 
Dr.
Elizabeth Schroeder
became executive director of Answer, sex ed honestly based out
of Rutgers University, in September 2008, after a ten-year relationship
with the organization. An internationally recognized trainer, she has
trained thousands of youth-serving professionals, adolescents and parents
in the United States and overseas, has presented at numerous national
conferences and written extensively about sexuality and relationship issues.
Dr. Schroeder has an extensive knowledge of sexuality education programs,
policies and politics; national and international connections with key
organizations and individuals; and a passion for Answer’s work in
comprehensive sexuality education.
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Brave New World: Teaching
about Love, Dating and Communication to 21st Century Teens
With Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder
One of the key questions adolescents need to answer for themselves
during this volatile time in their lives is, “Who Am I?”
The answer is formed by a combination of factors, including their
brain development, the input of their peer group, and the process
of sorting through the values they’ve learned from family
and others and determining what they will embrace moving forward.
Accompanying the question, “Who Am I?”, is “Am
I ready to be in a relationship?” and, if yes, “What
do I want from that relationship?” Adolescents and teens are
still learning how to navigate friendships while now needing to
translate those skills into managing romantic and, eventually for
some youth, sexual relationships. And all of this is being done
in the digital age where interpersonal interactions are being replaced
by technology. We must change the way we teach relationship skills
to young people if we want them to establish and maintain healthy
relationships, both now and in the future.
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Straightlaced — How
Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up
takes a powerful and intimate look at how popular pressures around
gender and sexuality are shaping the lives of American teens. The
film proudly showcases the diverse and unscripted voices of more
than 50 youth from a wide range of high schools, who speak with
breathtaking honesty, insight, and humor about gender roles and
their struggles to be who they really are. From girls confronting
popular messages about culture and body image to boys who are sexually
active just to prove they aren’t gay, the students in Straightlaced
illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender
policing have on all of our lives. Their courageous stories also
model the possibility of dialogue and action, offering both teens
and adults a way out of anxiety, fear, and violence and toward a
more inclusive, empowering society.
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Using "Partner"
is Not Enough: Teaching About Sexual Orientation Accurately and
Effectively
Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder
Executive Director, Answer
This workshop will teach participants about the fundamentals of
sexual orientation and how to be more inclusive in any educational
environment. The first part of the workshop will provide basic information
about sexual orientation and dispel common myths. The second part
of the workshop will provide concrete methods for teaching about
sexual orientation directly with young people.
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Redefining Fatherhood in the New Millennium
Clarence Jones - Community Outreach Director, Southside Community
Health Services/Q Health Connections, Minneapolis, MN and Sam Simmons
- Simmons Consulting, Minneapolis, MN
Engaging fathers in a meaningful way continues to be a challenge
for practitioners working with young parents. This workshop examines
emerging strategies and tools necessary to support fathers that
add value to the social and economic resources that currently exist.
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Sistas, Informing, Healing,
Living, Empowering (SiHLE) in Iowa: Making it Work
Jean Gallmeyer - Health Educator, Together for Youth, Waterloo and
Marcia Sisk - SiHLE Program Facilitator, Together for Youth, Waterloo
SiHLE is a comprehensive curriculum that has proven to be fun, effective
and a bit difficult to launch, but we are off! And you can be too.
This workshop considers the trials and tribulations of tailoring
a big-city program to meet the needs of Iowa youth. If your agency
has ever wrestled with concerns about trying to replicate a curriculum
with fidelity, this workshop is for you!
What about the Boys? Teaching
about Sexuality Accurately and Effectively with Teen Boys
Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder - Executive Director, Answer
The vast majority of sexuality education curricula and programs
are created with the needs of girls in mind. Even if we don't believe
it ourselves, the saying “boys will be boys” pervades
sexuality education programming. Girls are set up as the sexual
gatekeepers and decision-makers. Boys are either set up to be feared
or widely ignored. This training will provide the most up-to-date
information available about how boys learn, how co-ed sexuality
education programming has failed boys and what educators can do
to be sure to reach all students and workshop participants.
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Deconstructing Sexual Assault
and the Lifetime Television Movie
Jennifer Morton - Outreach Coordinator, Planned Parenthood of Greater
Iowa and Stacie O’Connor - Regional Educator, Planned Parenthood
of Greater Iowa
How can we educate and discuss issues of sexual assault with young
women in ways that are not fear based or focused on victim blaming?
Can it be done in a way that is fun and empowering? Through the
lens of the ever popular and seemingly ubiquitous “Lifetime
Movie”, this presentation will provide a fresh way to begin
the discussion of sexual assault and help dispel many of the myths
surrounding sexual assault and young women.
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Understanding the Differences
Between Gender Identity and Expression Among Youth
Ryan K. Sallans - MA, Community Educator, Planned Parenthood of
Nebraska and Council Bluffs
This workshop will look at the continuum of sex and gender with
particular focus on the youth culture today. Some questions that
will be explored are: What does transgender and transsexual mean
and how do youth identify? Is sexual orientation related to gender
identity? Are youth just going through a phase during their development?
The workshop is set up to allow time for a Q & A.
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