Characteristics of Effective Sex Education

Offer age- and culturally appropriate sexual health information in a safe environment for participants Are developed in cooperation with members of the target community, especially young people

Sex Education For Young Adults

Chris Schoenherr and Elizabeth Allen Competing Philosophies: Sex Education vs. Sexuality Education
Sex Education: Any sexual activity for nonprocreative reasons, especially outside marriage, is wrong and harmful to the body. Sexuality Education: Human sexuality needs to be understood and appreciated for better mental, physical, social, and spiritual health. (Goldfarb).

Assist youth to clarify their individual, family, and community values Assist youth to develop skills in communication, refusal, and negotiation Provide medically accurate information about both abstinence and also contraception, including condoms Have clear goals for preventing HIV, other STIs, and/or teen pregnancy Focus on specific health behaviors related to the goals, with clear messages about these behaviors Respect community values and respond to community needs Rely on participatory teaching methods, implemented by trained educators and using all the activities as designed.

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Comprehensive Sexuality Education is the merging of sex education and sexuality education. Addresses both abstinence and age-appropriate, medically accurate information about contraception. (www.advocatesforyouth.org)

Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education Programs

These programs censor information about contraception and condoms for the prevention of STDs and unintended pregnancy and teach that there is only one set of morally correct values for all students

(www.advocatesforyouth.org). Sex Education Websites for Young Adults

www.scarleteen.com www.advocatesforyouth.org www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

www.advocatesforyouth.org

Major Controversial Issues 1. Goals and Objectives of sex education 2. What discipline does sex education belong in? 3. Who teaches sex education? 4. What is the role of sex education in American society and what is its role in the education of children and teenagers? 5. What is the future of sex education? (Goldfarb)

Bibliography
Healthy Relatonships for Teens. YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/healthyre lationships.cfm. 23 Oct 2010. Sexuality Education Q & A. SIECUS. http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pag eid=521&grandparentID=477&parentID=514. 23 Oct 2010. Goldfarb, Eva S. A Crisis of Identity in Sexuality Education in America: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? Sexuality Education: Past, Present, and Future. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2009 Cornblatt, Johannah. The Sin of Yielding to Impure Desire: A Brief History of Sex Ed in America. 28 Oct 2009. Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/2009/10/27/the-sin-of-yielding-toimpure-desire.html. 23 Oct 2010 The Education of Shelby Knox Film Description. Point of View. http://www.pbs.org/pov/shelbyknox/film_description.php. 23 Oct 2010 Sex Education. Advocates For Youth. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/%20%09%20index.php?option =com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=75. 1 Nov 2010 Luker, Kristin. When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sexand Sex Education-Since the Sixties. 2006. W.W. Norton &Company. NY. Marsh, Carole. Smart Sex Stuff For Kids 7-17: Practical Information & Ideas For Kids, Parents & Teachers. 2008. Gallopade.
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Additional Sex Ed NonFiction Titles For Young Adults

1. Hooking Up: A Girls All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality by Amber Madison 2. (American Medical Association) Boys Guide To Becoming a Teen 3. The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality 2nd Ed, by Michael J. Basso 4. Sex, a Book For Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and Sexuality by Nikol Hasler 5. The Naked Truth About Sex: A Guide to Intelligent Sexual Choices for Teenagers and Twenty-somethings by Roger W. Libby 6. Doing It Right by Bronwen Pardes 7. (Alloy Books) This Book is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb