Education: Professionals


Services

Professional training series
Tailored programming for your organization
Business consulting services
Links and online resources

Professional Training Series

Each year, Institute on Sexual Health, offers a series of professional training opportunities geared to address aspects of sexuality that affect community health and well-being, from high-risk behavior among youth, to the needs of seniors, minorities, and people with disabilities.

Tailored Programming

In addition to our professional training calendar, our staff of trainers can tailor a specific program to meets the needs of your clients and organization. Our trainers provide programming on topics including:

Human Development
Carrera/Children’s Aid Society model for healthy youth development
Human sexuality 101
Puberty education
Reproductive anatomy and physiology
Sexual orientation and attraction

Relationships
Breaking up
Date rape and dating violence prevention
Healthy relationships
Love (What is love? Looking at personal and cultural perceptions)
Sexual harassment prevention

Personal Skills
Body image and self-esteem
Family communication about sexuality skills for parents and caregivers
Safer sexuality (prevention of unintended pregnancy and STDs)
Sexual decision-making and communication skills
Values/future goals (exploration and clarification of life goals for youth)

Sexual Behavior and Sexual Health
Abstinence
Adolescent pregnancy (trends, prevention skills, program development, and best practices)
Abortion
Breast & testicular self-exam
Contraceptive methods (including update on new technologies)
GLBT (Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender health issues)
People with disabilities: education for clients and service providers
Sexuality education skills for professionals
Sexuality through the lifespan/Issues facing older adults
Sexually transmitted diseases (prevention of)

Society and Culture
Cultural competency and diversity training
Intersex individuals (advanced discussion)
Population issues (reproduction, natural resources, math models, and international statistics)
SAR: Sexual Attitude Reassessment
Sexuality and the media
Spirituality and sexuality
Transgender issues

To find out more about tailoring a program for your organization, please email central.educator1@ppin.org, or call (317) 637-4340, ext. 1152. If you are interested in a topic not listed above, please let us know.

Business Consulting Services

If you are a business or agency seeking to improve and affirm cultural competency among your employees, we can help. Our trainers are available to provide on-site workshops on a variety of workplace-related diversity issues, geared towards the professional development needs of educators, health and social service professionals, and clergy. For more information, please email central.educator1@ppin.org, or call (317) 637-4340, ext. 1152.

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Other Online Resources and Curricula

Don’t forget to see our pages for parents and youth/students for more links to websites and online resources recommended for those groups. Learn more about our unique collection of over 2,000 books, periodicals, AV materials, curricula, and teaching aids available for loan through our Resource Center.

General

Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Advocates for Youth

The American Public Health Association

SIECUS: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

AASECT: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists

Sexual Health Information

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Sexual Health Network

American Social Health Association

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association

Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Research, Reports and Data

The Alan Guttmacher Institute

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction

Kaiser Family Foundation

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

The American Board of Sexology

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Administrative offices
(317) 637-4343
200 South Meridian Street
Post Office Box 397
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

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