• Facilitating sex education effectively requires unique skills to create safe and supportive environments and promote student learning. Teachers often receive limited training in these core skills. Foundations offers a convenient full day training which covers these skills:
  •  Climate Setting
  •  Values Exploration
  •  Managing Self-Disclosure
  •  Responding to Challenging Questions
  Upon completion of the full day Foundations course, we also offer half-day supplemental modules on:
  •  Commonly used Sex Ed Strategies
  •  Cultural Proficiency in Sex Education
  •  LGBTQ Inclusive Sex Ed
  •  Trauma-Informed Approaches

  For more information about Foundations, visit https://foundationstraining.org/
  To discuss scheduling a Foundations Training, contact Meg Boyko, Executive Director at 314-884-8275

• Sexual Health 101 is a daylong training that is great for teachers, nurses, counselors, parents, youth serving professionals, anyone new to the field of adolescent sexual health or in need of an update.
  Topics will include:
  • Reproductive Anatomy, Physiology and Adolescent Development
  • What works
  • Creative ways to talk about sex with teens
  • STI update
  • Today’s LGBTQ Issues
  • Contraceptive Technology Update
  • Handling parent’s concerns

The 2020 National Sexuality Education Standards Trainings are updated to introduce the 2nd edition of the NSES and can be delivered by grade level along with related Department of Elementary and Secondary Education General Level Expectations! We would be happy to bring these trainings to your organization, please contact us for more information.

At National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES) Trainings experts in each field give trainings for participants to become knowledgeable and comfortable with the information needed to provide high quality sexual health education to youth.  Participants may choose to attend one of 3 trainings which cover all 7 NSES topics by grade level (Elementary, Middle or High School).  NSES Trainings cover the standards in:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Puberty and Adolescent Sexual Development
• Gender Identity and Expression
• Sexual Orientation and Identity
• Sexual Health
• Consent Healthy Relationships
• Interpersonal Violence

The National Sexuality Education Standards came from FoSE, and more information about the standards can be found here.

TPPP will partner with Eyes Open Iowa to provided grade level workshops for the 2nd Edition of the National Sexuality Education Standards in December 2020 and January 2021. Visit the website calendar or contact Meg Boyko for more information.

TPPP has staff trained in several evidence-based and evidence-informed sexuality and teen pregnancy prevention curriculum, including Making a Difference and Rights, Respect, Responsibility (3Rs). Contact us to review options and schedule a training for your organization.

TPPP would be happy to tailor a training to your organization's need. Contact us for further information.