Need to Adapt Your Sex Ed Program to a Virtual Format? We Can Help!
Given the new CDC school guidelines encouraging limiting of activities involving external groups or persons, organizations are faced with new challenges of providing high-quality sexual health education in an online-engaging format. In short, we must pivot our delivery methods or risk denying youth of important information they won’t get elsewhere. The HYD-PRC can help you make that shift.
The HYD-PRC’s expert training team is skilled at training health educators online and on a variety of evidence-based curricula. We also offer comprehensive technical assistance to organizations in effective adaptation and delivery of curricula in a virtual format. Our experienced team can provide training and technical support on:
- 20+ evidence-based sexual health curricula such as Making Proud Choices, Making a Difference, SHARP (Sexual Health and Adolescent Risk Behavior), Prime Time and Safer Sex Intervention (SSI)
- Evidence-informed sexual health curricula such as FLASH, 3Rs (Rights, Respect, Responsibility) and It’s That Easy! A Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children
- Adolescent sexual health promotion trainings such as Answering Sensitive Questions: Creating a Safe Space for Youth and trauma-informed sexual health education
The HYD-PRC can help you and your organization continue providing youth with sexual health education during this critical time. The HYD-PRC provides interactive, skills-building health education and training to increase youth-serving professionals' and organizations' capacities. With over two decades of experience, our training team, led by Jill Farris, is sought-after as consultants, educators, and trainers.
- Jill Farris, MPH, HYD-PRC Director of Sexual Health Training and Education, is certified in nearly two dozen evidence-based programs. Additionally, she provides capacity-building assistance to professionals implementing evidence-based practices and working with youth in a variety of settings - clinics, schools, foster care, juvenile justice, faith communities, and more. Farris is a national expert on fidelity, adaptation, and implementation of evidence-based sexual health programs for youth.
- Jennifer Oliphant, EdD, MPH, HYD-PRC Community Outreach Coordinator, has a doctorate in education and is an expert in online teaching. She is responsible for the virtual training of UMN pediatric medical residents and doctoral students. She is a co-author of Prime Time, a DHHS- and CDC-recognized evidence-based sexual health curriculum, a contributor and trainer for It's That Easy!, and a subject matter expert in the 2020 series of books, Strong Healthy Girls.
- Abigail Gadea, MSW, MPP, LISW, Research Implementation Specialist and HYD-PRC Deputy Director, excels as a relational coach and trainer with expertise in Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry approaches. She participated in the development, implementation, and evaluation of Encuentro, a sexual health curriculum for Latinx teens and their families. As a bilingual and bicultural native Spanish speaker, she provides training and technical assistance to organizations working with Latinx communities. Gadea is also co-developer of Whole Learners©, a teacher professional development program providing tailored training and coaching to middle school teachers, offered both online and in person.
To learn more about us and explore how we can make your pivot to online sexual health education possible, please visit our website or contact Jill Farris at [email protected].