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Note: Resources are provided for informational purposes and not as recommendations from OSPI. Resources referenced here may be for educators or parents and may not be intended for use in the classroom. We recommend reviewing all educational materials for alignment with district policy and state law before using with students. Articles and other resources are provided for informational purposes and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints or policies of OSPI.
OSPI's guidance on required HIV instruction during school closures is now available. Updated 4/28/20.
OSPI has developed guidance for continuous learning during school closures, including a list of vetted online resources for educators.
OSPI is providing regular updates for schools and parents related to COVID-19's impact on education.
For Sexual Health Education online/remote learning resources, see OSPI's SHE Resources web page.
"Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning," Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety.
"Tips for Communication with Teens Remotely," Under the Currents, 7/16/20.
"How Sexual Wellness Brand Sustain is Taking On America's Sex Ed Problem in a New Campaign," Forbes, 7/17/20.
"What Sex Educators Can Teach Us About How to Socialize During COVID-19," HuffPost, 7/16/20.
"Nearly Half of LGBTQ Youth Couldn't Access Counseling Last Year," NewNowNext, 7/15/20.
"How Can LGBTQ+ Youth Navigate COVID-19?," fact sheet from National Coalition for Sexual Health/GLSEN, 7/15/20.
"Youth Need Easy Access to Condoms and Long-acting Reversible Contraception, Pediatrians Say," CNN, 7/20/20. Original research published in Pediatrics, July 2020.
"Development and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults," Journal of Adolescent Health, 7/17/20.
National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, Trevor Project, July 2020.
"2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book: 2020 State Trends in Child Well-Being," Annie E. Casey Foundation, 6/22/20.
Information about sexual health education legislation (SB 5395) is available on OSPI's website. Additional information and guidance will be provided as soon as possible.
Bulletin No. 030-20 L&T provides guidance for schools about the requirements of SB 5395.
High School students who will be in grades 10-12 next year may apply to Answer to be Sex, Etc. contributors.
AMAZE.org is looking for youth ambassadors ages 10-16 yrs. old.
SBHC Family Planning Focus Groups, Aug. 3, 12 pm and Aug. 4, 10 am, School-Based Health Alliance/Child Trends. Stipend for participating.
Professional Learning Grants Available:
Applicants will choose to focus learning community work and PGPs on one of two topical areas:
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL), or
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Providing instruction in virtual environments.
Washington state school districts, ESDs, approved clock hour providers, and higher education institutions are eligible to apply. View the full application and grant requirements. Applications due Aug. 19.
FLASH online licenses - OSPI has a limited number of first-time, one-year licenses available for middle and high school FLASH, for districts outside of King Co. For more information, contact Taylor.Allen@k12.wa.us.
OSPI provides professional development to support the provision of sexual health education that is consistent with WA State Laws (Healthy Youth Act and AIDS Omnibus Act). To request a training on foundational skills (non-curriculum specific), advanced teacher skills, the KNOW curriculum, the FLASH curriculum, or Welcoming Schools, please contact Laurie.Dils@k12.wa.us.
We provide information about other organizations' professional development as a resource for educators and not as a recommendation or endorsement.
For a list of online professional development resources related to sexual health education, please see the training page of our website.
The Sex Education Collaborative Training Hub is a centralized listing of in-person and online professional trainings throughout the U.S.
SparkED.net is a new online training and professional development program, "designed to ignite excellence in sex education." Self-paced, six training modules, free through December 2020, clock hrs. available. Module 1: Teaching Sexuality & Answering Questions; Module 3: Sexually Transmitted Infections. Additional modules available soon.
One Love virtual learning summer sessions for educators and youth include "The Educator Hour" weekly sessions and "The Educator Cohort Series," a free eight-week series supporting healthy relationship education.
PrEP Training for Community and Public Health Staff, Cardea/Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Asynchronous, self-paced workshop series.
July 27-30 - Adolescent Mental Health: Identifying Influences & Promoting Well-being, Virtual Summer Institute in Adolescent Health, University of MN and partners.
Aug. 3-5 - YTH Live Virtual Conference, ETR.
Aug. 3-6, 7-9:30 am - Teaching Sex Ed w/o Getting Fired!, Vanessa Geffrard, Having Courageous Conversations. Register by July 22.
Aug. 5, 9-10 am - Building Trauma-Sensitive Environments," School-Based Health Alliance.
Aug. 6, 2 pm - Teaching Sex Ed Online, first of a 10-session series, UnHushed.
Aug. 10 - Virtual Sexual Health Educator Program, first day of a five-week course. Contact Responsible Sex Education Institute. Additional five-week courses start Sept. 28.
Aug. 20, 4-6 pm - Athletes as Leaders AND Coaching Boys Into Men Overview, consent/healthy relationship program training for coaches, Team Up Washington. Open to any coach, athletic director, team mentor, or advocate in Washington State who commits to implementing Coaching Boys Into Men or Athletes as Leaders with high school-age athletes, free, clock hrs provided. Revised training, new registration link coming soon.
Aug. 21, 10 am-12 pm - 2020 Ending the HIV Epidemic Virtual Listening Session, HRSA/PHSKC.
Nov. 16-18 - Virtual Healthy Teen Network Conference.
NOTE: Due to Covid-19, OSPI is cancelling all of our in-person professional development through the month of August. We'll do our best to reschedule all cancelled trainings.
Dec. 8-11, Atlantic City - National Sex Ed Conference. Save the Date, registration coming soon.
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