Looking for expert trainings tailored to your needs? The offerings in the image below showcase our custom training services, designed to address the specific needs of your school or organization. From leading sexual health curriculums to creating inclusive learning spaces, our dedicated training team is here to ensure your goals are comprehensively met.
This training is a brief overview of various forms of sexual violence, including rape, sexual harassment, and stalking, in addition to the importance of consent. We will discuss SB401 and look at how that has impacted sexual violence prevention education in schools. We will review curriculum options and programs for addressing this mandate.
Increase your knowledge of the latest sexual and reproductive health practices and research. Participants will learn more about data and trends in adolescent sexual health, explore self-disclosure and professional boundaries, and practice answering tough questions.
Participants learn best practices for answering sensitive questions, gain the confidence necessary to handle questions that arise, and in so doing, increase their ability to create a safe, open, and effective learning environment for youth.
Foundations aims to ensure that educators are equipped with the skills needed to effectively facilitate student learning, create safe and inclusive classroom environments and provide opportunities for meaningful skill-building and values exploration, regardless of the specific curriculum they teach. Training topics include:
Creating a Safe and Inclusive Classroom EnvironmentEffectively Facilitate Student LearningValues Exploration, Self-Disclosure & Answering Sensitive Questions
Additional half day trainings that can be added to the above trainings:
Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles, and behavioral change.
Virtual Professional Development is a simulated classroom where teachers can practice teaching student avatars using short scenarios and support from an instructional coach, so they can quickly learn and master the skills they most need to be effective. With upper elementary, middle and high school classrooms, Virtual PD has scenarios for teachers of all grade levels across a wide range of topics aligned with the Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE).
Cardea offers training on a range of content and skills to support effective sexual health education implementation. Training options include existing training modules or customized training to support the needs of your faculty or staff.
Topics can include:
Cardea, in collaboration with Answer, has developed Foundations: Core Skills Training for Sex Ed. This national training model includes a one-day core skills curriculum, with four supplemental, half-day modules on essential concepts to support sexual health education implementation.
The one-day training address a range of core facilitation skills including:
This interactive two-day training is full of engaging activities and discussions about teaching sex education. This training will help lay the building blocks for new educators and is a great refresher for those already in the field. Participants will gain heightened comfort levels of sexual health topics including: