We know that answering sensitive questions can feel difficult and daunting to even the most experienced health teachers. This course is designed to help you explore the various techniques and tips to help you tackle these questions. We hope that you walk away feeling empowered with new skills you can draw upon to make answering sensitive questions less daunting and more comfortable.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction
- Establish Community Agreements (0:22)
- Utilize A Classroom Question box
- The Healthy and Safe Framework
- Use Door Openers, not Door Closers (1:23)
- The S.O.Y. Method
- Keep It General, Don't Disclose Unnecessarily (0:29)
- Don't Be Afraid to not Know Something (1:19)
- Adhere to curriculum topics
- Be Aware of and Support Cultural, Religious, and Familial Differences (0:52)
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Some information about us...
New York City Teens Connection brings together youth, parents, community-based organizations, schools, clinics, and citywide agencies in a comprehensive effort to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unintended teen pregnancy. NYC Teens Connection supports evidence-based sexual health programs in schools, helps link schools to nearby quality clinics for teens, and increases community awareness about teen sexual health.
A program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), we are funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs (OPA), and work closely with the New York City Department of Education (DOE). We started as a comprehensive effort in the Bronx in 2010. In 2015 we expanded to all five boroughs. Since our origin, we have provided over 75,000 youth with quality, comprehensive sexual health education.