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Education and Training Programs

Planned Parenthood of Indiana believes that all people deserve medically-accurate, comprehensive and culturally sensitive sexuality education and sexual health information. We offer our professional education and training services to parents, teachers, community groups, professional associations, students and youth groups, and other organizations to build capacity to work effectively in providing sexuality information.

Our Education staff is a highly trained and credentialed group of professionals who can address your needs for sexuality and sexual health information. We can provide custom-designed programs to increase your capacity to teach about human sexuality issues and promote healthy adolescent development.

Below you’ll see a list of the presentation topics we most frequently offer. If you don’t see the topic you’re interested in, let us know!

Human Development
Carrera/Children’s Aid Society model for healthy youth development
Human sexuality 101
Puberty education
Reproductive anatomy and physiology
Sexual orientation and attraction

Relationships
Breaking up
Date rape and dating violence prevention
Healthy relationships
Sexual harassment prevention
What is love? Looking at personal and cultural perceptions

Personal Skills
Body image and self-esteem
Exploration and clarification of life goals for youth
Family communication about sexuality for parents and caregivers
Safer sexuality
Sexual decision-making and communication skills

Sexual Behavior and Sexual Health
Abstinence
Adolescent pregnancy (trends, prevention skills, program development, and best practices)
Abortion
Breast & testicular self-exam
Contraceptive methods (including update on new technologies)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues
HIV/AIDS
People with disabilities: education for clients and service providers
Sexuality education skills for professionals
Sexuality through the lifespan/Issues facing older adults
Sexually transmitted disease prevention

Society and Culture
Cultural competency and diversity training
Gender/Transgender issues
Intersex individuals (advanced discussion)
Population issues (reproduction, natural resources, math models, and international statistics)
SAR: Sexual Attitude Reassessment
Sexuality and the media
Spirituality and sexuality

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