Education is Key. . .
With education, our youth can reach their highest potential.
Education in many forms --school, counseling, seminars, church, and
peer groups-- can give wings to goals, dreams, and freedom.
AEN's Services
Abstinence Education Training
Our one-day training sessions provide you with everything you need to become an effective abstinence educator.
- Professional Seminar
- Parent Power Workshop
- Peer Counseling Seminar
Please contact us if you are interested
Guest Speakers for Schools Churches and Community Organizations
Our Topics Include: HIV/STD's, True Abstinence Education
(K-12), Philosophy and Implementation, Mentoring, Peer Teams, After
School Clubs, One-on-One Peer Counseling and Community Initiatives.
Lending Library and Resource Lists
We have many books and videos available in our Lending
Library to provide you with information on abstinence education, sex
education policies and current STD statistics and data.
These resources are available at no cost to you. We only ask that you pay
for the shipment materials to and from their destination. We also
ask that you return the materials within 30 days, so that we may
have the resources readily available to others.
School Clubs, One-on-One Peer Counseling and Community Initiatives
Please contact us if you are interested
Research says. . .
National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health
Published in the September 1997 issue of the Journal of the American Medical
Association, this is the most recent and most comprehensive study
ever conducted on children and causes of risk behavior. This
study, also known as the Ad Health Study, reported parental
connectedness as a strong protective factor against adolescent risk
behavior. The Ad Health study indicates that abstinence programs are
successful when:
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Students commit to a pledge of virginity until marriage (they respond
favorably when challenged with the highest standards of
expected behavior.)
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Abstinence is taught in a directive manner, which means that out-of-wedlock
adolescent sexual activity is taught as wrong and unhealthy.
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Parents are encouraged to openly express their disapproval of adolescent
sex and adolescent contraception to their children. Fear
of pregnancy and STDs is a well-placed fear of consequences.
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The distribution of contraceptives to adolescents without parental
notification or approval is prohibited.
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Parents are included as a central part of all aspects of sexuality
education.
The Ad Health Study was funded by 18 federal offices and included a
written survey administered to over 90,000 adolescents with 12,118
follow-up home interviews.
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