Words Matter: A Guide to Inclusive Language for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthOctober 2024Language shapes our world, and the words we choose can build bridges or barriers. That’s why, across fields and industries, experts agree: Words matter. Words carry...
Sex Ed 101 for Educators2024*Updated from The Teacher's Guide to Sex Ed (2018)Whether you're a teacher, health educator, sex educator, peer educator, program facilitator, or any other kind of youth-supporting professional providing sex ed programming for young people,...
Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition)2023Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition) is a 10-session, evidence-based prevention curriculum specifically designed for adolescents ages 13–18 in systems of care. Power Through Choices was...
This initiative was established to improve statewide coordination & multidisciplinary collaboration in responding to human trafficking involving children & youth.Where We Started Healthy Teen Network supported the Maryland Human Trafficking Initiative. This...
Positive Prevention Plus Implementation, Observation, & Reporting Guidance2022A big part of the True You Maryland project involves implementing Positive Prevention Plus (3P) in schools and communities. 3P is an evidence-based, comprehensive family life and human...
Adolescent Health EquityOctober 2021Educators and providers must ensure equitable access to sexual health care and resources for all youth—regardless of their ability, race or ethnicity, or sexual orientation and identity. Speakers Desiree Smith and Jerrica Davis of...
Adolescent Sexual Health Equity During COVID-19June 2021Join True You Maryland for this engaging and informative training hosted by Dr. Crystal Tyler, Executive Director of Ci3 at The University of Chicago. The goal of this training is to provide an overview of how...
Bringing together partners in six rural Maryland counties to advance the sexual health and well-being of youth here at home.Where We Started Young people in rural counties experience a range of health disparities. That’s because rural communities often face challenges...
TIP SHEETHPV Answering the FAQs You Hear from Young PeopleHuman Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common STI in the United States but perhaps one of the most misunderstood. To prepare you to talk with young people about HPV, we’ve got the answers to their most...
Teen Access to Reproductive Healthcare in MarylandFebruary 2021This training will equip you with all of the pertinent information regarding Maryland State Laws and minors accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare including preventative health services, abortion...
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Keeping It Real and Professional Part 2: Answering Challenging QuestionsFebruary 2021Educators and facilitators are often torn between the desire to connect with students/youth while answering their questions comprehensively and the desire to maintain appropriate...
Keeping It Real and Professional Part 1: The Wondrous Landscape of Teaching Sex EdJanuary 2021Teaching sex ed can be rewarding…but also complicated! Human service professionals are often torn between the desire to connect with clients and teach from a non-judgmental...
Case Studies: What Does It Take to Implement Quality Sexual Health Education?May 2018In 2013, the Division of Adolescent School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC DASH) awarded 17 Local Education Agencies (LEA) funding to strengthen sexual...
We Must Do Better To Engage Young Fathers: Here's HowDecember 2020Are you providing supports and services for young fathers and struggling to engage them? Have you asked them about their experience or what can you do to make them feel comfortable and welcome? If...
Are Title IX and Maryland Law Protecting Expectant and Parenting Young People?December 2020Almost 50 years later after Title IX was enacted, young people who are expectant and parenting are still experiencing outright sex-based discrimination and are stigmatized so...
Everyone Wins!: Co-Parenting Can Work for All2020As a partner on Map 2 Success, a project of the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Health, Healthy Teen Network developed this poster, as a complement to Protect Your Rights and You're Excused!...
You're Excused!2020In the United States, students who are pregnant or parenting have rights, protected under Title IX and Maryland law. As a partner on Map 2 Success, a project of the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Health, Healthy Teen...
ConsentU Choose to Know Digest, 2018Consent is an important topic for kids of all ages. We start by teaching young children about basic personal and physical boundaries, but by the time the teen years roll around, they need detailed information about consent in terms...
Communication & Co-Parenting Strategies for Working with Young ParentsPresentation, Training, & Technical Assistance AvailableYoung people who are pregnant or parenting often face unique challenges face in supporting their children. Professionals can support...
Evidence-Based Programs & CurriculaPresentations, Trainings, Training-of-Facilitators, Trainings-of-Trainers, & Technical AssistanceWe can help you build-buy in for evidence-based programs, select the program that fits your needs, prepare your health educators...
Power Through Choices Training-of-FacilitatorsAvailable Online & In-PersonReady to implement the only proven effective curriculum designed for and with youth involved in systems of care? We'll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power...
Power Through ChoicesTraining-of-Trainers Available In-Person (Online, Coming Soon!)Do you have a team of trainers experienced at building the capacity of adult professionals? A Training-of-Trainers, or a TOT, prepares experienced trainers to conduct a...
Teaching Strategies for Sex EducationTraining Available Online & In-PersonWhy do we need to use a variety of teaching strategies when teaching sex education? Which ones work best, and why? What can go wrong, and what can we do about it? In this training, we'll...
We help you talk about the hard stuff.Where We Started Getting school and community partners to work together is so important for improving sexual health education and services. In any given community, there are often many programs and services working with young...
The only proven effective sexual health program designed with and for youth in systems of care.Where We Started After years of supporting their efforts and providing training and technical assistance, Healthy Teen Network acquired Power Through Choices, the...
Improving the support network for Baltimore City young people, ages 12-24, who are pregnant and parenting.Where We Started Baltimore City’s teen birth rate (32.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15–19) is more than double Maryland’s 15.9 teen birth rate and represents...
LGBTQ+ 101Training Available Online & In-PersonHow can sex educators ensure that students of all sexualities and genders feel seen and affirmed? This training covers the basic knowledge instructors need to feel competent leading discussions and answering...
Creating a Comfortable ClimateTraining Available Online & In-PersonThis training helps sex education instructors ensure they are using best practices when it comes to setting the tone for discussions, answering questions, preventing challenging situations, and...
Why All-Gender Classrooms Work U Choose to Know Digest, 2020Discussing gender in the classroom can be a difficult task for some teachers and staff. Challenging situations can come up, like students having different perspectives on the subject matter or dealing with...
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