Health & Relationships in the New Millennium

Created by Dr. Angela K. Griffiths
A guide to help teens and families develop healthy choices, A science-based health curriculum with today’s teen in mind.

Objectives

Offer materials that have been created and are regularly updated with the input of hundreds of parents/guardians, teachers and physicians.

Increase the proportion of adolescents who:

• receive factual health information relating to their sexuality:
• report they have the refusal or assertiveness skills necessary to resist sexual urges and advances.
• intend to avoid situation and risk behaviors, such as drug use and alcohol consumption, which make them more vulnerable to sexual advances and urges.
• understand that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
• indicate an understanding of the social, psychological and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sex outside of one committed lifetime relationship.
• commit to abstain from sexual activity until in a committed lifetime relationship (marriage).

Table of Contents

• Valuing Self & Goal Setting
• Decision Making, Recognizing & Neutralizing Peer Pressure
• Communication Skills
• Empathy/Caring
• Puberty & Reproductive Anatomy
• Pregnancy & Birth Parenting Skills
• Friendship & Dating Risk
• Behaviors & Consequences
• HIV & STD Education
• Advantages of Abstinence

A Guide to help teens and families develop healthy choices

Endorsed by the National Physicians Center for Family Resources, Health & Relationships in the New Millennium is the final stop when looking for a science based, medically accurate resource for educating our youth in the areas of sexual health, love and relationships, valuing self, and goal setting. The curriculum complies with California Education Codes on Sex Education and on HIV/AIDS Prevention. Health & Relationships in the New Millennium prepares adolescents to handle peer pressure, friendships and dating.

“I learned that it's okay to ask questions!"
7th Grade Student at Thornton Jr. High School

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Family Values

Recognizing one’s individual and family values is the first and most important chapter in the Health & Relationships in the New Millennium curriculum. The teacher can discuss the role of personal values with the class, encourage teens to identify their own values and encourage them to explore how their own values are (most often) a reflection of their family’s values. Worksheets are provided for the student to work on (Personal Values) and to take home for a parent/guardian to complete (Family Values). It can cause both parent and child to feel more secure in their relationship and strengthen their communication about multiple topics.

The curriculum builds character and self-esteem through positive activities.

“It gave me a chance to ask my mom and dad some stuff ‘for school’ that I probably wouldn’t have talked to them about otherwise.” Junior at Redwood Christian High School

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Decisions, Communication & Peer Pressures

When a student is confident in his or her own set of values, decision making and dealing with peer pressures may not seem so overwhelming. Most decisions are value based. Having clearly outlined values lends itself well to establishing clear boundaries. The same is true for communication. When a young person is familiar with his or her values and boundaries, communicating them is also easier. The curriculum teaches students to respect the differences of others and to agree to disagree without compromising their own personal values. Preparing and equipping teens is essential, as peer pressures are inevitable. Having firm values, boundaries and the ability to communicate will provide some of the foundational tools they will need to succeed.

“I feel like I have the skills to have a relationship
without caving into the pressure to have sex.”
Junior at Washington High School

• Created by parents, teens and physicians
• Endorsed by the National Physicians Center for Family Resources
• California Education Code Compliant for Sex Education and HIV / AIDS Education
• Approved for use in Title V MCHB programs
• Medically accurate
• Scientifically-based Comprehensive Teacher Training Available
• Includes Many Classroom Activities Includes Many Student / Parent Activities Designed to Increase Communication
• ...and more

“I learned that the baby doesn’t grow in the stomach.
It grows in the uterus.”
7th Grade Newark Student

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Curriculum Note: Training Required for Implementation

Health & Relationships in the New Millennium

An interactive curriculum for teachers and students in public or private schools; intended for 7th/8th grade.

Includes:

• Teacher/Parent/Guardian Manual in a 3-ring binder format; each chapter features lesson objectives, key concepts & a thumbnail of chapter topics
• Color Overhead Transparencies
• Handout Masters for students and student/parent assignments
• Two year member-access to http://www.awaitandfind.org/ website for curriculum and resource updates.
• Cost*: $135 each
  - 5 units = $120 each

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Training

Live Teacher Training – highly recommended 8 hours of small group interaction, role-playing, lesson planning, and facilitation of typical and potentially unsettling student questions.
Cost: $1250 plus travel expenses.

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Support Materials

• Gertie Ball® Used as a part of the recommended in-class activity in Chapter 1. An inflatable and reusable ball (ships and stores in a compact box).
  Cost*: $3.98 each

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Pledge Cards

Used as a recommended tool in Chapter 11. A double-sided business card given to young people who choose to pledge to remain a virgin (or secondary virgin) until marriage. The card offers a place for signature and date. On the reverse side of the commitment pledge is a list of the benefits of sexual abstinence.

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"I’m Worth Waiting For”

Stickers Red foil heart sticker 3 1/4” with white message: “I’m Worth Waiting For.” Can be used as a student handout as a part of Chapter 8, or as a stand alone reward/incentive.

* plus shipping and handling charges

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