curricula and at which grade level.

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Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education

ASHA

Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education. Post submitted by Jeanie Alter (she/her/hers), Executive Director, American School Health Association, and HRC Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Team. JA: Can you tell me about your sex ed experience in school so far? AS: I wish they would even mention LGBTQ topics!

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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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Top 5 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom For PE

PLT4M

In addition, we draw from PE teachers’ experiences and how they relate to the top 5 benefits of technology in the classroom. Over the course of the next century it was rapidly adopted in classrooms across America due to its ability to allow teachers to educate larger class sizes simultaneously. Let’s dive in! . Fair point.

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