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The Planned Parenthood Arizona Education Department provides education on a variety of sexual health topics in a wide variety of community settings. Our programming promotes and embraces sexuality as an essential lifelong aspect of being human, and empowers individuals to make healthy choices.

Working with communities throughout Arizona, we offer education programs and support to parents, youth, teachers, and youth serving professionals that help to foster an understanding of human sexuality and encourages responsible behavior.

For Schools and the Community
Planned Parenthood Arizona’s school-based sexual health education program is designed to support the development of healthy sexual attitudes and behaviors in students 12-18 years of age. In 2010, Planned Parenthood Arizona will begin the adoption of a modified version of Family Life and Sexual Health (FLASH) Curriculum, consisting of 10-12 lessons addressing topics related to sexual behavior, relationships, personal skills, and sexual health. The FLASH curriculum, developed by the Seattle-King County Health Department in Washington, embraces an abstinence-based approach, while providing information related to the prevention of pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The curriculum has been adopted and widely used in several school districts throughout the country.  Like other education programs offered by Planned Parenthood Arizona, it rests on a foundation of positive and healthy sexuality across the life span, ensures discussion about a wide spectrum of beliefs on sensitive issues, and values family involvement. The modified FLASH program affords school districts the opportunity to bring a more comprehensive and medically accurate approach to their sexual health education programs. Planned Parenthood Arizona will partner with schools to deliver the program in the delivery of the program to students. For more information contact education@ppaz.org.

Planned Parenthood Arizona wants to ensure that the communities we serve receive reliable information about sexuality and reproductive health. We offer age-appropriate, culturally competent, medically accurate and interactive presentations in a safe, fun, and engaging learning environment that is empowering for every learner. We provide these presentations in a variety of settings-schools, community colleges and universities, public libraries, and community organizations.

Topics include:
- Birth Control Methods
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Healthy Relationships
- Planned Parenthood Services

Planned Parenthood Arizona educators have the expertise to design and offer customized presentations, workshops and trainings to meet the needs of most groups. For more information about this service, contact education@ppaz.org.

For Parents
Planned Parenthood Arizona seeks to support parents in their role as the primary sexuality educator of their children. Parents are the greatest influence on teen sexual decision-making, according to a survey of adolescents released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. While we acknowledge that many parents struggle with talking with their children about sexuality, we encourage open family communication about this topic. Our parent workshops underscore the belief that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living and that children learn about sexuality beginning in infancy and continue to learn throughout their lives. Each of our workshops offers something different.  A parent(s) could attend all three workshops and leave each time with an increased knowledge of and renewed confidence in their role as the primary sexuality educators of their children. Our current workshop offerings include -

- Being An “Askable” Parent – The focus of this workshop is helping parents to identify messages they received about sexuality growing up and identify their personal goals for their children around the issues of sexuality.
- Parents as Sexuality Educators – With this workshop, parents become familiar with sexual development across the lifespan and examine their own values and attitudes related to their role as the primary sexuality educator of their children.
- Parent and Teen Night – This highly interactive workshop provides parents and teens with an opportunity to learn more about sexuality issues that goes beyond factual information and helps facilitate future conversations.

To find out more about where to attend one of the workshops outlined above, see our calendar, or contact education@ppaz.org.