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HIV > Prevention Training's 2009 - 2010 School Year Trainings/Registration Information
Trainings offered to middle/high school health educators:
Trainings offered to professionals working with at-risk youth—youth workers; staff of shelters, residential programs and drop-in centers that serve runaway/homeless youth:
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL PROGRAM TRAININGS: Be Proud! Be Responsible! Curriculum Training Audience: Professionals working with at-risk youth in time-limited settings—alternative schools, shelters, drop-in centers and similar programs. This is a 2-day workshop open to staff of alternative schools and youth-serving agencies, presenting a curriculum that has been featured by the Centers for Disease Control as one of its “Programs that Work.” This program is a good first step in developing the HIV prevention skills needed by youth who may be sexually active. Be Proud! Be Responsible! is a six-lesson curriculum that: INCREASES:
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The curriculum includes a series of fun and interactive experiences including videos, trigger films, and role plays. Participants experience the curriculum as if they were students and practice the exercises and receive feedback on their facilitation skills. At the completion of the training, participants will be ready to present Be Proud! Be Responsible! to youth in their own agencies and schools. This 6-hour program is well-suited to alternative schools, shelters, drop-in centers and similar programs where using a longer, more intensive curriculum is not feasible. Be Proud! Be Responsible! has been used by more than three dozen schools and agencies in Maine. It is strongly recommended that schools and agencies send staff who has attended a basic HIV training, such as the HRAP workshop, but is not required. Along with adult staff, we also encourage youth to attend in order to be trained as group facilitators for their peers. Mini-grants are available to agencies that implement this curriculum.
Best Practices in HIV Prevention Curriculum Training Invitation Audience: 10-12th grade high school health educators, health coordinators, curriculum coordinators, and nurses. Best Practices in HIV Prevention is a researched, evidenced-based 13-lesson curriculum training. With this training, teachers are prepared to implement Best Practices in the classroom by familiarizing them with the curriculum’s goals and objectives, modeling key lessons, teaching an effective format for facilitating student role plays, and providing practice for teaching role play lessons with feedback from peers. The goals of the Best Practices curriculum training are to maintain and improve students’ sexual health and to provide students with the skills to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and unintended pregnancy. Implementation grants are available to middle or high schools that have not previously received MDOE curricula implementation grants in the past.
Booster on Curriculum Implementation Invitation: Audience: Individuals already trained in the Department of Education’s HIV curricula (i.e. Best Practices in HIV Prevention, Real Talk, Reducing the Risk/Making Safer Choices, Be Proud! Be Responsible!). MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.
High Risk Adolescent AIDS Prevention (HRAP) Training Audience: Staff of shelters and group homes, substance abuse counselors, mental health personnel, outreach workers, and others who work with youth who are in high risk situations. This intensive 3-day workshop was developed to address the specific needs of youth who are in high risk situations. If you work with any youth who are sexually active, they are potentially at risk for HIV – along with other STD’s and pregnancy. The HRAP training is aimed at helping youth workers to acquire the skills and knowledge they need to effectively address HIV-related issues with their clients. HRAP goes far beyond “the facts.” It is very interactive and emphasizes practicing skills through role plays. Information and skills which are taught during this training include:
This training utilizes the model of youth development, emphasizing the strengths and resiliency that all youth possess. The comprehensive introduction provides a solid foundation for either of the two curriculum trainings offered by New Beginnings.
HIV Bio-Medical Update Invitation Audience: 6-12th grade school health educators, school nurses and other interested school personnel. This annual HIV bio-medical update is presented by an expert in the field and offered to school personnel who want the latest information in HIV prevention. An opportunity for Q&A is included. New this year, the session will be broadcast in a convenient web-based format, offering participants the ease of viewing the session right from their own computers. After the event, a link to the recorded session, including informational resources, tools and materials, will be made available on our program homepage.
New Beginnings HIV Prevention Project Curriculum Training Audience: Staff who have the interest and ability to use this curriculum in their agency; young people are strongly encouraged to attend. New Beginnings developed a 12-hour HIV prevention program in 1993 which was specifically targeted at Maine youth who were runaways, homeless, or in other high risk situations. This program was recognized by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as a “Reputationally Effective Program,” meaning that it has shown effectiveness in reducing HIV risk behaviors. The program has been continually evaluated and revised based on feedback from youth. This 3-day training is ideal for participants would have completed an HRAP training or an equivalent introductory HIV prevention workshop. The curriculum is designed to use co-facilitators, so a minimum of two staff should attend. We encourage multi-program agencies to send staff from different programs. Staff members who complete the training will be ready to use this curriculum in their own agency. They will:
Partners in Prevention: Sexuality Education for Students with Special Needs Curriculum Training Audience: Individuals already trained in the Department of Education’s HIV curricula (i.e. Best Practices in HIV Prevention, Real Talk, Reducing the Risk/Making Safer Choices, Be Proud! Be Responsible!). The Partners in Prevention curriculum training is provided to individuals who have already been trained in the Dept. of Education’s HIV Prevention curricula and who are special educators from their schools. These individuals are presented with the opportunity to collaborate to meet the HIV prevention needs of the special education students. Participants in the training will receive the Family Life and Sexual Health (F.L.A.S.H.) curriculum, which is a sexuality and HIV prevention curriculum developed for the special needs students. Implementation grants are available to middle or high schools that have not previously received MDOE curricula implementation grants in the past.
Real Talk: Beginning Conversations About HIV Prevention and Making Decisions to be Sexually Healthy Curriculum Training Audience: 6th/7th grade health educators, health coordinators, curriculum coordinators and guidance counselors. Real Talk is a collection of lessons designed for 6th & 7th grades to supplement the curricula Reducing the Risk/Making Safer Choices (RTR) for 8th & 9th grades and Best Practices in HIV Prevention Education for 10-12th grades. Health educators trained in the RTR & Best Practices curricula have long requested education for the earlier grades and this is the set of lessons developed by the Maine Department of Education. This is a one-day workshop covering how to open the dialogue around the issues of self-awareness, relationship decision-making, sexual development and sexuality. Basic HIV information is introduced, as well as a decision-making model and communication skills that set the foundation for the specific refusal skills needed to delay the onset of sexual behaviors covered in the later grades. Some of the topics covered are rumors, jealousy, attraction and appreciating yourself. The Real Talk curriculum training was first offered in 2006 as a response to health educators’ requests for training for the earlier grades. The training has been well received by participants. Implementation grants are available to middle or high schools who have not previously received MDOE curricula implementation grants in the past.
Reducing the Risk/Making Safer Choices Curriculum Training Invitation Audience: Middle & High School health educators, health coordinators, nurses and guidance counselors. We have combined the best of Reducing the Risk (RTR) and Safer Choices to offer an effective two-day RTR/Making Safer Choices curriculum. Both these curricula are researched, evidenced-based HIV/STI/pregnancy prevention curricula that have been proven effective with adolescents. Refusal skills, delaying skills and skills to deal with social pressures in sexual situations are taught throughout this revised 12-lesson curriculum. Responsible sexual behavior is the goal. This curriculum is suggested for 8th grade classes, or ninth grade classes where there has been no previous training in evidence based HIV curricula. These skills can be used in other health risk behavior areas. As of 2005, over 130 schools in Maine have been trained in Reducing the Risk/Making Safer Choices in 7, 8 and 9th grades. Implementation grants are available to middle or high schools that have not previously received MDOE curricula implementation grants in the past.
Student Leadership in HIV Prevention Invitation in RTF Audience: 9-12th grade high school students, health educators, health coordinators and school nurses. Each year, World AIDS Day is recognized on December 1. The HIV Prevention Education Program sponsors a Student Leadership in HIV Prevention conference prior to this date, alternating locations between the Portland and Bangor areas. High School students and teachers are invited for a day of networking with peers, interactive activities and exciting workshops. Schools receive informational team packets containing the latest information on HIV prevention. Often a favorite to participants is hearing from an individual who is living with the HIV disease and how it has changed his/her life. At the end of each conference, students are challenged to develop an action plan in their schools to bring the HIV prevention message back to their peers. HIV peer prevention mini-grants are made available to schools to help in their efforts to prevent HIV. The Student Leadership in HIV Prevention trainings have been made available to high school students and teachers since 1988. From the start, the program has trusted youth in their ability to reach their peers, and they continue to inspire us. Several youth from different types of schools and youth agencies have won state and national recognition for their work in and commitment to HIV Prevention. They are the feedback loop to the teacher and agency staff trainings we provide. By taking risks and allowing them to advocate for themselves, the Maine Department of Education’s HIV Prevention Education Program has evolved into a responsive effort to reduce adolescent HIV/STD rates. |
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