Choices believes that education and understanding lead to informed decisions about sexual and reproductive health for all people. Education sessions offered by CHOICES are based on best practices for sexual health education.

Education sessions are free of charge and customized to ensure the messages are age appropriate and culturally sensitive.

CHOICES believes:

• All ages, gender identities, races, cultures, and sexual orientations are equally valuable to our world.
• Lack of knowledge and understanding leads to uninformed decisions regarding sexual health.
• All people should have access to accurate, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information.
• Abstinence from sexual intercourse is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
• Children and teens need be given the tools to set goals and achieve them.
• Children and teens need be supported in an environment where they feel comfortable discussing topics of sexuality with an informed adult.
• Parents need be provided with the necessary tools to educate their children about sexual and reproductive health.
• Parents need be involved in the education of their children.

Community Education Sessions

CHOICES offers community-based education sessions on the following topics:

• My Changing Body: Puberty Awareness for Young People
• Human Reproductive Anatomy
• Circles of Human Sexuality
• Birth Control Options
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Making Sense of Abstinence
• Safer Sex Practices
• The Female Condom
• HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Talking to Your Teens about Sexuality
• Pregnancy Options

For more information or to schedule an education session, please contact Jennifer Marshall, Assistant Director at 901-791-9384 or jmarshall@mcrh-tn.org.