Healthy Relationships
Successfully Implementing an Abstinence Education Program
Scott Phelps, President, Abstinence and Marriage Education
This session will discuss the role of abstinence education as the best way for pregnancy care centers to be pro-active in seeking to prevent non-marital pregnancies and reducing abortion.
This interactive session provides effective ways to move beyond the simple negative portrayal
of the consequences of sexual activity to fashion a presentation that is uplifting and encouraging for students. The most effective programs are those that reach teens with a clearly reasoned, positive presentation on the benefits of abstinence until marriage as the safest, healthiest lifestyle. Topics include: 1) Why Marriage Matters in an Abstinence Program, 2) A Positive Approach to Abstinence Education, 3) Methods for Effectively Communicating the Abstinence Message, 4) Implementation methods for in Center Counseling, Public Schools, and Churches & Christian Schools.
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Session Three
Teaching Marriage to America’s Youth
Scott Phelps, Executive Director, Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership
According to University of Michigan researchers, 90% of high school seniors say that getting married and having a family is quite or extremely important to them. This workshop examines the central role of marriage in presenting the abstinence message either with clients or in school presentations. Includes current data and statistics on pregnancy and birth rates for teens and the role of marriage in reducing abortion. This workshop makes the case that presenting marriage as a goal is necessary in helping to inspire teens to save sex for marriage.
Clicking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Clarke Cayton, Extension Services Director, Life Choices Health Network
The dominant form of sexual education for a majority of American youth today comes through pornography. It shapes their expectations, normalizes behavior, and has a huge impact on their sexual and relational health. Likewise, social media has become the dominant platform for youth sexual relationships. Sexting, online hookups, Tinder, and Snapchat are fueling the sexual disintegration of youth culture leaving young men and women crushed and confused. This workshop will equip you to have knowledgeable conversations with your clients about their online lives, so that you can help them have healthier offline lives.
Operating from a Place of Strength: Developing a Whole Person Health Education Model
Ayinde Russell, Program Manager, A Promising Future
Whole person health education is about building competencies that improve the lives and relationships of young people. As an education model, it is not simply educating youth about the dangers involved in high risk behavior, but in teaching skills that develop their strengths as a whole person. This workshop will guide participants toward a whole person health perspective that involves teaching needed life skills to young people. This workshop will also demonstrate the benefits that a pregnancy center can experience as a valuable community partner by shifting educational programs in a proactive direction.