A comprehensive sexual education program would include information on abstinence as well as contraceptives in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Family life education curriculum must be aligned with the most recent version of the New Jersey Core curriculum Content Standards which requires that instructional material be current, medically accurate and supported by extensive research.
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If students are currently or will soon be sexually active, they need to learn about contraceptives right away from a reliable source. However, the problem with the plethora of information on the internet is that it can feed students false information or give them wrong ideas, impressions, and expectations of sex.
Of course abstaining from sex is the only surefire way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, but all the curriculum seems to be trying to do is scare students out of having sex.
Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Of course abstaining from sex is the only surefire way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, but all the curriculum seems to be trying to do is scare students out of having sex. The birth rate for women aged years was Requires local education agencies to develop and implement a family life education program if the teen pregnancy rate in any county exceeds One of the most popular suggestions was in regards to adding information about various contraceptives, and not sticking to a strict no-sex curriculum.
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Human growth and development and family life responsibilities, including evidence-based and medically accurate information regarding sexual abstinence until marriage and prevention and control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS is included as a major educational area as a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in the state.
Sign up for the Headlines Newsletter and receive up to date information. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. A comprehensive sexual education program would include information on abstinence as well as contraceptives in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections.