Programs
	Effective Programs/Curricula/Resources The goal of BAPPS is to provide you with access and information on current research-based educational strategies, curricula and programs on adolescent pregnancy, parenting and sexuality. The resources we include here have been reviewed by our network members. Extension Developed Program and Curricula: Teen Pregnancy Prevention HIV Prevention Pregnancy and Parenting Sexual Violence CASPP (Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting) Nationally Juried Experiential Learning 4-H Curriculum Other Research-based Programs and Curricula: Teen pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs for teens Online catalog of health resources General Resources: Abstinence Education HIV/AIDS Education Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues The Link between Sexuality and Other Risk Behaviors Teen Pregnancy Prevention Dads Make A Difference program is a middle school curriculum paternity education project where interested teens, male and female, learn and teach middle school-age youth about the importance of fathers in children's lives. The goals are to help prevent too-early parenting and advocate for the establishment of paternity and support of children. For more information contact Gary Greenfield, DADS coordinator, at (651) 704-2060 or visit: http://www.dads.umn.edu/ Minnesota also has a program called "The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults." It is a spin-off of the DADS make a difference program. The R Factor is designed for senior high youth, and is intended to be taught by teachers, rather than youth (or could be other kinds of educators), and focuses more broadly on relationships. If you would like more information, call Gary Greenfield, DADS coordinator, at (651) 704-2060 or visit: http://www.dads.umn.edu/hscurr/hscurr.html Purdue University has a program called Teen Decisions, a curriculum with the goal of preventing teen pregnancy, but it goes beyond that. It uses a videotape of teen-created improvisational theater and includes outlines for parents, teens, and parents and teens together. Sessions highlight dating, communication, gossip, sex education materials, and other topics. If you need more information, contact Judy Myers-Walls at (765) 494-2959 or e-mail: myerswal@cfs.purdue.edu. Sexual Integrity for Teens (SIT) is a program developed by the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. It revolves around a series of fact sheets. Each fact sheet is accompanied by a teaching guide. The guide presents lesson objectives, a list of materials needed to deliver the program, a presentation guide containing suggestions on how to present the material and "master copies" for overheads and other teaching material. For more information visit: http://www.nnfr.org/adolsex/sit_intro.html HIV Prevention Missouri has HIV/AIDS education programs. Both of the programs have parts of them that work at building skills to say NO, but in doing so also work at building relationships, if they really want to work at the relationship. The two programs are Get Real About AIDS and Reducing the Risk. For more information contact Lynn Pike at pikel@missouri.edu or call 816-252-5051. Pregnancy and Parenting Teenage Pregnancy and a Healthy Lifestyle. Lifestyle during pregnancy has long-lasting effects on your health and your baby's health. Now it is important that you do all you can to ensure your health and the health of your baby. Guidelines include getting regular prenatal care, eating properly, not smoking or drinking alcohol, and not taking any drugs unless they are given to you by your doctor. Contact information: saddam@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu or 614-292-5512. The Changes, Challenges, Choices curriculum includes information in the nutrition, family life and resource management subject matter areas. Components include information on the following topics: physical changes, emotional changes, social changes, managing your new life, and future changes. Included in the curriculum are lesson plans for each topic with accompanying videotape depicting real life scenarios of pregnant and parenting adolescents. Each lesson format includes objectives, introduction, key points, experiential model outline (do-apply-reflect), summary, follow-up activities and support materials. The curriculum was developed to educate adolescents and help them cope with changes, challenges, and choices of pregnancy/parenthood. Clemson University, Contact_Email: BTHAMES@Clemson.edu or 864-656-5717 Cinderella Minus the Prince is a program for unwed parents. Its goals are to provide information about decision making, welfare, job placement, etc. It has been reviewed by Extension specialists in 2 states, community family agency directors, and university faculty. Cinderella has an evaluation for users to return. Cinderella Minus the Prince can be orders for $8 including postage from U of A Cooperative Extension, ATT: S. H. Day, 4341 E. Broadway, Phoenix, AZ 85040 Check should be payable to the University of Arizona. For more information call 602-470-8086 Ext. 332. Sexual Violence Project equality focuses on preventing rape and sexual assault by preventing perpetrators from committing the crime as well as giving resources to victims. For more information visit: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/care/part/equality.html CASPP (Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting) CASPP provides educational programs to adolescent youth in areas such as employment, education, prevention of child abuse, and prevention of poverty. CASPP also conducts applied research on order to better understand what leads to teen pregnancy and STD contraction. CASPP is currently involved in six projects: Missouri Volunteer Resource Mothers (MVRM): A community based mentoring program for pregnant and parenting adolescents which is operating (or in the planning stage) in 15 counties in Missouri. CASP staff provide trainging workshops, training materials, and technical assistance to communities wishing to establish MVRM Programs. Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (MAPPP) - a community-based model for addressing violence in the lives of young women. MAPPP training materials are currently in production and will be available June 2000. The materials are intended to increase community awareness of issues such as childhood sexual abuse, date rape, and domestic violence in the lives of pregnant teens and young mothers. Programs that Work to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy, STD and HIV/AIDS - Under contract with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Regional Extension Staff provide training to school personnel on two curricula that have been identified as effective in preventing teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS: Reducing the Risk and Get Real About AIDS. Reducing the Risk Curriculum Evaluation (RTR) - The pregnancy/STD/HIV prevention curriculum called reducing the Risk is currently being evaluated with 1,112 students in 20 schools is Missouri. Understanding Abstinent Adolescents Project - CASPP staff are interested in studying what protective factors are present in the lives of abstinent teens that help them resist pressures to become sexually active. Adolescent Parent Journaling Project - Materials are currently being field tested and evaluated that involve pregnant teens and young parents in an eight-session program of journaling (self-expression, writing, drawing). CASPP staff have conducted the journaling sessions with pregnant and parenting teens in Columbia and St. Louis. Preliminary results showed that at the end of the sessions, the participants felt more relaxed, more in touch with their own lives, and better able to cope with the stressors in their lives. For more information on any of these projects please contact: Lynn Blinn-Pike, PhD 162B Stanley Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 Pikel@missouri.edu Phone: 573/882-3243 Other Research-based Programs and Curricula PASHA - A collection of promising teen pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs for teens. Plus related resources for practitioners. http://www.socio.com/pasha/poview.htm RECAPP - Up to date evaluated pregnancy prevention programs and materials for teens http://www.etr.org/recapp/ HOT - The Healthy Oakland Teens project to reduce adolescent HIV infection. View their curriculum. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/prevention/prevention_models/2098.2987.html NEA Health Information Network - provides members with publications that promote coordinated school health, effective models of HIV prevention education for the classroom, and accurate information on sexual health issues. http://www.neahin.org/9.html Involving Teen Males in Preventing Teen Pregnancy: A guide for program planners - This document provides practical information for educators who work with the adolescent male population. Chapter 3 provides a list of 24 programs that target this group. http://www.urban.org/family/invmales.html Project Alpha - Provides education for young males 12-15 years old on sexuality, fatherhood and the role of males in relationships. Http://www.modimes.org/Programs2/Community/project_alpha.htm HAPPA - A resource aimed at assisting prevention practitioners around the country by: (1) identifying and facilitating access to effective HIV/AIDS adult prevention programs, and (2) encouraging rigorous reevaluation of these programs. http://www.socio.com/pasha/happa.htm ETR Associates - Online catalog of health resources (i.e. training manuals, fact sheets) on subjects ranging from pregnancy prevention to AIDS. http://www.etr-associates.org/pub/titles/ Promising Practices - This website provides information on effective programs and practices for children, youth and families. http://www.promisingpractices.net/ General Resources: Abstinence Education SIECUS report on Abstinence education: http://www.siecus.org/pubs/srpt/srpt0009.html AIDS/HIV Education HIV/AIDS Centers for Disease Control National AIDS Clearinghouse http://www.cdcnpin.org/hiv/start.htm General information on HIV http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/dhap.htm HIV Prevention Program Development http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/prevention/best_of_science/2098.208b.html HIV Program Development and Evaluation http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/capsweb/toolbox/devindex.html Developing Rural HIV/STD Prevention Education Programs http://www.indiana.edu/~aids/fact/fact10.html Creating HIV/STD Education Messages for Adolescents http://www.indiana.edu/~aids/fact/fact6.html HIV/AIDS & Adolescents: A Guide to Selected Resources http://kali.ucsf.edu/social/cdc_reports/2098.211f.html Rural HIV AIDS Resources http://www.indiana.edu/~aids/resources.html HIV program development and funding http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/prevention HIV prevention for Latino migrant youth http://www.ncas1.org/vivir.htm Training for peer educators - fact sheets http://advocatesforyouth.org/hivstd.htm Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for youth Gay Men http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/capsweb/MPindex.html AIDS awareness and action for GLBT teens http://www.socio.com/srch/summary/pasha/passt05.htm Tackling Gay Issues in School The Link between Sexuality and Other Risk Behaviors Drug use and Sexual Activity http://www.cfoc.org/sexrespdrugs.html Nationally Juried Experiential Learning 4-H Curriculum Raising Responsible Teens - This program ,which target parents of youth, promotes development of the following life-skill areas: Understanding self, problem solving and decision making, communicating and relating with others, acquiring, analyzing, and using information. The program areas include consumerism and family science, healthy lifestyles, and personal development. For more information visit the Nationally Juried 4-H Experiential Learning Youth Development Curriculum Collection website (category Healthy Lifestyle Education - Healthy Lifestyle education) http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/curricul/4h_projects.htm#Healthy Project For Teens - This program, developed by Minnesota 4-H Youth Development and Hazelden Services Inc., have created a curricula that promotes healthy sexuality and prevents adolescent pregnancy. This program targets both junior high and high school students. Older teens are trained as role models for 12-14 year olds. The program areas include healthy lifestyles, communication and expressive arts, and personal development. For more information visit the Nationally Juried 4-H Experiential Learning Youth Development Curriculum Collection website (category Communication and Expressive Arts -Physical Health) http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/curricul/4h_projects.htm#Communications. Babyopoly - This educational game is a family life and resource management game for 6-th to 12th grade youth. Through the presentation of three scenarios, youth consider the outcomes associated with sexual involvement. The game promotes the following life-skill areas: Problem solving and decision making, managing resources, workforce preparedness, communicating and relating with others, acquiring, analyzing, and using information, working with groups. For more information visit the Nationally Juried 4-H Experiential Learning Youth Development Curriculum Collection website (category Communication and Expressive Arts -Physical Health) http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/curricul/4h_projects.htm#Communications.