Preconference Workshops

Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR)
Monday, July 14 & Tuesday, July 15 • 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SAR is an intensive two-day seminar including lecture, explicit media, experiential activities and small group discussions. The primary objective of the SAR is to give participants the opportunity to explore their attitudes, feelings and beliefs about sexuality and how this influences their professional interactions. The sessions are not intended as a traditional academic experience to disseminate cognitive information, nor as psychotherapy directed toward the resolution of personal problems. The workshop presents a highly personal, internal exploration, different for each participant.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Increase their understanding of the wide spectrum of human sexual arousal and behavior and identify their attitudes, values, feelings and beliefs, including topics of comfort and discomfort
• Increase comfort when addressing and discussing a wide range of sexual topics encountered in professional practice
• Promote non-judgmental and respectful attitudes toward others whose attitudes, values, feelings, beliefs and sexual behaviors differ from the participant's
• Increase awareness of the extent to which participants may assume their own attitudes, values, feelings and beliefs about particular aspects of sexuality are 'scientific facts' rather than personal attitudes, values, feelings and beliefs
• Understand the relationship between spirituality and sexual health.

Facilitors

• Richard M. Siegel, LMHC, CAP, CST, AASECT
  • Sexuality Educator/Certified Sex Therapist
  • Vice President of Education, Training & Counseling Services
  • Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach & Broward Counties, Inc.
• Leslie Montgomery
  • Director of Programs, Planned Parenthood of Indiana
• Richelle Frabotta
  • Director of Education Services
  • Southern Ohio Sexuality Education and Consultation Services

Training the Trainer (TOT)
Monday, July 14 & Tuesday, July 15 • 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This Training of Trainers (TOT) is an introduction to training design and delivery for EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS who are making the transition (or contemplating making the transition) to doing training for adults/professionals.

It will cover all of the basics of training design and delivery and do so using two different planning approaches: Design using goals and behavioral learning objective and design using enduring understandings and essential questions.

The TOT will run for two full days and participants will need to be present for the entire program. It will be HIGHLY interactive and include substantial small group work as well as work in the whole/large group.

Trainers

• Wayne V. Pawlowski, LICSW, AASECT
  • Independent Consultant, Trainer and Clinical Social Worker
• Judith McKoy
  • Director of Education for the Berkeley Playhouse and Tutoring Coordinator for the Westlake Middle School in Oakland, CA
• Mary Greenfield, MAT, AASECT
  • Sexuality Training Specialist, Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities (ACLD) in Bethpage, NY; Independent Trainer

Target audience

Educators who are transitioning from doing education to training (not new educators—this is a TOT, not a TOE/ICHE).

Number of participants

Minimum: 15 • Maximum: 30

APPLE Meeting
Tuesday, July 15 • 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This is when you and your fellow leaders in education and training shape the collective action that will move us forward as a field, as the Association of Planned Parenthood Leaders in Education (APPLE) works on its strategic plan.

We'll build on the Pledges and Priorities work done this past year and map out action steps for the upcoming year. You won't want to miss this opportunity to roll up your sleeves and create the future of the field and the movement with your colleagues from around the country! This fun and energizing day will be the ideal way to put the following 3 days into context. Whether you're brand new to APPLE or a seasoned member, you'll feel unified and hopeful after this day of work and play together.