REAL Life Kit

Planned Parenthood has prepared these resources for educators, parents, administrators, and community members who are concerned with sexuality and family life education. In some cases the information overlaps — some of the pieces may be used independently of the others.

	Balanced and Responsible Sexuality Education An Introduction	Planned Parenthood's position on balanced and responsible sexuality education
	What You Should Know About Sexuality Education	An overview of the issues, the studies, and the rationale for responsible sexuality education.
	The Truth About Abstinence Only Curricula	What's wrong with the abstinence only approach.
	Opponents of Comprehensive Sexuality Education — from SIECUS' Website	SIECUS' fact sheet is a list of national organizations that oppose sexuality education.
	How a Child Learns	Considerations about the context in which effective sexuality education takes place.
	Choosing a Sexuality Education Curriculum	Issues to consider when looking for a curriculum or program approach.
	Resources Evaluating Sexuality Education Programs	A discussion of what works and what doesn't, and how to make sense of what the "experts" say.
	Selected Sexuality Education Curricula & Resources	Suggested educational resources, grouped by content/audience.
	Advocating for Responsible Sexuality Education	How to organize support for responsible sexuality education.
	Sexuality Education and the Law	Questions to ask about legal requirements for sexuality family life education in your community, and examples of legal action.
	Working with School Boards to Advocate for Responsible and Balanced Sexuality Education	Steps that can be taken to have school boards advocate for responsible and balanced sexuality education.
	Additional Sexuality Education Resources	Organizations that provide support for educators and parents concerned with reality-based programs.
	School Board Worksheet	Charts and evaluates progress as a school board monitoring project is developed.

Questions?
Email education@ppfa.org