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Grade Seven Workshop

Students identify their personal value system as an important component for healthy life choices.

• Consider personal values and how they influence decisions
• Examine social pressures and influences on personal decisions
• Identify and evaluate qualities that are important in healthy friendships
• Identify the risks of early sexual activity, dispel myths and rumours
• Discuss reasons why or why not people date
• Introduce and affirm abstinence as a healthy choice
• Introduce consent and the right to say no
• Discuss the physical line of progression in relationships
• Introduce the concept of harassment with a focus on empathy for others
• Discuss internet safety and risks of sexting

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Grade Eight Workshop

Students identify goals and important choices at this stage of life, including relationships and sexuality.

• Identify different sources of pressure and influences
• Challenge students to consider why and who they date
• Help students distinguish between healthy and unhealthy relationships
• Introduce and affirm abstinence as a healthy choice
• Identify possible consequences related to sexual decision-making
• Discuss pregnancy and contraceptives, with a focus on personal responsibility
• Introduce STI’s: symptoms, effects, testing, and prevention.
• Discuss internet safety and risks of sexting
• Review physical line of progression
• Review consent and the right to say no, including refusal skills and assertive communication
• Introduce concept of abuse, including types and how to get help
• Encourage students to consider trusted adults they can talk to (e.g. parents/guardians, aunts/uncles, etc.)

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Grade Nine Workshop

Two workshops that explore the realities of teen pregnancy and STIs, with a focus on healthy relationships

• Affirm individual worth and the right to be respected for individual choices
• Identify the importance and effect of sexual and relational decisions
• Discuss boundaries in all relationships and practice assertive responses
• Explore the reality and risks of pregnancy options: abortion, adoption, and parenting
• Introduce and affirm abstinence as a healthy choice
• Identify importance and effectiveness of contraceptives with an emphasis on personal responsibility
• Review STIs, as well as testing, transmission, and prevention
• Discuss internet safety and risks of sexting with emphasis on empathy for others
• Review assertive communication and refusal skills

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CALM Workshop

• Affirm individual worth and the right to have personal choices respected
• Differentiate between healthy and high-risk relationships by considering different levels of intimacy
• Identify risks of early sexual activity and sexting
• Discuss possible physical, social, emotional, and relational effects of sex, including STIs and pregnancy
• Challenge students to set personal standards for sexual decision-making
• Introduce and affirm abstinence as a healthy choice
• Review assertive communication and refusal skills
• Consider the realities of each of the pregnancy options: abortion, adoption, and parenting
• Encourage students to consider reasons why/why not they might choose to have sex

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