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Abstinence Only Education Program
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Administered By:
(CONA)
“Children Of Norwood Avenue”
An AMA Ministry Formatted To:
Educate Our Children
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A Presentation Of
CONA’s Abstinence Only Education Program
For
NPO Presidents, Directors, Program Managers, School
Principals and Parents
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Moderator and Presenter No. 1
Elder Charles Ford Walker
 Exec. Dir. Of AMA/CONA
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Just What or Who, Is: AMA, Inc.
Apostolic Ministries of America, Inc. is an International (Not For Profit)
Organization; Chartered to provide Business Administration and Financial
Support for the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith;
Including the establishing of Programs with capacity to mitigate suffering of
Seniors and Children in the communities of the world.
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What Business?
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General Administration/Finance
Integrated Logistics
Property Management & acquisition
Contracts (Private Federal, State & Local
Govt’s)
Program Development
Employment
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What About ‘CONA’?
Information on CONA is in your handout,
however, CONA is an AMA Ministry which
operates as any ordinary successful NPO
for the sole purpose of Educating our
Children and providing information which
enables them to choose better choices.
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What About ‘CONA’?
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CONA Does Not Accept Program Failure.
CONA’s Employees Are Paid Professionals and
Then Volunteers.
CONA Does Not Implement Programs Where
They Are Not Invited.
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What About ‘CONA’?
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For Youth Development and Confidence
Elevation CONA , As Its Foundation, Utilizes
Ten Principles; Known As The Ten Foot Prints
To Success.
CONA, With Its Ten Foot Prints As The Master
Plan; Developed Its Abstinence Only
Education Plan, Per Guidelines Established By
The US Govt. and The State Of Florida and
Other States.
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Why Abstinence Only Education?
It’s The Only Sure Way To Avoid Unwanted Pregnancies
and STD’s
It’s A Part of The Law of The Nation and State
It Will Return The Nation To Productivity
It Can Pave The Way For A redistribution of Resources.
It’s A Choice That Our Teens Should Be Informed Of.
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The Law
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Florida Sexuality Education Law and Policy
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Florida law states that in order for high school students to graduate, they
must receive one-half credit in “life management skills” in either ninth or
tenth grade. The course must include instruction in the prevention of
HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), family life, the benefits
of sexual abstinence, and the consequences of teen pregnancy. It also
states that these “descriptions for comprehensive health education shall not
interfere with the local determination of appropriate curriculum which
reflects local values and concerns.”
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The Law:
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School boards may decide to allow additional instruction
regarding HIV/AIDS. Such instruction may include
information about “means used to control the spread of
acquired immune deficiency syndrome.” All instruction
and course material must:
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The Law:
Florida:
Teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the
expected standard for all school-age students while teaching the
benefits of monogamous heterosexual marriage;
Emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity is a certain way to
avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
including acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other
associated health problems;
Teach that each student has the power to control personal behavior
and encourage students to base actions on reasoning, self-esteem,
and respect for others; and
Provide instruction and material that is appropriate for the grade
and age of the student.
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The Law
Florida
Florida standards, titled Sunshine State Standards for
Health and Physical Fitness, do not mention instruction
in HIV/AIDS, STDs, or sexuality education.
Parents or guardians may remove their children from any
or all of sexuality education and/or STD/HIV education
classes. This is referred to as an “opt-out” policy.
See Florida Statute, Title XLVIII, Chapter 1003, Section
42, 46.
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Many Agencies and NPO’s Claim To Be
Doing So Much To Service Our Youth With
Sex Education; But In Reality Where Does
FLORIDA Stand In Service To Our Youth?
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Among the 50 states and the District
of Columbia, Florida ranked:
31st in service availability;
42nd in laws and policies;
23rd in public funding; and
39th overall.
Guttmacher Institute
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By The Admission of Our Proponents In Their Own
Report It’s So!
The proportion of U.S. teens who had received any formal instruction about
birth control methods declined sharply between 1995 and 2002, while the
proportion who had received only information about abstinence more than
doubled to more than one in five, according to “Changes in Formal Sex
Education: 1995–2002,” by Laura Duberstein Lindberg et al., published
in the December 2006 issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive
Health. Only 66% of males and 70% of females received formal instruction
about birth control in 2002, compared with 81–87% in 1995. Black teens
were even less likely than whites to have received any instruction about
birth control methods
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Their Own Reports Continue To Tell The
Sad Story:
The United States has one of the highest rates of
unintended pregnancy in the industrialized world. Half
of the six million pregnancies that occur among
American women each year are unintended; of these,
1.3 million end in abortion.
Guttmacher Institute
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The United States Government Finally Had Enough
Recognizing the personal, social, economic and medical
toll associated with unintended pregnancies, the federal
government has established a national public health goal
to reduce by 40% the proportion of pregnancies that are
unintended by 2010. It also has identified family
planning as the key to achieving this objective
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What Do We; AMA/CONA Feel Are Our Responsibilities?
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More so; because of who we are, than what we are; AMA/CONA
are committed to the implementation of Faith Based Initiatives
to bring a reduction in unintended pregnancies by the Children
of Florida, the Nation and the World.
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Abstinence Only Education Option, Is The Main
Driver Behind AMA/CONA’s Mitigation Initiatives
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“Choosing The Best” Is The Top Rated
Curriculum AMA/CONA Selected To Assist
In Unintended Pregnancy Reduction.
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Over 2,000,000 students nationwide have made
Choosing the Best a phenomenal success. Their
research-based, medical learning model
motivates students through relationship
education, refusal-skill coaching, character
education, and parent-teen interviews. They have
tailored five distinct programs for specific ages:
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“I have reviewed Choosing The Best and believe it to be a
well-prepared program that gives young people needed
information and helps them build the skills they need for
making healthful decisions”
William Roper, M.D, Former Director
Center For Disease Control
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Presenter No. 2
Clare Spurgis
 Assistant To The Exec. Director
‘Children of Norwood Avenue’
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Let’s Do The Three R’s
Choosing The Best
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Press Room Info.
Handout No. 3
You may examine all the releases by going to the
websites
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The Major Press Rooms of America Are In
Support of Abstinence Only Education
 November 6, 2006 – Congressional
Review Discredits Waxman Report
December 7, 2004 — Waxman Report
Politically Motivated
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The Major Press Rooms of America Are In
Support of Abstinence Only Education
September 21, 2004 — The Heritage Foundation
— Summary: Teens Who Make Virginity
Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life
Outcomes
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The Major Press Rooms of America Are In
Support of Abstinence Only Education
June 14, 2005 — The Heritage Foundation
— Virginity Pledgers Have Lower STD
Rates and Engage in Fewer Risky
Sexual Behaviors
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In Choosing A Curriculum AMA Looked For Total
Medical Accuracy
 Choosing the Best is committed to providing
medically accurate information, based on
research from sources such as peer-reviewed,
published journals and government agency
publications. Choosing the Best curricula have
been reviewed and approved by a team of
medical experts that comprise the Choosing the
Best Medical Advisory Board:
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The CTB Medical Advisory Board:
Dr. Joshua R. Mann, M.D., M.P.H. is a board certified
preventive medicine physician. Dr. Mann, currently an
Assistant Professor of Clinical Family and Preventive
Medicine Division, joined the faculty of the University of
South Carolina School of Medicine in 2002 and serves as
the Medical Director of Employee/Student Health.
Previously, he was the Director of Research at The
Medical Institute for Sexual Health, Austin, Texas.
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The CTB Medical Advisory Board:
Dr. James D. Mallory, Jr., M.D. received his AB
degree in biology from Princeton University and
his MD from Duke University, where he also
completed his residency in Psychiatry. He is a
diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology. He was assistant professor of
psychiatry at Duke and in 1970 became the
director of the Atlanta Counseling Center, where
he continues to see patients. Dr. Mallory has
authored numerous publications.
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The CTB Medical Advisory Board:
Dr. John T. Vessey, PhD., M.A. is currently an
Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College.
His expertise is in the areas of statistics, experimental
design, psychometrics, and program evaluation. Prior to
joining the Wheaton faculty in 2001, Dr. Vessey was an
assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School
of Public Health for three years, and an assistant
professor at the Northwestern University Medical School
for four years.
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Research and Evaluation of CTB
Experts agree: Choosing the Best works
— both immediately and with lasting
results. Several short- and long-term
studies, conducted by respected research
institutions, provide statistical and
attitudinal evidence of the effectiveness of
Choosing the Best:
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Research and Evaluation of CTB
2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services —
Longitudinal/Behavior Outcome Study
An independent evaluation of Choosing the Best WAY, PATH, and LIFE was
conducted by Dr. Stan Weed. The study, funded by a Federal SPRANS grant, began in
2002 and concluded in 2004. Using a quasi-experimental design, 7th, 8th and 9th
grade students in a south metro Atlanta high school and its feeder middle school
received either Choosing the Best (CTB) or the health textbook abstinence education
curriculum that complies with state guidelines. The students were administered a 58item survey prior to the study, immediately after receiving CTB or the health textbook
material, and again twelve months later. Three hundred eighteen students were able
to be tracked and matched at the pre-test and 12 month follow-up and had usable
sexual activity status data. After one year, results among those students receiving
CTB (treatment group) vs. those receiving the health textbook (comparison group)
indicated a:
Statistically significant decrease in the initiation of teen sex of 47%;
Statistically significant improvements in five of the six intervening attitudinal variables
associated with delaying sexual intercourse.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Choosing the Best is medically accurate.
Choosing the Best is committed to being medically
accurate and to providing the latest medical information.
All medical information presented in Choosing the Best is
obtained from current and highly respected sources such
as research from peer-reviewed, published journals and
government agency (e.g. CDC) publications which are
clearly noted. Additionally, Choosing the Best utilizes a
Medical Advisory Board, a team of medical experts, to
review and approve all curricula. Finally, because medical
information continually evolves, Choosing the Best
regularly updates its materials to reflect the latest
medical facts available.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Choosing the Best teaches students that abstinence is their BEST choice.
Choosing the Best strongly emphasizes that abstinence from sex until marriage is
clearly students’ best choice for their health and futures. This is in stark contrast from
“comprehensive” (i.e., contraceptive based) sex education programs, which teach
teens that either being abstinent or having sex is equally acceptable, as long as
contraception is used.
Comprehensive programs focus on teaching contraceptive use while downplaying the
benefit of abstinence primarily because they believe: 1) teen sex is inevitable; 2)
promoting abstinence is wrong because it teaches “values;” 3) teen sex, as long as
contraception is used, is unproblematic. On the contrary, informed teens can and do
choose not to have sex. The number of teens having sex has declined dramatically
over the past decade and the majority of teens today—53 percent—have not had
sex.1 Further, promoting abstinence is first and foremost a health, not a “values”,
issue. The potential physical and emotional risks associated with teen sex are
significant, regardless of whether or not contraception is used. Choosing the Best
provides teens with the facts: At best, contraception can only reduce certain physical
risks; the idea of “safe sex” is a myth; and abstinence is the only way to completely
eliminate the physical and emotional risks associated with premarital sex. Only when
armed with these facts can teens can make the best choice about their sexual
behavior.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
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Choosing the Best does provide information about
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Choosing the Best does educate about contraceptives; however,
Choosing the Best does not advocate or demonstrate contraceptive
contraception.
use. Contraceptive methods are presented, including data about
efficacy rates with respect to pregnancy and sexually transmitted
diseases. Choosing the Best shows, for example, that when used
consistently and correctly, condoms are most effective at reducing
the risk of HIV but are less effective in protecting against STDs such
as chlamydia, herpes, and HPV, which can cause cervical cancer.2
The facts presented are supported by the CDC, illustrating the CDC’s
conclusion that “condom use cannot guarantee absolute protection
against any STD3” and teaching that only abstinence offers
complete, 100% protection against both STDs and pregnancy.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Choosing the Best is medically based, not fear or
shame based.
By presenting the medical facts about STDs and
teen pregnancy, Choosing the Best helps teens
understand the serious nature of these
consequences, neither exaggerating nor
downplaying these situations. All facts presented
are sourced from research published in peerreviewed journals and are confirmed by the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Additionally,
sources for all facts are clearly noted.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Along with educating about the risks of
premarital sex, Choosing the Best promotes the
rewards of abstaining and a positive message
about sex in the context of marriage.
Choosing the Best teaches students that abstaining from
sex as a teenager offers incredible freedom—freedom to
pursue goals, dreams, and to enjoy being a teenager—
and that sex is wonderful and appropriate in the context
of marriage. Choosing the Best also addresses the needs
of students who have already been sexually active by
teaching that students can still choose—and benefit
from—choosing abstinence from this day forward (i.e.,
“renewed virginity”).
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Choosing the Best does not discuss
religion or religious values.
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Choosing the Best empowers teens to make healthy
choices to be free from the risks of STDs, unplanned
pregnancy and negative emotional consequences and to
be free to pursue dreams and goals, regardless of
religious preference or conviction. Choosing the Best
programs do not include any references to religion or
religious values.
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
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Choosing the Best covers nine critical learning areas in a scope and
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Choosing the Best offers five age appropriate programs for middle and high
sequence program that spans the critical middle and high school
years.
school students and provides sex and relationship education content in nine
areas: Risks (emotional, STDs, teen pregnancy), Rewards (decision making,
goal setting and achievement, marriage planning), Relationship Education
(friendships, understanding guys and girls, healthy vs. unhealthy
relationships, preventing sexual abuse and date rape), Alcohol (dangers of
mixing alcohol and sex), Refusal Skills (setting boundaries, developing
verbal skills and assertiveness skills), Pledge (making a commitment to
abstinence), Character Development (responsibility, self-respect, courage,
perseverance, compassion, respect), Parent Involvement (parent training
and homework interviews), and Building Self-esteem (identifying and
appreciating unique qualities, interests or skills).
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
The response to Choosing the Best from parents, teachers,
and students nationwide has been overwhelmingly positive.
Since 1994, over 1,500,000 students have completed Choosing the
Best across 49 states.
Parents and teachers continually express how well students respond
to Choosing the Best and students themselves communicate what a
difference the program has made in their lives. Of over 40,000
students surveyed through post course evaluations, 72% indicate
that “as of the present time, I choose to wait to have sex until I am
married.” To learn more about the positive impact Choosing the Best
has had on school districts and in communities around the country,
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
Abstinence Education Works!
Prior to 1994, comprehensive (contraceptive based) education was
the norm in the state of Georgia for at least a decade. As a result, in
the early 1990s, Georgia had one of the highest teen pregnancy
rates in the nation. Since 1994, after the state adopted a policy
mandating abstinence education in schools, the teen pregnancy rate
in Georgia has declined dramatically. In fact, the sharpest declines
have occurred since 1998, once abstinence programs were solidly in
place throughout the state, with the teen pregnancy rate in Georgia
declining at double the national average during the past four years.
In a 2006 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dr. Stuart
Brown, director of the Georgia Division of Public Health, credited
abstinence education for this sharp decline in teen pregnancies and
births.4 As the most widely used abstinence education program in
Georgia, Choosing the Best, along with other programs, has
undoubtedly played an important role in the state’s success
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Choosing The Best Advocacy:
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 2003. In: Surveillance
Summaries, May 21, 2004. MMWR 2004; 53(No.SS-2)
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/SS/SS5302.pdf.
2 National Institutes of Health, Workshop Summary: Scientific Evidence of
Condom Effectiveness for STD prevention, 2001; Crosby, R.A. et al. Value of
consistent condom use: a study of sexually transmitted disease prevention
among African American adolescent females. American Journal of Public
Health. June 2003, Vol 93, No. 6.; Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. August
2004. Retrieved November 2005 at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/latex.htm
3 CDC, Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/condoms.pdf
4 Atlanta Journal Constitution, “ Teen Pregnancies in Georgia Down Sharply
Since ‘94”, May 2, 2006.
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Let’s Look At Brevard County, Florida
See Handout
‘Beginning Life Healthy In Brevard County’
Handout # 2
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Conclusion: Abstinence Only Education Can Be
Used To Control This Pandemic Because It’s:
Proven as the only Birth Control method that’s
100% effective!!
100% effective for protection against STD’s
Provides Children with accurate Sex and STD
information based upon hard facts.
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What Are The Consequences of Not Teaching Abstinence
Only Education?
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Unwanted
Pregnancy
Unloved
Pregnancy
Unplanned
Pregnancy
Hi School
Dropout
Loss of
Dreams
Contacting
STD’s
Transmitter of
STD’s
Loss of
Health
Road to
Drugs
Road to
Alcohol
Suicide
Increased
Crime
Decreased
Income
Depression
Kids Say Unsafe
Schools
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What Is The Definition of Abstinence?
Abstinence (Ab-sti-nence) is defined as a positive
lifestyle for an adolescent that promotes selfcontrol, character and a solid foundation for
friendships and for committed love within the
context of marriage. Abstinence is the
commitment to not participate in sexual activity,
which may include intercourse, genital contact,
or other sexually arousing activities.*
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Why Is Abstinence Education Important?
Abstinence education addresses the attitudes and beliefs
of teens along with the social pressures they face
related to sexual activity outside of marriage. In
addition, abstinence education enhances decision
making and problem solving skills while building self
confidence. A coordinated approach to reducing teen
sexual activity reduces public costs and improves the
future for our youth.
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The Curriculum
Lynnette Wheeler
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Abstinence Only Education
Curriculum
Recommended By:
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‘Choosing The Best’
Over 2,000,000 students nationwide have made Choosing the Best a phenomenal success.
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Palm bay,fl
Goals
Achievements
Empowerment
Accomplishment
Success
Odyssey Charter School
Palm Bay, FL
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Final Goal
Encouraging
All To Make
The
Right
Choice
CTB Class
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The National Abstinence Leadership Council (NALC) Establishes
Guidelines to Assure Medically Accurate Information in Abstinence
Education Programs.
CTB Medical Advisory Board
Choosing the Best is committed to providing medically accurate
information, based on research from sources such as peer-reviewed,
published journals and government agency publications. Choosing
the Best curricula have been reviewed and approved by a team of
medical experts that comprise the Choosing the Best Medical
Advisory Board:
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High School Programs
9th-10th Grades. (Choosing The Best Journey) NEW!
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Targeting lower high school students, this inspiring 8 lesson curriculum
motivates students to set goals, make good decisions, develop healthy
relationships, and choose abstinence.
11th-12th Grades. (Choosing The Best Soul Mate)
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In 5 lessons, older students learn valuable relational skills necessary for
a successful marriage, including the importance of abstinence.
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Middle School Programs
Choosing The Best Way
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NEW! 2006 Edition
6th Grade. Reinforced by posters and activities, these 6 lessons
teach how to make decisions, assess relationships, and choose
abstinence.
Choosing The Best Path
NEW! 2006 Edition
Choosing The Best Life
NEW! 2006 Edition
7th Grade. Challenging enough to keep middle-schoolers’
attention, 8 lessons cover the myths of “safe” sex and the benefits
of abstinence. (PATH available in Spanish)
8th Grade. Empowering students to form healthy, positive
relationships, 8 lessons dynamically reinforce abstinence through
real-life teen stories
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CBAE Themes
(Community Based Abstinence Education)
Handout # 7
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‘A’ Through ‘H’ Guidelines
(For All Federal and State Supported Abstinence Only
Programs)
Handout # 8
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Country Acres Youth Home
Diversity
Global
Consequences
and
Perspectives
Youth Home
Titusville, FL
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promiseland church
FAITH
HOPE
CHARITY
Promiseland
Church
Melbourne, FL
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Let’s Examine The CTB Curriculum
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Let’s Watch A Movie and Video
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Let’s Examine The CTB Curriculum
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Let’s Watch A Movies and Video
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Let’s View The Slides (STD’s
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Let’s Examine The CTB Curriculum
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Let’s Watch A Movies and Video
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Let’s View The Slides (STD’s)
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Let’s Play A Game (Actualizing and
Reinforcement)
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Re-dedicated Virginity
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So You Did! But You Still Have Value!!
And You Were Lucky Not To Get An STD
Today Can Be The Start of A New Life
Look To Tomorrow, Remaining Clean
And Wait For That One Individual Whom You
Will Be Able To Choose As Your Soul Mate For
Life.
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ABSTINENCE vs. COMPREHENSIVE Sex
Education
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Handout # 9
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ABSTINENCE(Choosing the Best) COMPREHENSIVE (Contraceptive Based)
Emphasis on abstinenceChoosing the Best devotes nearly 70% of page content to
promoting abstinence; other abstinence programs on average devote 54%.5Devote less than
5% of their page content to abstinence. Allocate six times more content to the goal of
promoting contraception than to the goal of promoting abstinence.6
FocusRisk elimination. (abstinence)Risk reduction. (contraceptive use, especially condoms)
MessageFocused. (Abstinence until marriage is clearly the BEST choice.)Mixed. (EITHER
abstinence OR having sex with a condom are equally good choices; or, abstinence is marginally
better than having sex with contraception.)
Philosophya) Teen sex and/or casual sex is problematic, even if contraception is used, based on
risk of STDs, pregnancy, and negative emotional consequences.a) As long as contraception is
used, teen sex and/or casual sex is unproblematic. There are no potential negative emotional
consequences.b) Armed with full information about the risks of teen sex and the benefits of
abstinence, teens CAN and DO choose to refrain from having sex. (The majority of teens today—
53%—have not had sex.7) b) Teen sex is expected and inevitable.
Behavioral Goal Delayed sexual initiation or “renewed virginity.”Increased contraceptive use,
especially the condom.
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IT’S DECISION TIME
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It’s Your Call and The Children of Your Domain Are Waiting
To See What Your Choice Will Be!
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While You Are Deciding For of Against Abstinence Only
Education
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In The Time you have been watching this presentation; Here is what
our Children
have been doing:
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Nothing!!
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Don’t Believe That!!
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750 of Our Children Contacted An STD
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125 of Our Children Became Pregnant
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10 or 15 Did or Will Attempt Suicide
And This Is Just The Beginning!!!!!!
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