Love Me, Love You, Love Us! Resources on Healthy Relationships

 

Sometimes, you just need more!  Below are resources for youth and adults working with youth... don't be afraid to ask for help. 

Community Resources (Boston Area):  These are organizations we have worked with in the past that are great organizations and resources for youth!  We tried to list a contact for each organization to help facilitate you reaching out.  Just mention us!

·         Whittier Street Health Center- provides training and support for youth programs on reproductive health.  They are awesome and provide bilingual training!  Contact: Toriano Johnson, Youth Services Coordinator; www.wshc.org

• Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC )-Provides services to survivors of rape and sexual assault, their friends and family.  Contact: Stacey Lantz, Community Awareness and Outreach Coordinator; www.barcc.org/

·         Hyde Square Task Force- provide sexual education training and leading campaign to access condoms in Boston Public Schools.  Contact: Ana Almeida, Youth Development Programs Manager; www.hstf.org

 

·       Start Strong Initiative of the Boston Public Health Commission- youth leadership group, provides a great peer exchange and training on healthy relationship topics.  Contact: Jess Alder, Project Manager.  They also have a blog!  Check them out: http://healthybostonblog.wordpress.com/

·         Theatre Offensive- provides performances based on the LGBTQ youth experience.  A great interactive way to start a dialogue!  Contact: Magda Spasiano, Programs Manager; www.theatreoffensive.org

·         Boston GLASS-  New England’s first (and the country’s fourth) community center serving young people in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.  Contact: Ismael Rivera, Program Director.  http://www.jri.org/services/health-hiv-lgbtq-services/health-and-prevention-services/boston-glass

·         IMPACT- personal safety, assertiveness and self-defense training program.  Contact: Meg Stone, Director;  www.impactboston.org

 

·         Close to Home- Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative; www.c2home.org

 

Online Resources:

·www.sexetc.org– AWESOME resource for youth. It is a website created by youth specifically for youth and covers every theme and topic ever related to sexual health. Youth Leaders can use as a guide when creating their blog!

·Planned Parenthood- available to provide counseling and referrals to services regarding sexual health.

 

For Adults Working with Youth:

Reference Resources:

· www.fhi360.org- This is a great resource in general for youth with some more research based information (studies and results of certain practices, baseline information for certain implementation of sexual health promotion).

· www.prch.org/resources-arshep- Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. They provide online downloads of various lessons in PowerPoint format.

 

Curriculum Resources:

· www.plannedparenthood.org– Has resources for educators on teaching effective sexual health curriculum. Also provides multiple curricula and resources (printable)

· King County (Seattle Public Schools) has a very well-developed curriculum for the high schools- FLASH lesson plans http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/famplan/educators/FLASH.aspx

§ Includes letters for parents (multi-lingual)

§ Includes curriculum modules and lesson

 

 

Last, but not least, Sociedad Latina's Health Educators in Action program!  Check us out at www.sociedadlatina.org!