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TASK (Teens Are Saying kNOw!)
The Burleson
Pregnancy Aid now offers TASk to area schools. Susan
Simmons, our Educational Director, found this program from the
Life Center in Midland, Texas. The staff at the Life
Center have graciously allowed us to affiliate with them, free
of charge, training several staff members and volunteers to be
presenters.
The program was
chosen over others because of the proven success rate and it's
content. Midland boasts a 44.4% decrease in teen
pregnancies and 68% decrease in teen abortions since it's
implementation.
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TASk is
a three-hour presentation delivered by a dynamic speaker who
shares the freedoms of abstinence. This program is
designed to build a foundation for the importance of sexual
abstinence until marriage. After the foundation is laid,
students are equipped with the tools necessary for practical
application of these principals to their lives.
SHINE! is a
three-day character-based abstinence program designed for the
sixth grade level as a foundation for decision making skills
necessary to avoid "high risk" behaviors. This program
reaches students at an earlier age with factual information
concerning the benefits of abstinence and the consequences of
sex before marriage.
The TASk
Parent/Teacher Program is a one-hour presentation
delivered by a dynamic speaker who educates adults on the
freedoms of abstinence for teens. This program is designed
to build a foundation for the importance of sexual abstinence
until marriage and equip parents and teachers with the tools
necessary for practical application of these principles to their
teens.
During the
presentation, an abbreviated version of the TASk Presentation is
given. The content is the exact same as what teen receive
over the course of three days. Alvarado ISD invited us to
present this program to their students. September 19th
through the 21st, 2006, SHINE was presented to all 6th graders.
Junior High students were presented TASk September 26th through
the 28th and the High School presentation was October 24th
through the 26th.
Students were very
receptive to the information they received. A few of the
skeptical teachers remarked, "You made a believer our of me!
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Some of the topics addressed are as follows: |
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The Media Message: Does it Influence Our Sexual
Behavior?
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Symptoms,
Statistics, and Types
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The Myth of "Safe Sex." The Only True "Safe Sex"
is "SaVed Sex"
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How Far is Too Far? The Difference Between Healthy
Affection and Sexual Stimulation
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Teens Are Saying kNOw! Everyone is NOT Doing it
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Characteristics of a Strong Relationship: Friendship is
Where it's At
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Emotional Bonding: The Power of Physical Intimacy
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Dating: It has a Real Purpose
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The Heart of the Matter: Healthy and Whole vs. Bruised
and Broken
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Teen Sexuality
Statistics: What are we facing? |
- 30 Common
STD's (50-70 known)
- 5
incurable STD's
- 80% of
infected people don't know it (asymptomatic)
- 1 in 4
Sexually Active Teens HAS an STD
- Chlamydia
is the most common bacterial (curable) STD for teens
- 1 in 5
Americans over the age of 12 has Genital Herpes
- Estimated
100 million Americans have HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
- 50 - 75%
of sexually active people will get HPV (Human Papilloma
Virus)
- Condoms
offer "virtually no protection whatsoever" against the
most common STD's (Chlamydia, Genital Herpes and HPV)
- Condoms,
at best, fail in preventing pregnancy 15% of the time
(20-30% failure rate for teens)
- Over
900,000 teen pregnancies in the U.S. last year (with an
increase of reported condom use)
- 1 in 5
sexually active teen girls will get pregnant at least
once before graduation (1 in 10 of all teen girls)
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