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Choosing the Best PATH
[Middle School – 7th Grade]
Creative and engaging, these 8 sessions keep middle-schoolers involved. Videos that open each lesson lead naturally to discussion. In each 50-minute segment, they learn the facts about risks and consequences of sex before marriage, as well as the benefits of choosing healthy relationships. Step by step, students develop the skills, character, and commitment to remain abstinent until marriage. Topics include:
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- Sex: Everyone’s Talking About It
- Teens hear what others say about sex, discover the overlooked emotional consequences of sexual activity, and learn the importance of self-respect.
- The Risks of STDs and HIV/AIDS
- Often believing “It can’t happen to me,” students hear from teens who have STDs and AIDS. They study the most common STDs, how STDs are spread, and the need for compassion.
- Teen Pregnancy and “Safe Sex”?
- Teen parents share the lost dreams of youth and highlight the importance of responsibility.
- Pressures to be Sexually Active
- Students identify and discuss four major pressures, including alcohol use and abuse, which contribute to teens’ sexual activity, and they learn the role of respect in overcoming these pressures.
- Choosing the Best Path
- After hearing teens, married couples and sports and entertainment personalities present the case for abstinence, teens are encouraged to make their own commitment to the healthy choice: abstinence until marriage.
- Set It! The Need for Boundaries
- In a fun activity, students see what guys and girls look for in a relationship, while learning about infatuation and love. Teens realize that self-discipline helps them set personal boundaries.
- Say It! The Need to Speak Up
- After learning the skills of saying “NO”, students put them into practice, finding out that it often takes courage.
- Show It! The Need to Be Assertive
- Four role-plays provide practical ways for teens to test their newly acquired skills as they recognize the need for perseverance.
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people, I see the obstacles that Louisiana’s youth face. Every day these youth face negative peer pressures and increased temptations for at-risk behaviors in their schools and community. School officials and community leaders are meeting these challenges with positive outlets for the students as well as programs designed to promote positive behaviors in the classroom and at home. In response to the challenges of negative peer pressure and at-risk behaviors in our state, I am joining with the schools and community leaders by initiating within the Governor’s Office “Louisiana Youth of Excellence”, or LYFE.
