Our Whole Lives

Our Whole Lives: Lifespan Sexuality Education

 

Honest, accurate information about sexuality changes lives. It dismantles stereotypes and assumptions, builds self-acceptance and self-esteem, fosters healthy relationships, improves decision making, and has the potential to save lives. For these reasons and more, we are proud to offer Our Whole Lives (OWL), a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education curricula for use in both secular settings and faith communities.

 

Interactive workshops and lessons engage participants, while step-by-step instructions for program planners and facilitators help ensure success. Six curricula speak to participants’ needs, by age group:


Our Whole Lives helps participants make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health and behavior. With a holistic approach, Our Whole Lives provides accurate, developmentally appropriate information about a range of topics, including relationships, gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual health, and cultural influences on sexuality.

Our Whole Lives Offers…

    • Accurate information presented in developmentally appropriate ways
    • Affective and emotional learning
    • Guiding values and principles
    • Activities that help participants clarify values and improve decision-making skills
    • A safe and supportive peer group
    • Acceptance of diversity
    • A social justice approach to inclusive sexuality education
    • Step-by-step instructions for program promotion, implementation, and facilitation
    • Parent orientation that affirms parents as their children’s primary sexuality educators
    • Facilitator trainings and continuing education to increase knowledge, skills, confidence
    • Sexuality and Our Faith, an optional religious supplement for use in Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ settings.

 

Our Whole Lives Values…

While Our Whole Lives is secular, it is not value-free. The program gives clear messages about the following key sexuality issues:

  • self worth
  • sexual health
  • responsibility
  • justice and inclusivity

 

Our Whole Lives recognizes and respects the diversity of participants with respect to biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and disability status. The activities and language used throughout the program have been carefully chosen to be as inclusive as possible of this human diversity.