WELCOME TO THE

SEX EDUCATION INITIATIVE

Providing health professionals and youth educators with essential training, materials, and community.

The Sex Education Initiative at Teachers College, Columbia University is a reproductive literacy training program that helps professionals integrate Fertility Education, Reproductive Life Planning, and Reproductive Justice paradigms into their work.

Participants are also introduced to the cutting-edge new concept of Reproductive Identity Formation developed in our own laboratory and taught directly by us.

This training is especially suited for:

  1. Education Professionals serving youth and emerging adults looking to innovate Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) and Sexual & Reproductive Health Education (SRHE) curricula.

  2. Health Professionals looking to improve patient care by learning a more collaborative approach to reproductive health decision-making as well as examining personal values and unconscious bias.

“Don’t hesitate to join the dynamic individuals at the SHARE Program … to not only learn about Reproductive Identity but about yourself!”

-VPV, 2023 Cohort

Reproductive Identity Formation (RIF)-- empowers you to improve reproductive health outcomes with the science of psychology.

Our K.I.T. training approach (Knowledge, Insight, & Translation) will increase your competence, comfort, and creativity applying these ideas to your unique context.

The SEI three-part model a) advances your knowledge with cutting-edge SRHE content b) explores your SRHE-related values and biases, c) helps you translate and adapt these concepts to your specific population.

Your self-awareness is the key. Expert facilitators will support you to explore your personal beliefs so that you may assist others to positively imagine their reproductive futures.

As psychologists, we know memorizing facts is not enough. You need time to immerse in a subject and engage in experiential learning to realize the kinds of insights that will ultimately transform how you practice.

We know we are only one slice of a larger Sexual & Reproductive Health pie. You have a lot of material to cover, but you are not alone.

We build community - the opportunity to learn from your peers and exchange information and ideas collaboratively rather than in isolation. You will leave with customizable resources, such as student lesson plans and patient assessment tools.

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