Professional Training & Workshop Offerings: Schools

School is a place where a great deal of informal sex education occurs, whether or not formal programs are in place. As an advocate of comprehensive sexuality education, Amy Jo has seen how much students are in need of accurate, age-appropriate information about sexuality. Amy Jo has worked in public schools in New York City and has traveled nationally to work with students, school teachers and administrators for over eleven years.

The following is a list of workshop and training topics Amy Jo can provide in primary and secondary schools:

Workshops for Students

  • Healthy Sexuality
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Communication Skills
  • Anatomy, Physiology & Reproduction
  • STIs & HIV
  • Gender & Sexism
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Homophobia
  • Sexual Assault
  • Body Image & Eating Disorders
  • Making Healthy & Informed Sexual Decisions
  • What is Love?
  • Contraception & Safer Sex
  • Reproductive Rights & Abortion
  • Reproductive & Sexual Health
  • Peer Education Training
  • How to Organize for Social Change
  • Professional Development & Resume Building
  • Customized Trainings on the Topics You Choose

"Your class has helped me a lot because I have been able to be around people who I could relate to and identify with. Amy Jo you have been great!! You seem to always find ways to make class interesting and fun. You also have helped me expand my basic knowledge and understanding of sexuality and how it is portrayed in society and through the media"
-- Soloman, Bushwick Outreach Alternative High School, Brooklyn, NY


Training for School Teachers, Staff and Administrators

  • Addressing Sexuality Issues in Young People
  • Healthy Sexuality Messages in School
  • How to Handle the Tough Questions: Sexuality in the Classroom
  • Adolescent Development & Sexuality
  • What Schools Can Do: Youth Development Approaches to Pregnancy Prevention
  • Best Practices in Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Mandated Reporters: Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Procedures
  • Providing a Safe Place: Addressing Sexual Abuse & Assault
  • The Nuts and Bolts of Sexual Orientation & Sexual Identity Formation
  • Gender, Gender Roles & Gender Equity in the Classroom
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Sensitivity Training
  • Addressing Homophobia in School
  • Addressing Violence, Bullying & Effective Conflict Resolution
  • Teaching Youth about Love
  • Developing Peer Education Programs
  • Working with Youth in Developing Healthy Relationships
  • Disclosure & Effective Boundary Setting as Educators
  • AIDS/HIV & STIs
  • Teaching About Safer Sex and Risk Reduction
  • Diversity Training
  • Addressing Racism