SR OWL Workshop Summaries
Sexual Health
Workshops 1 - 10 are grouped together in a category called “Sexual Health”.
Session 1 - Workshops 1, 2, 3 - Learning about our bodies
Session 2 - Workshops 4, 5, 6 - Taking care of our sexual selves
Session 3 - Workshops 7, 8, 9, 10 - Making safer choices
Workshop 1 - Language
· Explore the language of sexuality.
· Become more comfortable discussing sexuality issues.
· Practice using words about sex and sexuality with other people.
· Develop trust and intimacy in the group.
Workshop 2 - Body image and feelings
· Identify how they feel about their own bodies.
· Explore differences in how men and women make judgements about their bodies.
· Explore differing ideals for body types.
· Look at how body imagery is a culture-bound phenomenon.
Workshop 3 - Anatomy and physiology
· Learn the basic reproductive and sexual parts of human bodies.
· Develop an understanding of the range of normal size, shape, colour, and odour and the function of each part.
Workshop 4 - Sexual response cycle and sexual functioning
· Understand the body’s physiological response to sexual arousal.
· Understand the physical, emotional, and psychological components related to sexual response.
· Understand the difference between a goal/orgasm-oriented model of sexual response and one in which pleasure is the only goal.
· Understand the psychological and biological causes of common sexual dysfunctions and their treatments.
Workshop 5 - Reproductive and sexual health care
· View reproductive and sexual health care as a part of their overall health care.
· Understand what a breast self-exam and testicular self-exam are, how to perform these exams, how often to perform them, and what to do if there is a noticeable change or symptom.
· Understand what a pelvic exam includes and what the experience is like for a young woman.
· Understand what a visit to a health clinic includes and what the experience is like for a young man.
Workshop 6 - AIDS and other STDs
· Become familiar with the most common symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
· Become aware of the need to consult a health-care professional if they suspect they have a sexually transmitted infection and learn where they might seek such care.
· Be able to assess their own risk for infection, based on their personal behaviours.
· Be aware of the stereotypes, prejudices, and myths that surround the topic of HIV/AIDS.
· Acquire or review a basic understanding of HIV, including modes of transmission, window period, testing issues, latency period, and current rates of adolescent infection.
· Explore different values associated with STDs and understand their personal feelings and values on this topic.
Workshop 7 - Contraception
· Review methods of contraception.
· Develop an understanding of the factors involved in selecting a method of contraception.
Workshop 8 - Condoms and negotiating for safer sex
· Become more comfortable looking at and touching condoms.
· Learn about the female condom and the dental dam.
· Learn the correct ways to use a male and a female condom.
· Understand the necessity for using a condom in almost all sexual situations in which adolescents take part.
· Negotiate with a sexual partner about always using a condom for sexual activity.
Workshop 9 - Safe fantasy
· Explore the range of sexual behaviours that do not put them at risk for pregnancy or disease.
· Define sex as much more than intercourse.
· Think about safer sex as fun and sexually fulfilling.
Workshop 10 - Sexual health (Closure - summary 1-9)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 1-3
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Lifespan Sexuality
Workshops 11 - 20 are grouped together in a category called “Lifespan sexuality”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 4 - Workshops 11, 12, 13 - Exploring our sexual development
Session 5 - Workshops 14, 15, 16 - Becoming a parent
Session 6 - Workshops 17, 18, 19, 20 - Expressions of sexuality
Workshop 11 - Gender roles
· Become familiar with the idea of gender roles and their impact on our daily lives.
· Clarify their own ideas about their gender and other genders
· Explore the range of perceptions and misconceptions people have about each gender.
· Gain insight into the similarities as well as the differences between females and males.
Workshop 12 - Identity, roles, and orientation
· Understand and be able to differentiate between biological sex, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
· Develop an understanding of the extent to which our culture and our biology influence our sexual development.
· Think about safer sex as fun and sexually fulfilling.
Workshop 13 - Sexual orientation
· To understand that sexual orientation is not a choice.
· To understand that sexual orientation may have both biological and learned components.
· To recognize that sexual orientation is not just about behaviour.
· To understand that sexual orientation is not just about with whom we have sex but also about with whom we become friends and with whom we identify.
· To clarify personal values about sexual orientation
Workshop 14 - Conception, pregnancy, and birth
· The physiological processes of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth.
· The importance of prenatal nutrition and health care to babies' health.
· The factors that may contribute to positive and negative experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.
· The psychological, social, emotional, and economic impacts of parenting.
· The importance of the father/partner in the process of parenthood.
Workshop 15 Parenting licence
· Understand the many factors involved in being a parent.
· Identify which of these factors are most important.
Workshop 16 - Parenting alternatives
· Become aware of alternatives to heterosexual marriage with biological children.
· Identify the issues and concerns associated with adoption and child-free marriage.
· Clarify values concerning adoption and child-free marriage
Workshop 17 - Sexuality time line
· Explore various expressions of sexuality among people of different ages.
· Recognize that people are sexual beings throughout their lives.
Workshop 18 - Sexuality and people with disabilities
· Explore their own values and attitudes regarding sexuality and disabilities.
· Recognize that people with disabilities have sexual needs and expressions.
· Think about how one could interact with a person with a disability in a sexual way.
Workshop 19 - Sexual expressions and relationships
· Develop an awareness of the wide variety of sexual relationships.
· Determine which types of relationships would be acceptable to them.
· Clarify their values concerning various types of relationships
Workshop 20 Lifespan sexuality (Closure - summary 11-19)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 4-6.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Building healthy sexual relationships
Workshops 21 - 31 are grouped together in a category called “Building healthy sexual relationships”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 7 - Workshops 21, 22, 23 - Communication
Session 8 - Workshops 24, 25, 26, 27 - Intimacy, masturbation, and lovemaking
Session 9 - Workshops 28, 29, 30, 31 - Recognizing unhealthy relationships
Workshop 21 - Verbal and nonverbal communication
· The role of nonverbal communication in sexual relationships.
· The importance of making nonverbal messages consistent with verbal messages.
· The possibility of misinterpreting nonverbal messages because of individual differences in communication styles.
· The role of facial expressions and physical touch in relating emotions, thoughts, needs, and desires
· How verbal and nonverbal communication interact.
Workshop 22 - What makes a good relationship?
· Think about what they are seeking or might seek in the future in a life partner relationship.
· Prioritize these characteristics for themselves.
· Learn which characteristics are most important for their peers.
Workshop 23 - Questions of the other gender
· Practice communicating about sexual issues.
· Become more comfortable asking and answering questions about sex and sexuality.
· Gain any information they seek about the sexuality of another gender
Workshop 24 - Defining intimacy
· Understanding that intimacy does not have to be expressed genitally or sexually.
· Recognize the value of a variety of interpersonal relationships with people of other genders.
· Consider the importance of platonic, emotional, and intellectual closeness with another person.
· Understand that a person can enjoy intimacy by himself/herself.
Workshop 25 - Masturbation myths and facts
· Identify the messages they have received about sex and masturbation from a variety of sources and determine whether those messages were positive or negative.
· Explore myths and facts about masturbation.
· Discuss their own fears, feelings, and concerns about masturbation.
Workshop 26 - Sexual behaviour
· Learn the names and definitions of a wide range of specific sexual behaviours.
· Explore their own feelings and values about the sexual behaviours defined in this workshop and determine whether they would participate in those acts and with whom.
Workshop 27 - Images of love and sex in music and video
· Think critically about the messages about love and sex in popular music.
· Recognize the negative as well as positive impact music and music videos can have on their beliefs and values regarding sex, love, and relationships.
· Become more discriminating consumers of popular culture.
Workshop 28 - Power and responsibility
· Experience, in a safe and nonthreatening way, power differentials between men and women.
· Experience (for men) both the frustration and the freedom of having another person in control of their well-being.
· Experience (for women) both the responsibility and power involved in controlling another person's well-being.
Workshop 29 - Power in relationships
· Gain understanding of how another gender views and experiences power and powerlessness.
· Increase empathy for others and their experiences with unequal power in relationships.
· Gain insight into how unequal power in a relationship is unhealthy and how to share power and responsibility.
· Gain a greater understanding, empathy, and compassion for members of another gender and thereby experience better communication.
Workshop 30 - Breaking up and moving on
· Identify and discuss reasons for ending, rather than continuing, a relationship.
· Develop and practice the skills necessary to end a relationship.
Workshop 31 - Building healthy sexual relationships (closure - summary 21-30)
· Reflect on what they have learned in Sessions 7-9.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Sexuality and social issues
Workshops 32 - 39 are grouped together in a category called “Sexuality and social issues”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 10 - Workshops 32, 33 - Reproductive rights
Session 11 - Workshops 34, 35, 36 - Power and control
Session 12 - Workshops 37, 38, 39 - Equality
Workshop 32 - Abortion
· Be aware of and understand the many issues involved in the abortion debate.
· Explore opinions and issues about abortion with which they may not agree.
· Clarify their own values about abortion.
Workshop 33 New reproductive choices
· Explore the range of reproductive options available to infertile couples.
· Get in touch with their own feelings about what defines parenthood.
· Think about the ethical and legal issues raised by new technological advances in the area of fertility.
Workshop 34 sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and erotica
· Distinguish between sexually exploitive and non-exploitive representations and behaviours.
· Explore the extent to which sexual harassment and sexual exploitation are part of their lives.
Workshop 35 Date rape
· Analyze why date rape might occur in a given situation.
· Identify how date rape might be prevented.
Workshop 36 Between consenting adults
· Define and explore the concept of consent.
· Identify how they would respond in a variety of morally ambiguous sexual situations.
Workshop 37 Gay pride parade
· Identify important issues related to gay rights.
· Demonstrate their views about gay rights through artistic expression.
· Develop an awareness of their own levels of homophobia and heterosexism.
Workshop 38 Gender equality
· Examine their own views about gender equality.
· Express their ideas about gender equality in a creative manner.
· Explore the ways in which issues of gender equality have changed since the women's movement of the 1970s and the ways in which they have remained the same.
Workshop 39 Sexuality and social issues (closure - summary 32-38)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 10-12.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
· Think about what actions they can take to make a positive difference in the world.
Closing Session
· Say goodbye to the group and its members.
· Identify significant learning moments from the program.
Workshops 1 - 10 are grouped together in a category called “Sexual Health”.
Session 1 - Workshops 1, 2, 3 - Learning about our bodies
Session 2 - Workshops 4, 5, 6 - Taking care of our sexual selves
Session 3 - Workshops 7, 8, 9, 10 - Making safer choices
Workshop 1 - Language
· Explore the language of sexuality.
· Become more comfortable discussing sexuality issues.
· Practice using words about sex and sexuality with other people.
· Develop trust and intimacy in the group.
Workshop 2 - Body image and feelings
· Identify how they feel about their own bodies.
· Explore differences in how men and women make judgements about their bodies.
· Explore differing ideals for body types.
· Look at how body imagery is a culture-bound phenomenon.
Workshop 3 - Anatomy and physiology
· Learn the basic reproductive and sexual parts of human bodies.
· Develop an understanding of the range of normal size, shape, colour, and odour and the function of each part.
Workshop 4 - Sexual response cycle and sexual functioning
· Understand the body’s physiological response to sexual arousal.
· Understand the physical, emotional, and psychological components related to sexual response.
· Understand the difference between a goal/orgasm-oriented model of sexual response and one in which pleasure is the only goal.
· Understand the psychological and biological causes of common sexual dysfunctions and their treatments.
Workshop 5 - Reproductive and sexual health care
· View reproductive and sexual health care as a part of their overall health care.
· Understand what a breast self-exam and testicular self-exam are, how to perform these exams, how often to perform them, and what to do if there is a noticeable change or symptom.
· Understand what a pelvic exam includes and what the experience is like for a young woman.
· Understand what a visit to a health clinic includes and what the experience is like for a young man.
Workshop 6 - AIDS and other STDs
· Become familiar with the most common symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
· Become aware of the need to consult a health-care professional if they suspect they have a sexually transmitted infection and learn where they might seek such care.
· Be able to assess their own risk for infection, based on their personal behaviours.
· Be aware of the stereotypes, prejudices, and myths that surround the topic of HIV/AIDS.
· Acquire or review a basic understanding of HIV, including modes of transmission, window period, testing issues, latency period, and current rates of adolescent infection.
· Explore different values associated with STDs and understand their personal feelings and values on this topic.
Workshop 7 - Contraception
· Review methods of contraception.
· Develop an understanding of the factors involved in selecting a method of contraception.
Workshop 8 - Condoms and negotiating for safer sex
· Become more comfortable looking at and touching condoms.
· Learn about the female condom and the dental dam.
· Learn the correct ways to use a male and a female condom.
· Understand the necessity for using a condom in almost all sexual situations in which adolescents take part.
· Negotiate with a sexual partner about always using a condom for sexual activity.
Workshop 9 - Safe fantasy
· Explore the range of sexual behaviours that do not put them at risk for pregnancy or disease.
· Define sex as much more than intercourse.
· Think about safer sex as fun and sexually fulfilling.
Workshop 10 - Sexual health (Closure - summary 1-9)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 1-3
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Lifespan Sexuality
Workshops 11 - 20 are grouped together in a category called “Lifespan sexuality”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 4 - Workshops 11, 12, 13 - Exploring our sexual development
Session 5 - Workshops 14, 15, 16 - Becoming a parent
Session 6 - Workshops 17, 18, 19, 20 - Expressions of sexuality
Workshop 11 - Gender roles
· Become familiar with the idea of gender roles and their impact on our daily lives.
· Clarify their own ideas about their gender and other genders
· Explore the range of perceptions and misconceptions people have about each gender.
· Gain insight into the similarities as well as the differences between females and males.
Workshop 12 - Identity, roles, and orientation
· Understand and be able to differentiate between biological sex, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
· Develop an understanding of the extent to which our culture and our biology influence our sexual development.
· Think about safer sex as fun and sexually fulfilling.
Workshop 13 - Sexual orientation
· To understand that sexual orientation is not a choice.
· To understand that sexual orientation may have both biological and learned components.
· To recognize that sexual orientation is not just about behaviour.
· To understand that sexual orientation is not just about with whom we have sex but also about with whom we become friends and with whom we identify.
· To clarify personal values about sexual orientation
Workshop 14 - Conception, pregnancy, and birth
· The physiological processes of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth.
· The importance of prenatal nutrition and health care to babies' health.
· The factors that may contribute to positive and negative experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.
· The psychological, social, emotional, and economic impacts of parenting.
· The importance of the father/partner in the process of parenthood.
Workshop 15 Parenting licence
· Understand the many factors involved in being a parent.
· Identify which of these factors are most important.
Workshop 16 - Parenting alternatives
· Become aware of alternatives to heterosexual marriage with biological children.
· Identify the issues and concerns associated with adoption and child-free marriage.
· Clarify values concerning adoption and child-free marriage
Workshop 17 - Sexuality time line
· Explore various expressions of sexuality among people of different ages.
· Recognize that people are sexual beings throughout their lives.
Workshop 18 - Sexuality and people with disabilities
· Explore their own values and attitudes regarding sexuality and disabilities.
· Recognize that people with disabilities have sexual needs and expressions.
· Think about how one could interact with a person with a disability in a sexual way.
Workshop 19 - Sexual expressions and relationships
· Develop an awareness of the wide variety of sexual relationships.
· Determine which types of relationships would be acceptable to them.
· Clarify their values concerning various types of relationships
Workshop 20 Lifespan sexuality (Closure - summary 11-19)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 4-6.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Building healthy sexual relationships
Workshops 21 - 31 are grouped together in a category called “Building healthy sexual relationships”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 7 - Workshops 21, 22, 23 - Communication
Session 8 - Workshops 24, 25, 26, 27 - Intimacy, masturbation, and lovemaking
Session 9 - Workshops 28, 29, 30, 31 - Recognizing unhealthy relationships
Workshop 21 - Verbal and nonverbal communication
· The role of nonverbal communication in sexual relationships.
· The importance of making nonverbal messages consistent with verbal messages.
· The possibility of misinterpreting nonverbal messages because of individual differences in communication styles.
· The role of facial expressions and physical touch in relating emotions, thoughts, needs, and desires
· How verbal and nonverbal communication interact.
Workshop 22 - What makes a good relationship?
· Think about what they are seeking or might seek in the future in a life partner relationship.
· Prioritize these characteristics for themselves.
· Learn which characteristics are most important for their peers.
Workshop 23 - Questions of the other gender
· Practice communicating about sexual issues.
· Become more comfortable asking and answering questions about sex and sexuality.
· Gain any information they seek about the sexuality of another gender
Workshop 24 - Defining intimacy
· Understanding that intimacy does not have to be expressed genitally or sexually.
· Recognize the value of a variety of interpersonal relationships with people of other genders.
· Consider the importance of platonic, emotional, and intellectual closeness with another person.
· Understand that a person can enjoy intimacy by himself/herself.
Workshop 25 - Masturbation myths and facts
· Identify the messages they have received about sex and masturbation from a variety of sources and determine whether those messages were positive or negative.
· Explore myths and facts about masturbation.
· Discuss their own fears, feelings, and concerns about masturbation.
Workshop 26 - Sexual behaviour
· Learn the names and definitions of a wide range of specific sexual behaviours.
· Explore their own feelings and values about the sexual behaviours defined in this workshop and determine whether they would participate in those acts and with whom.
Workshop 27 - Images of love and sex in music and video
· Think critically about the messages about love and sex in popular music.
· Recognize the negative as well as positive impact music and music videos can have on their beliefs and values regarding sex, love, and relationships.
· Become more discriminating consumers of popular culture.
Workshop 28 - Power and responsibility
· Experience, in a safe and nonthreatening way, power differentials between men and women.
· Experience (for men) both the frustration and the freedom of having another person in control of their well-being.
· Experience (for women) both the responsibility and power involved in controlling another person's well-being.
Workshop 29 - Power in relationships
· Gain understanding of how another gender views and experiences power and powerlessness.
· Increase empathy for others and their experiences with unequal power in relationships.
· Gain insight into how unequal power in a relationship is unhealthy and how to share power and responsibility.
· Gain a greater understanding, empathy, and compassion for members of another gender and thereby experience better communication.
Workshop 30 - Breaking up and moving on
· Identify and discuss reasons for ending, rather than continuing, a relationship.
· Develop and practice the skills necessary to end a relationship.
Workshop 31 - Building healthy sexual relationships (closure - summary 21-30)
· Reflect on what they have learned in Sessions 7-9.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
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Sexuality and social issues
Workshops 32 - 39 are grouped together in a category called “Sexuality and social issues”. The book groups the sessions as follows:
Session 10 - Workshops 32, 33 - Reproductive rights
Session 11 - Workshops 34, 35, 36 - Power and control
Session 12 - Workshops 37, 38, 39 - Equality
Workshop 32 - Abortion
· Be aware of and understand the many issues involved in the abortion debate.
· Explore opinions and issues about abortion with which they may not agree.
· Clarify their own values about abortion.
Workshop 33 New reproductive choices
· Explore the range of reproductive options available to infertile couples.
· Get in touch with their own feelings about what defines parenthood.
· Think about the ethical and legal issues raised by new technological advances in the area of fertility.
Workshop 34 sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and erotica
· Distinguish between sexually exploitive and non-exploitive representations and behaviours.
· Explore the extent to which sexual harassment and sexual exploitation are part of their lives.
Workshop 35 Date rape
· Analyze why date rape might occur in a given situation.
· Identify how date rape might be prevented.
Workshop 36 Between consenting adults
· Define and explore the concept of consent.
· Identify how they would respond in a variety of morally ambiguous sexual situations.
Workshop 37 Gay pride parade
· Identify important issues related to gay rights.
· Demonstrate their views about gay rights through artistic expression.
· Develop an awareness of their own levels of homophobia and heterosexism.
Workshop 38 Gender equality
· Examine their own views about gender equality.
· Express their ideas about gender equality in a creative manner.
· Explore the ways in which issues of gender equality have changed since the women's movement of the 1970s and the ways in which they have remained the same.
Workshop 39 Sexuality and social issues (closure - summary 32-38)
· Find meaning in what they have learned in Sessions 10-12.
· Identify how they will use what they have learned in their own lives.
· Think about what actions they can take to make a positive difference in the world.
Closing Session
· Say goodbye to the group and its members.
· Identify significant learning moments from the program.
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