This webinar introduces and describes the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program model and its various components, highlights ways the model can be used, and introduces two related products—a brief and a two-page tip sheet—that are designed to facilitate grant recipients' use of the program model.
FYSB’s Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APP) Program’s work was featured in a special supplement issue of the American Journal of Public Health published online on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018. Review the supplement to learn more about research and strategies focused on reducing adolescent pregnancy among vulnerable youth. You will find numerous articles and insightful…
This recorded webinar took place on December 14, 2022. Complementing the last webinar “Misinformation and Public Health: Implications for Personal Responsibility Education Program Grantees”, this webinar focused on addressing misinformation around adolescent pregnancy prevention (APP) programming. In addition to discussing the impact of misinformation on APP programs, the webinar covered the…
This resource provides an overview of best practices to support the mental health of youth in Sexual and Reproductive Health programs. Information is provided regarding early warning signs as well as key strategies for prioritizing youth mental wellbeing in programming.
The files below accompany the Sexual Health Resource Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Memes are shareable via social media and are available in two sizes: one for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter and another for Facebook.
The files below accompany the Sexual Health Resource Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Memes are shareable via social media and are available in two sizes: one for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter and another for Facebook.
The files below accompany the Sexual Health Resource Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Memes are shareable via social media and are available in two sizes: one for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter and another for Facebook.
The files below accompany the Sexual Health Resource Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Memes are shareable via social media and are available in two sizes: one for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter and another for Facebook.
This brief provides six lessons on forming and sustaining strong partnerships, based on the experiences of two Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) grantees.
This tip sheet provides lessons learned from former Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) and Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program (Tribal PREP) grantees. The lessons cover topics including incorporating culturally appropriate content, securing and sustaining partnerships, recruiting and enrolling youth into programs, maintaining youth attendance and…
These interactive lessons, adapted from Digital Citizenship, are designed to teach youth to identify online risk and develop healthy online relationships. The lessons are adapted for youth ages 10 to 21 with mild-to-moderate intellectual and developmental disabilities. The two lessons are:
Chatting and Red Flags, which helps students identify an online relationship as risky.
Rewarding…
This toolkit will help raise awareness about the important role parents and caregivers play in discussing sexual health with their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The toolkit covers four topics:
Parent–Child Communication
Adolescent Development
Internet Safety
Sexual Assault
For each topic, the toolkit includes resources designed to be easily shared…
Although teens can benefit in many ways from using social media, studies have shown that social media use is linked to anxiety, depression and lowered self-esteem among teens. This brief animated video gives youth-serving providers a platform to initiate conversations with youth about healthy and unhealthy social media use. It is narrated by three teens who talk candidly about their experiences…
Adolescents who experience sexual coercion can face a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes leading to significant physical, emotional, and social consequences, including a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections and having unwanted pregnancies as well as increased risk of experiencing depression and anxiety. Conversations around coercion and consent should happen…
This report discusses the implementation structure of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) programs in four states—California, Maine, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. The report discusses areas in which the states differed as well as similarities in their approaches to implementation. Original publication: November 2016.
Parenting can be challenging, especially in the teen years. Teens are undergoing emotional and physical changes associated with puberty and often feel significant stress and pressure related to school, jobs, extracurricular activities, and peer relationships. Parents and caregivers often want to build closer relationships with the teens in their lives but are unsure where to begin.This guide for…
This report and digital brief from OPRE provide results from the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Studies of Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation Subjects project. Grantee-submitted data on performance measures are used to describe PREP programs that operated from 2017 to 2021 and the youth they served.View the ReportView the Interactive Brief
This fact sheet from OPRE summarizes highlights of findings based on performance measures for Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grantees for the 2020–2021 reporting period.Fact Sheet
This brief from OPRE presents findings from youth focus groups conducted as part of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation (SRAENE). The focus groups were conducted to collect information on youth’s perspectives and to understand how youth experienced SRAE programming.Review the Brief
This toolkit provides information on instruments that Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant recipients can use to measure youth engagement in SRAE programs and what facilitators do in the classroom that promotes this engagement (which we refer to as facilitator quality that promotes youth engagement, or more simply, facilitator quality). Measuring youth engagement and facilitator quality…
Messages Matter is designed to help youth-serving providers navigate and address common challenges that can impede youth programming. This resource offers practical information and tools to expand community buy-in, increase parent engagement, and disrupt misinformation. Messages Matter builds upon key concepts, approaches, and activities presented in the Community Saturation Sourcebook and the…
Almost all teens report using the internet daily; nearly half of them are online “almost constantly.” It is clear that social media is here to stay, and it is important for parents and caregivers to understand how they can support teens’ mental health when it comes to social media use.The Social Media and Teen Mental Health guide from the Family and Youth Services Bureau can help.This guide…
Training resources for topical training.
Adolescents who experience sexual coercion can face a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes leading to significant physical, emotional, and social consequences, including a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections and having unwanted pregnancies as well as increased risk of experiencing depression and anxiety. Conversations around coercion and consent should happen…
On February 28, 2024, Asari Offiong and Zabryna Balén from Child Trends provided grantees with tools and information on using an empowerment framework to engage and educate youth in SRAE programming. They provided an overview of what an empowerment framework is, highlighting its connection to agency, autonomy, and positive youth development. They also provided background on why this framing is…
This webinar for Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grantees was presented on March 20, 2024 by presenters Morayo Akande, MPH, Arik V. Marcell, MD, MPH, and Annie Smith, PhD, MPH from John Hopkins University, and Kathleen Tebb, PhD, from University of CA, San Francisco. This webinar explored how Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grantees can support young male adolescents in their…
This webinar provides information regarding youth substance use in the context of sexual and reproductive health education. Presenters offer an overview of current trends in youth substance use and facilitate discussion on what grantees are seeing in the field. The presenters then provide information on the connections and parallels between youth substance use prevention and sexual and…
Healthy Families San Angelo, a community-based organization in San Angelo, Texas, successfully implemented two home visiting programs, Traditional Healthy Families and Steps to Success. The Steps to Success program is part of the federal Personal Responsibility Education Program and offers counseling on contraception and adequate birth spacing, as well as parenting and child development issues.…
PCEs are specific experiences during childhood—including adolescence—that can help build a young person’s sense of belonging and connection. PCEs have been found to be connected to greater health and well-being in adulthood and can buffer the impact of Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs). This webinar will focus on current research related to PCEs, including what they are, their impact on well-being…
Are you an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APP) grantee receiving funding from Family and Youth Services Bureau? Do you want to take your teen pregnancy prevention efforts to the next level, but unsure of where to start? The Exchange is the place for you. This video provides an orientation to The Exchange website and its offerings.
Having that talk with teens may feel daunting for many parents and caregivers—but it doesn’t have to be. Research shows that teens want to hear what their parents/caregivers have to say and value their opinions when making important decisions. Establishing good communication around these topics can prevent teens from engaging in risky behaviors that lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted…
In this episode, Youth Substance Use in the Digital Age, we speak with Drs. Andra Wilkinson and Asari Offiong from Child Trends to discuss current trends around availability and access to substances and opportunities to address these concerns within programming. During adolescence, risk-taking is a normative part of development. However, when youth engage in unhealthy risks, it presents…
In this episode, Approaching Youth Mental Health Holistically, we speak with Cherry Yamane and Hannah Rackers from Child Trends to discuss mental health challenges youth face, the landscape of mental health care services, and strengths-based approaches to support youth resilience by creating spaces where youth can thrive. Mental health challenges are increasing in youth, with…
In this episode, Teen Dating Violence and Risky Sexual Behavior, we speak with Dr. Marni Kan from RTI International to learn tips and strategies to increase knowledge of TDV, best practices in addressing TDV in programming, and ways to support youth. Teaching adolescents how to form safe and healthy relationships is a key part of helping them refrain from engaging in risk-taking behaviors…
This webinar was held on April 11, 2024. It explored recent resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focused on promoting the mental health and well-being of students. Presenters Anna Yaros, PhD, and Katy Suellentrop, MPH, from RTI International invited Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grantees to consider how they might support their school partners in…
This infographic is designed to be shared directly with youth in your programs. It explains, using youth-friendly language, how to safely meet and interact with peers and potential romantic partners through social media. It also includes resources and hotlines for youth to learn more about digital safety and how to obtain confidential support if they have experienced digital dating abuse.
Evidence-based interventions provide educators with a roadmap to convey vital information to students. If your organization has been using the same program for a number of years, you may find you need to switch things up. Innovative Teaching Methods is an umbrella term for teaching methods that can improve participation, student engagement, and retention of information and create more student-…
These posters point to specific content within the We Think Twice™ campaign designed with teens, for teens. Topics include goal setting, healthy relationships, social media's impact on mental health, and STI education. Download, print, and display them in your classroom or organization.
This topical training was held on November 19-20, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. During this training, attendees learned how trauma presents in youth aged 10-19, trauma theories and brainstormed how trauma informed principles can be applied to facilitation.
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grantees collect various types of data, including data from participants, facilitators, and partners. This webinar provided an opportunity to learn more about how grantees could use their data to share the story of their PREP projects and improve their programming. Attendees heard from the Family and Youth Services Bureau, Office of Policy and…
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is a systematic approach that uses information to make improvements to a program with an emphasis on future results. This tip sheet explains how QI differs from process evaluation, frameworks for approaching CQI, and why CQI is important. It also provides suggestions and strategies for initiating, implementing, and building support for CQI within your…
This session focuses on the needs of trauma-sensitive youth and how SRAE’s optimal health model can provide a context for the practical skills and encouragement they need to overcome personal and environmental obstacles to move toward increasingly positive behavioral outcomes.
This session was part of the FYSB SRAE Virtual Topical Training presented by Public Strategies on September 15-17, 2020…
This session focuses on identifying ways to collect observational data to monitor program delivery and how to apply best practices when conducting observations.
This session was part of the FYSB SRAE Virtual Topical Training presented by Public Strategies on September 15-17, 2020.
Learn about Indigenous methodologies and how to incorporate these approaches into your evaluations with Indigenous communities and other populations.
This session shows facilitators how to maintain curriculum fidelity while delivering curriculum content at the appropriate level of learning for improved clarity and participant engagement.
This session was part of the FYSB SRAE Virtual Topical Training presented by Public Strategies on September 15-17, 2020.
Kendy Cox, Vice President with Public Strategies, FYSB's SRAE contractor, opened the virtual training and welcomed Commissioner Liz Darling.
Understanding the Predictors of Behavior Change, led by Jerry Regier, PhD, Director of Adolescent Pregnancy Services with Public Strategies, and Tammy Bryant with Heritage Community Services, shared research related to predictors of…
This tip sheet describes strategies for frontline staff to prevent and respond to challenging student behavior, as well as tips for how supervisors can support staff’s efforts to manage the classroom and deliver high-quality programming. Publication date: February 2021.
This tip sheet covers facts on financial literacy among teens, tips for integrating financial literacy content into your APP program, and a variety of resources you can use to meet your program’s financial literacy instruction needs, including evidence-based curricula, online training and other materials for facilitators, needs assessment tools and evaluation tools, lesson plans, materials to…
This online training will help you learn about the mandatory reporting laws and how to develop proper protocols to keep youth safe. It includes a resource guide containing tips for planning and implementing mandatory reporting protocols, information about federal and state child abuse reporting laws, and strategies for addressing racial disparities in reporting child abuse and neglect.…
Logic models are usually created during program planning and are often forgotten once implementation begins. This tip sheet offers several considerations for how PREP programs can use logic models as a living document to support planning, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement. Reviewing your logic model is especially important when making changes or adaptations in response to…