Family Involvement
The Region I Title X Family Planning Training Center
is committed to finding excellent reference materials for family lanning
providers and quality resources for providers to share with their
clients. Below you will find a number of articles, factsheets, handouts
and websites that contain information on encouraging family involvement.
For Families
The Family Project, which includes the Families Are
Talking Web site and newsletter, is a project of the Sexuality Information
and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). The Family Project
is designed to serve as a valuable source of information for families
to talk about sexuality-related issues, helping to build a foundation
for young people to become sexually healthy adults.
http://www.familiesaretalking.org/
This page developed by the National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy has advice and tips for parents about talking with
their teens about relationships, sex and pregnancy. It also contains
resources specifically developed for foster parents.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/parent/default.asp
This page developed by the National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy contains statistics, information, and tips for teens
about pregnancy and relationships.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/teen/default.asp
10 Tips for Talking about the Facts of Life
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/tips.pdf
Tips for Talking with Sexually Active Teens about Contraception
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/contraception.pdf
When Kids Ask Tough Questions about Sex
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/experts/newberry.htm
Ten Tips for Talking about Sexuality with Your Child
Who Has Developmental Disabilities
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/experts/maurer.htm
Talking with Boys about Sex
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/experts/klaus.htm
Are You an Askable Parent?
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/askable.htm
This page for parents, guardians, and other adults was
created by Advocates for Youth to provide clear information to adults
about communicating with youth. The page contains a number of articles
and interactive media on communicating with children about growth
and development; relationships and sex; and substance abuse and sexual
risk taking.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/index.htm
This easy to read table from Advocates for Youth discusses
the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/youth/health/relationships/healthy.htm
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has
reviewed recent research about parental influences on children's sexual
behavior and talked to many experts in the field, as well as to teens
and parents themselves. Presented here as "ten tips," many
of these lessons will seem familiar because they articulate what parents
already know from experience - like the importance of maintaining
strong, close relationships with children and teens, setting clear
expectations for them, and communicating honestly and often with them
about important matters.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/tips/tips.asp
From Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Tips
for Talking with your Children about Sexuality.
http://www.ppnne.org/site/PageServer?pagename=parents#tips
GULP!: A newsletter developed by Planned Parenthood
of Northern New England on talking to teens about sexuality.
newsletter pdf
For Teens
This page developed by the National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy contains statistics, information, and tips for teens
about pregnancy and relationships.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/teen/default.asp
This is a starting place for teens to learn about sexuality
issues. It's about how to talk about sex and how to help teens stay
healthy.
http://www.familiesaretalking.org/teen/teen0000.html
This easy to read table from Advocates for Youth discusses
the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/youth/health/relationships/healthy.htm
A guide to talking to parents or other adults about
sensitive issues
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/talk_to_parents.html
A guide from Seventeen Magazine about talking to your
parents about sex.
http://www.seventeen.com/health-sex-fitness/sex-parents-hsp-0404
For Providers
Tips for Health Care Providers: Helping Teens and Parents
with Sexual Health Needs
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/providers.pdf
Protocol for Counseling on Family Involvement with Teens
from a Region I Title X Clinic
word document
Worksheet on Talking with Clients about Family Involvement
from a Region I Title X Clinic
word document
The Family Project, which includes the Families Are
Talking Web site and newsletter, is a project of the Sexuality Information
and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). The Family Project
is designed to serve as a valuable source of information for families
to talk about sexuality-related issues, helping to build a foundation
for young people to become sexually healthy adults.
http://www.familiesaretalking.org/
From Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, alist
of questions youth ask about gender and sex, organized by developmental
age.
word document
GULP!: A newsletter developed by Planned Parenthood
of Northern New England on talking to teens about sexuality.
newsletter pdf
