Foundational Values
The following are the foundational values of the I Decide For Me curriculum:
We will be directive:
- Presenting a reasonable approach – not emotionally charged or sensational
- Emphasizing every person is valuable, worth protecting, and worth respecting
- Directing to the healthiest/best lifestyle choices
- Encouraging sexual integrity (abstinence until marriage)
- Defining abstinence as the restraint from all sexual activity
- Addressing consent must accompany sexual activity
- Teaching that a sex drive is healthy, normal, and controllable
- Presenting a character-based approach, which teaches abstinence until marriage as the behavior standard
- Teaching that sexual activity can be positive and healthy within marriage
- Encouraging secondary abstinence
- Aiding in the development of self-respect, character, and integrity
We will encourage guidance and mentorship:
- Pointing students toward trusted, Go-To adults for discussions and involvement
- Empowering families and students to set boundaries both personally and within relationships
- Seeking to establish a foundation of responsibility and accountability
We will teach from a Whole Person Perspective:
- Emphasizing a whole-person approach – physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and ethical/spiritual
- Teaching that healthy decisions have healthy outcomes holistically
- Stressing freedoms derived from saying “No”
- Empowering students towards dignity and ethical behaviors
- Using a comprehensive, holistic health model that uses facts, data, and real-life examples
We will be Medically Accurate:
- Teaching age-appropriate material
- Presenting fact-based, not fear-based, material
- Teaching the difference between risk avoidance and risk reduction
- Providing as-current data as possible from diverse resources
- Redefining slang terms by using more accurate language
- Helping students to discern the unhealthy messages from our media and culture, and the motivation behind such messages
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