The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina seeks to eliminate teen pregnancy and support North Carolina communities through Advocacy, Collaboration and Education. This blog will share some ideas, upcoming events and tools to help teen pregnancy prevention and teen parenting programs improve and evolve.

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How To Make Sense of the NC Sex Ed Laws 101

Building Support for Comprehensive Family Life Education
January 28, 2008

Does your school comply with the Healthful Living Standard Course of Study (SCS)? Are you interested in implementing health education programs in your school that go beyond the SCS? Not sure where to begin or how people will react?

What: Building Support for Comprehensive Family Life Education
When: Monday, January 28, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: APPCNC's offices: 3708 Mayfair Street, Suite 310, Durham, NC 27707
Cost: $25 (includes lunch)

This six-hour training will help you:

  • Know the state guidelines for sexuality education
  • Articulate why abstinence and safer sex education helps young people achieve education, financial, relationship, and other life goals
  • Enable comprehensive sexuality education by building support for the public hearing process
  • Differentiate among diverse community values about sexuality education
  • Develop compelling messages about sexuality education in public schools
Mobilize community support for abstinence and safer sex education*
*Please bring your local phone book with you; we will use it during the training!

Presenters:

Dr. Linda Berne
Dr. Donna Breitenstein, Director, NC School Health Training Center
Sarah Langer, HIV Policies and Programs Consultant, NC Department of Public Instruction

Click here to register!

Click here for directions to APPCNC

Contact Melinda DeJongh with questions: 919-286-1880 x108 or mdejongh@appcnc.org

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