I Decide for Me:
6th Grade Program
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education: A 4 day (60 minute) or a 5 day (45 minute) presentation with relevant truth, compelling facts, and medically accurate data.
Day One
- Introduction of Clarity and the presenter
- Building intrinsic value – You Matter!
- Holistic Health Model – Whole Person Circle
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Emotional
- Social
- Ethical
- Goal Setting
- Identification of Trusted Adults
- Criteria includes:
- Someone over the age of 21
- Someone the student sees on a regular basis and can talk with
- Someone who is making healthy life choices and lives independently
- Criteria includes:
- Universal Human Trafficking Education
Day Two
- Physical development and puberty
- Human Sexuality Terminology:
- Gender defined as identification of male or female at birth
- Reproduction defined as the biological process by which a unique human life begins and grows.
- Puberty defined as the stage of human growth when a child’s body becomes an adult body capable of reproducing.
- Changes experienced in both males and females
- Changes in males
- Changes in females
- Information gathering/media influence
Day Three
- Introduction to the CDC’s Six Critical Health Behaviors
- Drugs and Alcohol
- Tobacco Use
- Unintentional Injuries
- Violence
- Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Sexual Behaviors
- Character building and healthy relationships
- Definitions of sexual abstinence and sexual abuse:
- Sexual activity defined as including physical contact between individuals involving intimate/private areas of the body that can potentially result in pregnancy, STIs, and/or emotional risks.
- Sexual abstinence defined as controlling the timing of sexual activity and choosing to save all sexual activity until marriage.
- Sexual Risk Avoidance Information
- Introduction to consequences of sexual activity
- Physical consequence of unplanned pregnancy
- Physical consequence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Emotional, intellectual, ethical, and social consequences
- Sexual Abuse Definition:
- Child sexual abuse defined as a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor: a child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity.
- Success Sequence
Day Four
- Self-Control
- Emotional Regulation
- Introduction to the risks of pornography
- Information gathering / media influence
- Students equipped with tools:
- Boundary setting and articulation
- High risk behavior refusal skills
- Assertive Language
- Coping skills
*Each I Decide for Me (IDFM) program uses anonymous, matched entry and exit surveys to confirm changes in attitude and knowledge for the purpose of measuring the program’s effectiveness.
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