Making Sense of Abstinence: Lessons for Comprehensive Sex Education - Softcover
Synopsis
Making Sense of Abstinence is a collection of 16 lessons for teaching about sexual abstinence in the context of comprehensive sexuality education. It is a curriculum that takes abstinence beyond a one-dimensional scope of 'just say no,' utilizing positive and engaging activities to help young people think about abstinence in a way that values their ability to make decisions.
Sample lessons include such titles as So What's An Abstinence Anyway?; Hey, Mom? Hey, Dad? Hey...Gram? Can We Talk about Abstinence?; Just Say Know; Masturbation: A Touchy Subject; Handling Horny and Some Day: Making the Transition from Sexual Abstinence
The manual has received praise from sexuality educators for expanding the way sexuality education teaches about abstinence, and for teaching the subject in a positive way, unlike other fear-based approaches.
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About the Author
Bill Taverner is the director of The Center for Family Life Education and editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Sexuality Education. Sue Montfort is a senior sexual health educator with The Center for Family Life Education
Review
Making Sense of Abstinence succeeds brilliantly in making the topic of abstinence intelligent, thought-provoking, imaginative, respectful, and downright engaging. These lessons provide educators a much-needed opportunity to teach, not preach. Students will deeply appreciate the authors willingness to be honest with them and to provide them with accurate and balanced information. They will learn that there is a long continuum of behaviors between saying no and doing it that will keep them safe, not sorry. Educators will feel more secure about teaching tough topics such as oral sex, masturbation, and outercourse, when they see they are allied with discussion about personal values, decision-making, and communication. [Helps] all our teens get the complete information and protective skills they need and deserve to make smart, safe decisions. --Susan N. Wilson
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- PublisherPlanned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0984301429
- ISBN 13 9780984301423
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages136
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