ETR Fall/Winter 2022 Health Curricula Catalog

Sexual & Reproductive Health

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Making a Difference! For Youth with Cognitive Impairments

An 8-module program designed to provide young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy by abstaining from sex. The curriculum emphasizes that young adolescents should postpone sexual activity and that practicing abstinence is the only way to eliminate the risk for pregnancy and STDs, including HIV. ETR, dfusion and Kent ISD collaborated to create this adapted version of Making a Difference! to serve the special needs of high school students with mild cognitive impairment (MiCI). Because students with MiCI have different instructional needs than their general education peers, the pedagogical approach has been adapted to make the information understandable and relevant for these youth. This adaptation may also be appropriate for other age ranges and developmental disabilities.

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Coming Soon! Healthy Adolescent Transitions

Healthy Adolescent Transitions Need a Nudge? Applying Behavioral Economics to Home Visiting for Adolescents

An innovative program designed to prevent rapid repeat pregnancy among adolescents. The intervention components are based upon the theoretical framework of behavioral economics (BE), an interdisciplinary model that suggests specific environmental modifications to improve individual decision making and assist people to act in their own best interests.

Supporting teen mothers with contraception, financial literacy, educational/career attainment, and healthy life skills, including vaccination, medical homes, and nutrition.

The program uses this novel framework to promote goals for adolescent mothers in the areas of long-acting reversible contraception to prevent repeat pregnancy, financial literacy, educational/career attainment, and healthy life skills, including human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, finding a medical home, nicotine cessation, and nutrition.