What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I am currently working on the development of a curriculum entitled Talking With Your Child About Sexuality: A Parents/Caregivers Curriculum, funded by the CDC and informed by a diverse Advisory Committee on which Bill Taverner of CFLE participated, along with a number of other distinguished scholars… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I currently work for Bronx Teens Connection, an adolescent pregnancy prevention program out of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. We are a community-wide initiative to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health through 4 components: evidence-based sexual health education programs, access to high… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on?I serve on a national advisory council for research supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to create evidence-based curricula for a trauma informed approach to sex education for vulnerable children and teens. Additionally, I’m writing a book chapter entitled, “Encouraging Sexual Health in Youth With Problematic… Read more »
What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? I am designing an innovative curriculum based on the philosophy of the Children’s Aid Society-Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. The project is titled ABOVE THE WAIST: Beginning with the Brain and incorporates cutting edge research in the field of adolescent brain development to support healthy sexual… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? Evaluating the impact of Our Whole Lives (OWL) training and facilitation has with our Community/School Health Educator Majors and how it enhances or improves improves their confidence in teaching sexuality education, and how it shapes their future career choices, and how they used the training… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I’m continuing to talk about the reality of young men’s sexuality, as described in my book “Challenging Casanova: Beyond the stereotype of the promiscuous young male.” Rebecca Plante and I have also begun discussing Campus Sexual Culture. We believe high schools and colleges need to thinking… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? After teaching sexuality courses for twelve years for the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis, I recently accepted a position as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Sexuality Studies for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Traditionally, social… Read more »
What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? As a Sexual Health Educator, I provide staff development & training on a multitude of LGBTQI Health Concerns including Interpersonal/Sexual/Domestic Violence. I also develop curriculum for health care providers for the School of Nursing and Medical Schools on LGBTQI Cultural Competency and Eliminating Health Disparity for… Read more »
What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? I am currently working on writing new lessons that integrate teaching identity, power and sexual health. These lessons tackle structural violence and institutional oppression as they manifest in our sexual identities. Right now, I am also helping my community transition to having a school-based health… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I am very interested in the intersection between sexuality education and social justice education. I’ve recently designed a workshop called “Just Sex: Sex, Social Justice, and Pleasure” that applies social justice principles to topics in sexuality education. Bio: Al Vernacchio is the Sexuality Educator at… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? My newest is Inside Out: Your Body Is Amazing Inside Out and Belongs ONLY to You. It’s a body-positive child abuse prevention program. Inside Out is a culturally-inclusive, body-positive, affirming approach to child abuse prevention that encourages young people to love and respect themselves. Inside Out sets… Read more »
Photo by: HUE photography What project(s) in sex ed are you currently working on? I’m currently writing for the blog My Sex Professor. While the blog isn’t what most people may think of when they hear of “teaching,” I think it’s a very innovative way of teaching and being able to interact with a broad range of… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? I use my training as a sexuality educator to focus on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention. My current projects include synthesizing research on school climate with best practices in sex education, bullying prevention and harassment prevention. I work with school districts in NJ and PA on programs, policies and procedures… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? A million things! Two of the big highlights would be starting up a new sex-ed program for an entire all-girl’s middle school and doing a lot to put LGBTQ domestic violence on the map as an issue in Rhode Island. With a healthy relationships and… Read more »
What project(s) in Sex Ed are you currently working on? Answer recently released our latest online professional development workshop, “Boys and Sex Ed: Beyond Statistics and Stereotypes.” This workshop seeks to address the gender imbalance within sexuality education, which tends to focus on girls and young women, by demonstrating how to teach in ways that… Read more »
What project in sex ed are you currently working on? My current passion is working to bring together the fields of sexuality education and sexual violence prevention. I provide professional trainings around the intersection of healthy sexuality and sexual violence prevention for organizations in both arenas. This summer I will present on this topic at the National Sexual… Read more »
What project in sex ed are you currently working on? I’m excited to be coordinating The Pleasure Chest – Chicago’s educational program, which offers over 60 classes at no charge each year on topics ranging from basic sexuality to specialty topics encompassing the range of ages, genders, and orientations. In my off-hours time, I write… Read more »
What project(s) are you currently working on in Sex Ed? This year, The SPECTRUM, the LGBTQA youth safe-haven I founded in 2006, turns 7 years old! I’ve done my best to provide hundreds of queer and allied youth with education, recreation and support. Helping them grow into sexually healthy adults is some of the most… Read more »
What project in sex ed are you currently working on? I am a sex educator for Masakhane Center in Newark, NJ. I have worked with Covenant House, the local young adults homeless shelter, Renaissance House, an expectant mothers drug rehabilitation center, and several high schools as well as youth groups in the summer time. Masakhane… Read more »
What project in sex ed are you currently working on? I just launched my 6 month women’s sexuality program, The Sexually Empowered Life, in NYC. It’s designed to help women do deep work on their sexual selves and it uses a powerful combination of group coaching, education about the sexual body, self-exploration and more drawing… Read more »
