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Parent Cafe
High School Programs
Middle School Programs
Empowering Teens for a Brighter Future
The Bourbon County Health Department offers a variety of programs specifically tailored for middle and high school students. Our initiatives focus on providing age-appropriate education and resources that help adolescents and teens develop essential life skills, make informed decisions, and foster healthy habits. Through these programs, we aim to equip young individuals with the knowledge and tools they need to succeed academically and personally.
Middle School program (grades 6th-8th)
Educational Outline
Positive Potential is a youth development program created by A Positive Approach to Teen Health (PATH). It focuses on helping middle school students make positive choices, develop essential life skills, and avoid risky behaviors. The curriculum includes lessons on bullying, self-confidence, setting boundaries, and recognizing risks. It’s designed for use in schools, after-school programs, or community settings.
Grade 6: Be the Exception
- Recognizing Your Value: Students learn to identify their strengths and build self-confidence.
- Making Positive Choices: Focus on decision-making skills and the impact of their choices on their future.
- Building Healthy Relationships: Understanding the importance of respect, communication, and boundaries in relationships.
Grade 7: Push the Limits
- Breaking Through Obstacles: Strategies for overcoming challenges and staying motivated.
- Setting Goals: Learning to set and achieve personal and academic goals.
- Building Your Legacy: Encouraging students to think about their long-term impact and legacy.
Grade 8: Unstoppable
- Recognizing Potential Risks: Identifying and understanding potential risks in various situations.
- Setting Appropriate Boundaries: Learning to set and maintain healthy boundaries.
- Obtaining Your Full Potential: Encouraging students to reach their full potential and pursue their passions.
High School program (grades 9th-12th)
Educational Outline
Reducing the Risk is a comprehensive program for high school students that focuses on preventing risky behaviors, particularly sexual health. It equips teens with practical skills like refusal, delay, and communication strategies, helping them make informed decisions and avoid situations that could negatively impact their health and well-being. The curriculum consists of 16 core sessions with an additional 2 sessions, making a total of 18 sessions in the curricula.
Reducing the Risk /Curricula:
- Introduction: Overview of the program and its goals.
- Refusal Skills: Techniques to confidently say no to risky behaviors.
- Delay Tactics: Strategies to postpone risky situations.
- Information Skills: Gathering and using accurate health information.
- Risks of Unprotected Sex: Understanding consequences of unprotected sex.
- Contraception Facts: Information about different contraceptive methods.
- Role-Playing Refusal: Practicing refusal skills in various scenarios.
- Communication Skills: Effective communication techniques with peers and partners.
- Assessing Risks: Identifying and evaluating risky situations.
- STD Information: Facts about sexually transmitted diseases.
- Role-Playing Delay: Practicing delay tactics in different scenarios.
- Influence of Alcohol and Drugs: Impact of substances on decision-making.
- Getting Help and Support: Accessing resources and seeking help when needed.
- Role-Playing Information: Using accurate health information in discussions.
- Understanding Relationships: Building and maintaining healthy relationships.
- Review and Reflection: Recap of key lessons and personal reflections.Â
Parent Café
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What is Parent Café?
Parent Café is a program associated with the Kentucky Strengthening Families Initiative that aims to transform the relationship between parents and caregivers through discussions around Protective Factors and how they relate to families. This program provides an engaging and supportive environment where parents and caregivers—defined as any adult caring for a child—can learn from one another. The program utilizes conversation decks, created by parents, during Parent Café sessions to facilitate discussions centered around one of the six Protective Factors. This approach enables caregivers to relate that factor to their personal experiences while fostering dialogue on how they can integrate it into their families.
The purpose of this program is to foster a safe, welcoming, and inviting atmosphere where caregivers can connect through meaningful conversations and learn from one another. Participants can anticipate the following benefits:
- Enhance their resilience by identifying their strengths, needs, and challenges.
- Form connections with other caregivers.
- Discover resources that can assist their families.
- Develop Protective Factors for both caregivers and families.
For more information about this initiative, visit: https://www.kentuckycchc.org/parent-cafe