Parent Resources for Talking to Children about Sexuality
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/
Talking with Kids is a national initiative by Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation
to encourage parents to talk with their children earlier and more often about the tough
issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol and drug abuse.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents
Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates believes that it can best serve the field by boldly advocating for a more positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health
http://parentguide.dpsk12.org/parent_power/about_sex.html
From the Denver, Colorado Public Schools Parent Guide. This is a handout with tips for parents to talk about sex with their children from Pre-School through Adolescence.
http://www.parenting-ed.org/
This site contains general parenting information. It is hosted and maintained by the Arkansas State Parent Information Resource Center
http://www.etr.org/recapp/index.htm
ReCAPP- Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention- provides practical tools and information to effectively reduce sexual risk-taking behavior. Teachers and Health Educators will find up to date evaluated programming materials to help with their work with teens
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/parent-child.php
From the University of California at San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention, this is a fact sheet with tips for parents.
http://www.sexedlibrary.org/
The SexEdLibrary is the most comprehensive online sex ed resource in the country. SexEdLibrary provides access to lesson plans covering virtually every topic related to sexuality. This resource is a project of SIECUS (the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States).
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/cs/ofi/papa/
Resources for Parenting and Paternity Awareness (Rights and Responsibilities of Teenage Parents) from the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Also www.papa@oag.state.tx.us
Existing Prevention Models & Early Education
http://www.parentsasteachers.org
Parents as Teachers is the overarching program philosophy providing parents with child development knowledge and parenting support.
http://national.unitedway.org/sb6/
United Way Success By 6 is a network of early childhood coalitions focused on improving school readiness through community change.
This is a site with many parenting resources featuring the Born Learning materials.
http://www.religiousinstitute.org/curricula.html
The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing offers faith communities a wide range of specialized sexuality
education curricula designed for preschool, youth and adults.
http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/healthyfam/teenage-pregnancy.html
Solutions for America offers resources for community based strategies, research and web connections to address challenging issues. The Health Families and Children segment explores successfully implemented STD and teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Partnering Parents and Educators
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy contains a broad
spectrum of resources and seeks to improve the well-being of children,
youth, families and the nation by preventing unplanned and teen
pregnancy.
http://www.nasbe.org/
The National Association of State Boards of
Education. Researching this site could be helpful in understanding
state-wide public education policies as they are related to working with
local Boards of Education.
http://www.medinstitute.org/
The Medical Institute for Sexual Health is a non-profit medical, educational and research organization. The Medical Institute identifies and evaluates scientific information, promoting healthy and responsible decisions and behavior to stem the epidemics of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Peer Resources
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/peereducation.htm
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
http://www.justsayyes.org/
Just Say Yes is a non-profit organization with the mission to enhance youth's ability to live healthy and successful lives through educating, motivating and equipping students, parents and teachers with proven resources that focus on abstinence and character-centric life choices for youth.
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