Teaching Sex

Education in
Schools
By: Chance Moorman
 “Sex education is about life skills… There are so
many aspects you take with you for the rest of your
life, but you only get it once or twice in school.”

https://nursing.usc.edu/blog/americas-sex-education/
How are Students Getting Their Information?
-Parents

-Classmates

-Pop Culture

-Social Media

School is a great opportunity for students

to receive accurate information about
sexual health, but not all schools mandate
that the material being taught is medically
accurate.
Statistics
-30 states mandate sex education in public schools
(October 2020)
-Only 13 require that it is medically accurate
-39 states require HIV education
-Only 22 states require the information to be
“medically, factually, or technically” accurate
Statistics
-25 states mandate that parents are notified about their
child receiving sex/HIV education
-5 states require parental consent
-36 states allow parents to opt-out on
their child’s behalf
01 Teen Birth Rate
The U.S. has the highest
teen pregnancy rate in the
industrialized world
02 The Cycle 05 Under-diagnosed
The children of teen
mothers are more likely to
be teen parents
themselves, and are more
likely to live in poverty
03 Disease Rate
1 in 4 sexually active
adolescent females are
reported to have an STI
04 STIs: Population
People aged 15-24 acquire
half of all new STIs, but
only make up 25% of the
sexually active population.
Countless STI cases go
undiagnosed/
unrecognized
https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/st
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Teaching Sex Ed to Students with Special Needs:
-Hygiene and body changes

-Lack of social skills: What is or is not

appropriate?

-7 times more likely to be sexually assaulted

-Go beyond the individual

-The importance of teaching about

relationships

-Normalize it!
https://stanfield.com/sex-ed-in-special-education/
“It may be awkward, but it’s important to teach kids
about sex so they can keep themselves safe and lead
happy, productive lives.”

https://stanfield.com/sex-ed-in-special-education/
Discussion

What do you think?

Do you think it is important to
teach sex education to students
with special needs ?

Should parents have to give their

consent for their child to learn
about sex?

How will you handle the topic of

sexual health in your future
classroom?
 Works Cited

● https://stanfield.com/sex-ed-in-special-education/
● https://nursing.usc.edu/blog/americas-sex-education/
● https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-policies-on-sex-education-i
n-schools.aspx#:~:text=Sex%20Education%20and%20States,-All%20stat
es%20are&text=Thirty%20states%20and%20the%20District,students%
20receive%20instruction%20about%20HIV