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.
Use an intersectional lens to examine heterosexual and cisgender biases, and expand your understanding of educators’ crucial role in supporting and advocating for LGBTQ+ youth.
Review basic terms through a social justice lens, learn the impacts of related -isms on youth, and make use of evidence-based tools for supporting and advocating for LGBTQ+ youth.
Support your adolescent healthcare practice with TALK: Toolkit for Adolescent Care’s resources and training. TALK provides skills, scripts, and examples that can be put to immediate use, and can adapt to your team’s needs. Training is customizable and can range from a one-hour “Lunch and Learns” to a multi-week series of one-hour interactive sessions. format. A multi-session format builds participants’ Motivational Interviewing skills – and opportunities to apply them – using supportive one-page TALK tools.
Review basic terms through a social justice lens, learn the impacts of related -isms on youth, and make use of evidence-based tools for supporting and advocating for LGBTQ+ youth.
Learn how humans experience and express their sexuality through sensuality, intimacy, identity, behavior, reproduction, and sexualization, and connect the “circles” through individual attitudes, values, and beliefs.
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.
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.
Many students in our schools identify as a gender or sexual minority. A 2020 survey found that 40% of LGBTQ respondents seriously considered attempting suicide in the past twelve months, with more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth having seriously considered suicide (Trevor Project, 2020). Participants will identify ways to support gender and sexual minorities in their schools and learn skills for being a more inclusive educator.
Analyze the most recent Minnesota youth sexual health data and trends, compare MN to its regional and national peers, and translate this information into serving youth better.