Professional Trainings

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Be able to identify and understand the stages of adolescence.
• Increase knowledge of adolescent struggles.
• Understand the positives and negatives of adolescent risk taking.
• Learn strategies to help adolescent’s live healthy and responsible lives.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Understand the different types of sensitive questions.
• Be aware of the effective strategies and steps used while answering sensitive questions.
• Be aware of “red flag” questions.
• Increase comfort level in answering sensitive questions.

After completing lesson, participants will:

• Be able to identify the various methods and non-methods of birth control available in the United States.
• Be able to describe how each method works, the advantages and disadvantages of the methods, and the process by which they can be obtained.
• Be able to answer common questions around birth control.
• Understand factors associated with youth and different birth control methods.
• Be aware of laws pertinent to minors.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Understand the role of sex and intimacy in relationships.
• Define different components of relationships.
• Be aware of relationship variations.
• Understand conflicts role in relationships, and learn strategies to navigate conflict.
• Identify effective communication strategies in relationships.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Understand the current statistics surrounding sexually exploited youth.
• Understand the difference between sex work and human trafficking.
• Understand the layers and systems that contribute to the demand for sex trafficking.
• Become familiar with terminology used in the commercial sex trafficking.
• Become familiar with tactics used to sexually exploit youth.
• Learn resources for sexually exploited youth in their community.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Understand the mission of Planned Parenthood.
• Understand the services provided by Planned Parenthood and identify closest health center.
• Become familiar with accessing our services.
• Describe the different laws that impact patient privacy.
• Define and describe mandated reporting for youth and adults.

After completing this training, participants will:

• Define reproductive justice.
• Identify intersectional factors that impact sexual and reproductive health.
• Describe major sexual and reproductive health disparities.
• Identify laws that bar access to reproductive healthcare.
• Become familiar with the history of laws around reproductive health.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Understand sex chromosomes and common chromosomal abnormalities.
• Identify sexual and reproductive hormones.
• Explain the sexual response cycle.
• Distinguish between the different types of orgasms, and challenges to orgasms.

After completing this training, participants will:

• Understand social detriments of health.
• Define factors that impact health disparities.
• Identify health disparities in reproductive and sexual health.
• Explain reproductive justice.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Increase knowledge and skills to create a safer environment for LGBTQ+ youth.
• Understand correct terminology surround LGBTQ+ community.
• Be aware of the continuums of sexual identities.
• Create strategies for ensuring the safety of LGBTQ+ youth.
• Recognize gender roles and their origins.
• Identity how gender and sexual orientation impacts reproductive and sexual health.

After completing this training, participants will:

• Give examples of physical changes to sexuality that happens over a lifetime.
• Recognize factors that impact relationships over a lifetime.
• Identify main reasons and treatments to infertility.
• Describe ways to manage the physical and hormonal changes that happen during menopause.
• Recognize the physical barriers to sex and aging.
• Learn skills on how to continue a healthy and sex life while aging.

After completing the lesson, participants will:

• Be able to define sexuality.
• Understand the stages of sexual development.
• Understand the two types of sexuality education.
• Increase awareness of the California laws surrounding sexuality education.
• Define a sexually healthy adult.

After completing the training, participants will:

• Define sexuality.
• Describe the stages of behavior change and how they impact decisions regarding sexuality.
• Differentiate between values and facts.
• Interpret their personal values and how they impact working with others in regards to sexuality.

After completing lesson, participants will:

• Be able to name six of the most common STIs.
• Be able to identify symptoms of STIs.
• Be able to identify various treatment possibilities for STIs.
• Understand the difference between viral and bacterial STIs.
• Be able to identify curable versus incurable STIs.
• Understand that there are different tests for each STI.
• Understand that all STIs are preventable and treatable.

After completing this training, participants will:

• Define trauma and trauma-informed care.
• Describe two effects that trauma has on the brain.
• Identify two examples each of a trauma-informed environment and trauma-informed language.
• Explain one tactic they can use to create a trauma-informed environment in their work.

After completing this training, participants will:

• Define trauma and trauma-informed care.
• Describe two effects that trauma has on the brain.
• Identify two examples each of a trauma-informed environment and trauma-informed language.
• Define Self-Care.
• Understand vicarious trauma.
• Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy modes of self-care.
• Describe techniques to with others or themselves in moments of trauma.