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 What
is the Creating Positive Relationships (CPR) program?
The CPR programs are courses of
sexuality and character education designed to meet the needs of students in 6th
grade - high school. The decisions made today about sexuality can indeed
be "life-saving" ones! These courses teach that abstinence from sexual
activity and other destructive behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse is not
only beneficial, but preferred for the physical, mental, social and emotional
health of the individual. Consequences in each of these areas are
discussed. Program components can include a parent information meeting,
classroom instruction, and handouts for both students and parents.
Here is a summary of our philosophy:
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CPR is
committed to REDUCING RISKY BEHAVIOR AMONG TEENAGERS, thereby
reducing teenage pregnancy, STDs, drug and alcohol abuse, and other negative
consequences.
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The core
message of both the middle school and high school curriculum is that sexual
abstinence is the healthiest choice to avoid the many negative consequences of
premarital sexual activity.
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Students are
encouraged to consider the physical, mental, emotional and social aspects of
human sexuality and the significant freedoms and benefits associated with
choosing premarital abstinence.
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Current and
accurate facts regarding the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and
unplanned pregnancy are provided to students in an age-appropriate,
non-threatening environment.
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The CPR
curriculum provides young people with practical strategies for goal-setting,
decision-making, maintaining self-control, planning for their dating life,
setting safe limits for physical affection, and resisting peer pressure to
engage in premarital sex, alcohol, and drugs.
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CPR certified
instructors communicate documented information through the use of videos,
demonstrations, and games; actively involving students in the learning
process.
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CPR strongly
believes that parents should be the primary educators in the area of sex
education.
Why do we need the
Creating Positive Relationships (CPR) program?
This page contains shocking
statistics. More importantly, these statistics represent individuals and
families tragically and unalterably affected by failed approaches to educate our
teens:
The Federal Center for Disease Control estimates that:
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1 million
pregnancies occur to teenage girls each year.
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Teen cases of
HIV double every fourteen months, and one in every 250 people in the nation
are now infected with this deadly virus.
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63% of all STD
cases occur among persons less than 25 years of age.
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An estimated
1/3 of sexually active teenage girls are infected with chlamydia and/or
human papilloma virus (HPV).
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The National
Institution of Health agrees that condoms offer little, if any protection
against the transmission of HPV.
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95% of cervical
cancers in the U.S. are due to prior exposure to human papilloma virus (HPV)
which causes venereal warts. Most medical experts agree that condoms offer
little, if any protection against the transmission of HPV.
In summary, the
twin problems of teen pregnancy and disease continue unabated in the
U.S., despite billions of dollars spent by all levels of government in support
of "safer-sex" -- the promotion of condoms and birth control education as the
preferred means to prevent these devastating problems. It is increasingly
recognized that this "safe sex" approach promotes an unsubstantiated belief that
sex outside the boundaries of marriage can be free of consequences. Soaring STD
rates expose this fallacy and affirm the abstinence-until-marriage message as
the HEALTHIEST choice.
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