Colorado Youth Matter provides a variety of trainings ranging from workshops of a few hours to multi-day curricula trainings.

We are able to deliver trainings and presentations on the following topics:

Evidence-Based or Science-Based Programs

• Making Proud Choices: A Safer Sex Approach to STDs, Teen Pregnancy, and HIV Prevention is an eight-module curriculum that provides young adolescents with the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV, and pregnancy by abstaining from sex or using condoms if they choose to have sex.

• Safer Choices Curriculum is a two-year, school-based, HIV/STI and teen pregnancy prevention program with the primary goal of reducing unprotected sexual intercourse by encouraging abstinence and, among students who report having sex, encouraging condom use.

• Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® aims to reduce teens' rates of pregnancy, course failure, and academic suspension by enhancing protective factors. TOP is delivered over 9 months (a full school year) to middle and high school students who voluntarily enroll in the program in school or in an after-school or community-based setting.

• ¡Cuídate! [Take Care of Yourself] is a culturally inclusive intervention on reducing HIV related sexual risk taking behaviors in Latino communities.

Other Training and Presentation Topics:

• The State of Adolescent Sexual Health in Colorado: Colorado Youth Matter presents research and data on national, state and county teen pregnancy, teen births, HIV and STIs and health disparities and the status of current policies and programs throughout Colorado.  This also can include a discussion on STI and teen pregnancy data in the county in which the training is conducted or relevant.  A county fact sheet with this data will be provided and discussed during the meeting.

• Putting Research to Practice, an Introduction to Evidence-Based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy, HIV and STI prevention: Colorado Youth Matter provides information and resources on programs, approaches and characteristics of programs that have been rigorously evaluated, peer reviewed, published, and shown to change adolescent sexual risk-taking behavior.  These programs and approaches are often called “science-based” or “evidence-based” programs and approaches; definitions of science-based programs provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be discussed. Colorado Youth Matter can share descriptions of programs that are likely to be relevant and applicable to the school or organization in which they will be implemented.  In addition, Colorado Youth Matter offers a resource library of curricula to loan to community groups to look through in more depth.

• Raices y Alas (Roots and Wings) Training of Educators: This is a one day workshop for service providers working with families.  Colorado Youth Matter will provide information, guidelines, and materials for implementing a 2 hour skill-building workshop for parents/guardians on communicating with their child(ren) about sexual health topics.

• Between the Bells Teacher Workshop: This is a three hour workshop designed to prepare teachers to answer questions from students regarding sex and sexual health with accurate information and resources. Colorado Youth Matter will provide techniques, resources and materials to teachers on sexual health topics.

• Objectifying the Data: Outcome Evaluation 101: This 3 hour workshop focuses on the basics of Outcomes- based Program evaluation: the why and how of goals and objectives, logic modeling, collecting and using data. Learn simple, easy steps to evaluation that will reduce anxiety and bust evaluation myths.

• PRIDE Training: This four hour introductory and interactive workshop  focuses on how to make your organization more inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities and welcoming of all youth. This workshop is a 101 level and is geared towards folks with little to no experience working with LGBTQ youth.

• Beyond the Box: Creating Inclusive Environments for Transgender Youth: This is a four hour informational and interactive workshop introduce participants to the experiences of transgender youth, the barriers they may face and how we can work together to create safe and inclusive environments free from transphobia. This workshop is a 101 level and is geared towards folks with little to no experience working with transgender youth.

• Implementing HB 07-1292:  Colorado Law on Content Standards for Instruction on Human Sexuality: Colorado Youth Matter provides training on the legislation signed into law in 2007 outlining content standards for schools delivering instruction on human sexuality, or schools that have policies related to sexuality education.  This includes information on the law, definitions of terms included in the law and descriptions of programs or curricula that meet the standards outlined in the law.

• Getting to Outcomes:  A framework for planning, evaluating and sustaining your adolescent sexual health program: In this training Colorado Youth Matter provides instruction and activities on the 10 step framework for planning, implementing, evaluating and sustaining your adolescent program.

• Sexuality Education in Colorado Schools, The Inside Story: In 2009 Colorado Youth Matter conducted a statewide assessment and meta-review of information on sexuality education policies and programming in Colorado schools.  This presentation highlights results from this assessment and provides recommendations and suggested steps toward progress for individual communities wanting to address sexuality education in their local schools.

Other Trainings topics include, but are not limited to:

• Cultural Inclusion in Sex Education
• LGBTQ Inclusion in Sex Education
• Caught off Guard: Answering Difficult Questions
• Objectifying the Data: Outcome Evaluation 201
• Presentation Skills Roundup

Look for these and other trainings on the Colorado Youth Matter Training Calendar by clicking here!