Workshops

Workshop Themes

July 16  •  July 17  •  July 18

Wednesday, July 16^th

9:00 a.m. - Noon

On the Inside Looking Out: Sexuality and People with Disabilities [CC]
Suzet Begesha
People with developmental delays usually have age appropriate sexual and physical development. This workshop will discuss methods of teaching sexuality to this population, as well as, our own values and misconceptions regarding sexuality, relationships, love and marriage in this group.

Sex-Ed Games that Teach [EI]
Melissa Keyes DiGioia & Jessica Shields
Can you make an interactive PowerPoint Jeopardy board or use the Internet to create a sex-ed crossword puzzle? Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Learn to construct high-tech and traditional “games that teach” about sexuality. Deal? Or no deal?

EfEffective Strategies for Creating Well Prepared Staff and Clinic Teams [ML]
Ada Figueroa
Session will address what constitutes effective staff training including; application of effective pedagogy, connection to the mission, the business rationale for training and innovative strategies that work to implement this at your own affiliate.

The ABCs of Sex: Teaching Sexuality to Young Children [TR]
Bill Taverner
Help daycare providers, preschool teachers, and parents promote the healthy sexual development of young children. Participants will learn basic facts about young children's sexuality; how to answer their questions; how to respond to their behaviors; and steps for developing a sexuality policy.

BDSM: Understanding the “Dark” and Healthy Side of Sexuality [HS]
Wayne V. Pawlowski
BDSM is viewed by most people as pathological, self-destructive behavior. This workshop will explore the many “worlds” of BDSM as normal, natural, healthy, positive and relationship-enhancing variations of human sexual behavior.

Sex Ed 101: A Sex Ed Primer [WY]
Ashley Generallo & Allyson Sandak
An absolute must for new sexuality educators! Learn how to respond to students’ challenging questions. Leave with the basic formulas for creating effective, interactive, holistic and student-centered educational strategies. Experience and apply forced-choice, brainstorming, small group work and much more!

1:45 p.m - 3:15 p.m.

Effectively Reaching Out to Faith Communities [CC]
Dr. Kate Ott
In an effort to strengthen mainstream religious voices for sexual and reproductive justice, I address practical ways sexual reproductive health advocates can engage faith communities. Using the guidebook Reaching Out to Faith Communities, we will develop new and/or improved plans.

The Case of the Missing Female Coital Orgasm [EI]
Cecile Click Yamamoto
Examines the female orgasm: theories about its evolutionary purpose, how it was viewed in the past, where it stands now, and which theory explains why it's so often missing in coitus. Based on The Case of the Female Orgasm by Dr. Elisabeth Lloyd.

You Can't Divide an Elephant in Half: A Primer on SYSTEMS THINKING, Part 1 [ML]
Danny Ceballos
This session will allow participants to get a basic understanding of systems thinking theory and language, and provide an opportunity to practice using systems thinking techniques on issues relevant to our work.

Creating an Intergenerational Seminar on Sexuality [HS]
Judy Harris
Youth who can openly talk with trusted adults act more responsibly, think more critically and make healthier choices. Participants explore activities, various media and learning exercises to help them design a workshop for initiating ongoing family conversations among different generations.

Adolescent Repeat Pregnancies – Breaking the Cycle [WY]
Terrie Lind
A formal evaluation of Teen Success, a secondary pregnancy prevention program for adolescents, was recently completed (3/31/08). There has be interest and support for this project by high visibility Foundations and The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Come learn about the results of the study, lessons learned and next steps.

3:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m.

Learning from Europe: How Local Communities Can Participate in the Global GLBTQ movement [CC]
Jan de la Torre & Andrea Anderson
Education and Advocacy are intimately linked in the fight for GLBTQ rights. We will demystify this link in the context of the European Union experience and ultimately, provide effective strategies to advance GLBTQ rights in our own local communities.

Tools for Developing Culturally Competent Educators [EI]
Carolyn Rehn
Developing cultural intelligence is an important competency for a sexuality educator. This workshop will focus on how the core cultural dimensions and values of a culture can impact our ability to develop good programs and effective facilitation. Employing the “Cultural Detective” methodology we will look at specific sexuality program development scenarios.

You Can't Divide an Elephant in Half: A Primer on SYSTEMS THINKING, Part 2 [ML]
Danny Ceballos
This session will allow participants to get a basic understanding of systems thinking theory and language, and provide an opportunity to practice using systems thinking techniques on issues relevant to our work.

Handi-capable Loving: Dynamic World of People with Disabilities & Sexuality [HS]
Richelle Frabotta
We live in a culture that characterizes people with disabilities (PwDs) as either asexual or sexually menacing. Participants will explore this dichotomous perception and focus on how to effectively deliver education and medical services to PwDs.

The Adolescent Brain: Understanding It and Teaching to It [WY]
Poppy Sias Hernandez
To effectively reach youth we must honor the diversity of learning styles and understand how brain development impacts their ability to learn. Using current brain research combined with teaching techniques that are sensitive to learning styles, this session offers strategies that bridge the gap between educator and learner.

Thursday, July 17^th

9:00 a.m. - Noon

Improving Health Care Access and Outcomes for LGBTQ Youth & Adults [CC]
Ada Figueroa
This replicable training developed for community educators and clinic staff will explore unmet health needs of LGBTQ youth. This session will focus on increasing knowledge, skills, creating access and improving use of PP resources to improve outcomes for this population.

Advocating for Transgender Health: Educating Ourselves, Our Colleagues and Our Communities [EI]
Kaden Sullivan & Ryan Sallans
Transgender healthcare is a new area for many affiliates. Come explore how this work fits with the Planned Parenthood mission and vision, and discuss what role educators and trainers can play in supporting affiliates to provide trans-competent care.

Toward Best Practices in Process Improvement: Fun & Formulaic Approaches [ML]
Aimee Gironimi
This engaging workshop for department leaders will tap our creativity toward managing departmental process change. Using Judith Hale’s expanded formulaic model for process improvement, participants will learn the formula, create survey questions and build a sample action plan for improvement.

Rising to the Challenge of Promoting Science-based Programs: A Simulation Training [TR]
Barbara Huberman & Tom Klaus
The use of science-based approaches and programs in the prevention of teen pregnancy, STIs, and HIV/AIDS is critical to effectively address this important public health and social issue. However, it can be controversial if science-based approaches appear to or actually conflict with community values. This simulation-based workshop offers practical strategies to help providers and educators address the issues raised in the controversial environments in a respectful, thoughtful manner while continuing to advocate for the implementation of science-based programs.

What Works and Why? Deconstructing Methods for Sexual Health Education [HS]
Joan Helmich
Using portions of her upcoming 2nd edition of Teaching About Sexuality and HIV, the presenter will interactively illustrate effective teaching methodology. Participants will explore activities for assessing learner needs, changing risk and protective factors for healthy sexuality, and evaluating learning.

Are You Sending the Right Message? A New Vocabulary for Teen Pregnancy Prevention [WY]
Glynis Shea
This unusual workshop applies lessons learned from the world of advertising to the challenges of the youth-serving community. Just like the companies that market cars and candy bars, we’ll analyze what our audiences think about young people and teen pregnancy prevention. From there, we’ll learn strategies that create receptive listeners, develop persuasive, audience-centric messages and craft a new vocabulary for teen pregnancy prevention.

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Different Sides of the Same Street [CC]
Melissa Breck & Melissa Meyer
As Planned Parenthood employees, we often interact with anti-choice people and organizations. This workshop will explore a new way of thinking about the pro-choice/anti-choice binary through examining diversity. By recognizing diversity, we will explore the possibility for communication.

Expanding Your Repertoire – Ten Effective Strategies for Developing Opportunities for Yourself and Your Agency in Promoting Sexual Health For Older Adults [EI]
Peggy Brick
This interactive workshop will showcase the knowledge, skills and resources needed to develop and market sexuality education, training and consultation services in a variety of venues serving people from mid to later life. Take away "Tips for Boomers" and "Sexuality Policies for Nursing Homes" and learn that the possibilities for new ventures are unlimited.

Working from the Heart [ML]
Maggi Boyer
This workshop is a time for people to explore why they do the work they do, to discover or rediscover what they find personally important or significant in the work. What's at the "heart" of your work, what buoys or sustains you? How does working “from the heart” make a difference in dealing with opposition, indifference, etc…? How can it help you with “balance and perspective?”

SexTech: E-learning & Sexuality Education Intersections [TR]
Deborah S. Levine
This interactive workshop will provide a forum for learning about e-learning and exploring its benefits for sexuality education. Whether you are familiar with e-learning or just beginning to recognize its potential, come to learn and share your thoughts on how to promote healthy sexuality online!

Peeking Under the Rug: Our Thoughts & Language Concerning Abortion [HS]
Jodi Bernstein
Using interactive, reflection oriented experiences participants will explore their attitudes, judgments, values and language concerning abortion. We will investigate questions such as: “What about abortion makes us uncomfortable?” and “What does it mean to be “pro-abortion?”

Improving Teen Clinics: Lessons from South Central Michigan [WY]
Jan de la Torre & Cherie Seitz
Teen Clinics are designed to improve teens’ access to contraception in a teen-friendly, confidential and non-judgmental atmosphere. This presentation will highlight the basics of a Teen Clinic, identify strategies that increase patient participation, and discuss how-to steps to establish great clinic-education relations.

Friday, July 18^th

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Effective Ways to Work with Translations & Interpreters in Sexuality Education [CC]
Tanya Moore & Alejandra Rebolledo
This is a must need workshop for those who work with non-English speaking individuals or those with limited English proficiency in an educational setting. Educators, who are not bilingual, often work with translators and interpreters, but do we really know the difference? Do we know they are saying what we need them to say? Come and learn how to work well with interpreters in an educational setting and gain tips for working with all kinds of translators and interpreters.

Transforming Sexual Health Peer Education through Apprenticeships in Peace-making [EI]
Cherie Seitz & Jan de la Torre
Learn how one peer education program became Planned Parenthood’s first “PeaceJam Club,” a wildly transformative youth initiative integrating apprenticeships with Nobel Peace Laureates into sexual health education. Discover how you too can synergistically intertwine peace, service-learning, and sexuality through PeaceJam.

Eureka! I Think I’ve Got it! Reading & Understanding Research Articles [ML]
Barbara Huberman & Tom Klaus
This experiential workshop teaches leaders and staff how to quickly assess the likely impact of a program and the quality of its evaluation using the journal articles and other publications that have been written about it. This learning experience will focus on 12 critical questions that lead to a better understanding of a program’s impact and quality.

Developing a Speaker’s Bureau [TR]
Patty Kirby
Has your affiliate ever considered training a group of volunteers to help you conduct all the single shot contraception classes you have? Let Planned Parenthood of Maryland show you how we have developed and successfully utilized our Speakers’ Bureau! PPM will share the secrets (and skeletons) of developing, sustaining and expanding an effective and active SB while meeting the education needs of your community.

Managing HPV: A New Era in Sexual Health [HS]
Sandy Worthington & Melissa Meyer
This workshop will provide participants with the latest information about HPV and will also highlight the work of the APPLE HPV Curriculum Development Team. A new HPV educational curriculum created by this team will be shared and discussed.

Western Washington Teen Councils: Key Program Elements and Impacts [WY]
Anna Kashner & Carole Miller
Teen Council—a Western Washington peer education program—utilizes the commitment and skills of adolescents to disseminate sexuality information and empower youth to make smart choices about sex. PPWW will share program elements, implementation issues, evaluation results and lessons learned.

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Nurturing a New Start: Exploring Programming That Supports Incarcerated Women [CC]
Kym Duursma
Historically, programming and resources have not been available to incarcerated women. Nurturing a New Start was developed to connect the women with supportive community organizations. In this session learn the elements that are critical to replicating this model in your community.

Environmental Toxins & Reproductive Health – What’s the Concern? [EI]
Carole Miller
A growing body of scientific knowledge indicates that exposure to hazardous man-made chemicals used in household products and food can lead to serious reproductive health challenges. What is our responsibility as the largest reproductive health provider in the country? Come learn, and talk about what we can DO to make a difference!

Temperaments: Will the Real Einstein Please Step Forward? [ML]
Jan Lunquist
To build human and humane bridges as leaders, we need to recognize our commonalities, our individual contributions, and our interdependence. This session will help us identify our personal temperament and its characteristics and its impact on our communication patterns with peers and supervisees.

All Aboard: The Orient(ation) Express [TR]
Melissa Meyer & Alessa Hubbell
All Aboard! Take a trip on the Orientation Express! Let the conductors guide you on a tour of their on-boarding experience as new educators. Hop on and learn the training process to ensure your new riders are set up for success.

The Positive Space Coalition: Meeting The Needs of LGBTTQQ Youth in Peel [HS]
Melissa Toney & Domenic Storti
A community development initiative to provide more timely, community-based services to LGBTTQQ youth will be explored. A model of collaboration as well as successes and challenges will be highlighted. Participants will gain insight on how to develop an effective response to a need in their community.

Using Theatre as a Teaching Tool [WY]
Lisa Clarson
The workshop is designed as a crash course in the craft of theatre as well as specific easily facilitated activities you could teach the next day!