Family Planning

Male-Focused Education

Overview

• 10 week program• 2 hour sessions

– Week 1: Introduction– Week 2: Choices– Week 3: WIC Services– Week 4: Legal Aid– Week 5: Family Planning– Week 6: STI’s– Week 7: Sexual Communication– Week 8: Review– Week 9: Personal Improvement– Week 10: Celebration

Week 1: Introduction

• Overview of Program

• Logistics

• Ice-breaker

– What does it mean to be a man? (pre-test) (From Young Dads Program)

• Setting group and individual goals

• Develop ground rules

• Pre-test sexual attitudes and behaviors scales

Week 2: Choices

• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (15 minutes)– A collection of vignettes told from the perspective

of three teenage boys, dealing with issues of passion, pregnancy, peer pressure and STI’s.

– Discussion to follow

• The Choices We Make– Young lovers struggle to make the right decision

about becoming parents.

– Discussion and exercises to follow – (Total= estimated 50 minutes)

Week 3: WIC Services

• Guest Speaker: WIC

– Representative comes in to talk about services

– Tour of WIC Center

– Q&A

• Men write up questions for Legal Aid Representative

Week 4: Legal Services

• Guest Speaker: Legal Aid

– Talk about rights and responsibilities as young fathers or expectant fathers-Answers questions-Open forum for Q&A and/or discussion

Week 5: Family Planning

• Reproductive biology

– Male and female diagrams

– Anatomical Models

• Contraception

– Birth Control Methods

• Charts and samples available

• Skill Building: Condom Demonstration– Male and Female Condoms

Week 6: STI’s

• STI Education– CDC Video: Why does it matter: Street Stories (3 min)

– CDC Video: What is it? (5 min)

• http://www.cdc.gov/std/Be-Smart-Be-Well/default.htm#

– Brief PowerPoint about STI, HIV/AIDS

– STI Roulette Game

• Representative from clinic comes in to talk about services CHC provides

• Field trip to Caring Health Clinics

Week 7: Sexual Communication

• Sexual Negotiation and Communication Skills

• Sexual Violence Prevention

• Talking with Partners• Simulation Scenarios

– Movie clips leading up to sexual situations

– Discussion about what happens next? What could have been done to make this a safer situation? What was done well? What’s missing? Etc.

(Based on FLASH lesson plans)

Week 8: Review

• Reviewing and Summarizing experience

• Providing resource information

• Post-test

– Re-visit “What it means to be a man?”

– Sexual Behavior and Attitude Scales

Week 9: Personal Improvement

• Guest Speaker: GED and job opportunities

• Exercise: List at least 5 skills you’ve learned

– What can you offer to your partner or child?

– Do you feel you’ve made personal growth and development over these last 9 weeks?

Week 10: Celebration

• Ceremony

– Talk about the program and accomplishments of members

• Certificates

– One for each participant for completing workshop

• Gift Bags

– Full of resources, gift card/incentive, and sexual health products (i.e.: condoms)