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Page last updated on: April 21, 2010

Welcome to the website that's all about teaching sexual health!

The purpose of this website is to enhance excellence in teaching, by providing effective sexual health education background and delivery methods, current lesson plans and activities, and comprehensive resources.

Our philosophy reflects the approach to sexual health education embodied in Health Canada’s (2008) Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education. The Guidelines are based on the principle that sexual health education should be accessible to all people and that it should be provided in an age appropriate, culturally sensitive manner that is respectful of an individual’s right to make informed choices about sexual and reproductive health. [1]

The foundation of teachingsexualhealth.ca is based on a theoretical framework which integrates three well-known models: Comprehensive School Health, Resilience Theory, and Social Learning Theory.

More information can be found on our "How & Why" section on this website.

1] Alexander McKay, Sexual Health Education in the Schools: Questions and Answers. The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada , Toronto, Ontario./The Canadian
Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol. 13 (3-4) Fall/Winter 2004.

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This site has a wealth of information on:

How to teach: Information, tools and strategies to help teachers prepare for sexual health education.

 

Lesson plans: Ready-to-use lesson plans and reproducible materials based on the Alberta Education Program of Studies.

Teacher's lounge: Updates. lesson swaps, and responding to student questions.

Resources: Fact sheets, statistics, resources and related websites.

 

On-line Teacher Consultation: Have a question about curriculum? Does your student have a question?

 

Parent and Student Sites: Supplemental sites for both the parent and the student.

 

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Areas of the website can be accessed by using the links located on the side of each page.

This site uses Adobe PDF Reader to display certain documents and information.

Lesson plans correspond with the curriculum outcomes for Alberta Education’s Program of Studies. Throughout, there are notations that help teachers address the various spiritual, cultural and gender issues of students. In addition, the website offers lesson plans for students of differing abilities (special needs).

As a user of this website, you have permission to use (display or print) the information for your own professional, non-commercial use, provided the information is not modified. If you reproduce any material for classroom use, please ensure that the author is noted on the handout.

To access the handouts and other learning materials mentioned in the lesson plan, you can do so by clicking on the relevant title in the material list at the beginning of each lesson plan. This will link you to each handout separately.