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Sexual Health Education happens most effectively in a classroom where there is a mutual feeling of trust, safety and comfort. Having ground rules in place can be a very successful way to facilitate a positive classroom atmosphere. You may want to choose the ground rules that fit your classroom from the suggestions offered below, or use the examples provided to develop your own. Clicking on the text within a box will open a reproducible copy of those ground rules.

Effective ground rules:

• are appropriate for the age and developmental stage of your students.
• are agreed upon by everyone.
• are well explained so that students are very clear about the expectations.
• are posted clearly in your classroom.
• are referred to at the beginning and throughout the sexual health unit.

(click in each ground rules' box for pdf version)