"Pregnancy Prevention and Risk Reduction Strategies" (Texas version) follows Della's and Mike's relationship as they face the risk of unintended pregnancy. In addition to exploring the impact of unintended pregnancy and identifying strategies to prevent it, students learn about the emotional risks associated with sexual activity and unintended pregnancy, including anxiety. Students also practice refusal skills to resist peer influence.  This lesson answers all the questions from the original ''Pregnancy Prevention and Risk Reduction Strategies'' along with these additional questions: -How can I reinforce my boundaries to avoid pregnancy? -What is the importance of mutual respect in a relationship? -What are the emotional and financial impacts of untintended pregnancy?  This lesson is for grades 9-12  How do I talk to my students about the financial impacts of unintended pregnancy? In this Texas version of Pregnancy Prevention and Risk Reduction Strategies, students learn about the short-term and long-term financial impacts of unintended pregnancy on teen parents and society. Students also discuss the educational impacts of teen pregnancy.  How do I talk to my child about resisting peer influence to avoid pregnancy? If you are a parent and want to talk about how teens can use refusal skills to reinforce personal boundaries and avoid dangerous behaviors that increase sexual risk, this lesson is for you!

Pregnancy Prevention and Risk Reduction Strategies (Texas)

Evaluate the importance of mutual respect, trust, support, honesty, commitment, and reliability in healthy dating/romantic relationships and marriage.

20.E

Explain the health benefits, risks and effectiveness rates of various methods of contraception, including abstinence and condoms.

PR.8.CC.3

The risk of pregnancy or infection with STD can be virtually eliminated by practicing abstinence from sexual contact.

SR.I.4

Abstinence is the only pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention method that is 100% effective, 100% safe, and 100% free of side effects.

SR.I.5

Analyze external influences that have an impact on one’s attitudes about gender, sexual orientation and gender identity.

ID.8.INF.1

Demonstrate the use of effective communication skills to support one’s decision to abstain from sexual behaviors.

PR.8.IC.1

Demonstrate the use of effective communication and negotiation skills about the use of contraception including abstinence and condoms.

PR.8.IC.2

Define sexual abstinence as it relates to pregnancy.

PR.8.CC.2

Analyze the ways in which family, friends, peers, media, society and culture can influence relationships.

HR.8.INF.1

Demonstrate communication skills that foster healthy relationships.

HR.8.IC.1

Demonstrate effective ways to communicate personal boundaries as they relate to intimacy and sexual behavior.

HR.12.IC.2

Demonstrate respect for the boundaries of others as they relate to intimacy and sexual behavior.

HR.12.SM.1

There are several effective forms of birth control.

SR.C.8

Compare and contrast the difference between friendship, infatuation, dating/romantic relationships, and marriage.

20.A

Explain how friendships provide a foundation for healthy dating/ romantic relationships.

20.B

Describe the benefits of healthy marriages, including companionship and social, emotional, financial, and health benefits.

20.G

Identify how the process of fertilization occurs between a man and a woman through sexual intercourse.

22.B

Analyze the importance of abstinence as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age.

23.K

Use a decision-making process to determine a safe course of action in risky situations.

5.1.S

Connect how setting a personal goal contributes to positive mental, emotional, and social wellness.

4.2a

Evaluate how culture, media, and other people influence our perceptions of body image, gender roles, sexuality, attractiveness, relationships, and sexual orientation.7

2.2.G

Evaluate how culture, media, and other people influence perceptions about body image, gender roles, sexuality, attractiveness, relationships, and sexual orientation.8

2.5.G

Analyze situations when it is important to seek help with stress, loss, an unrealistic body image, and depression.

5.3.M

Explain the effectiveness of abstinence in preventing HIV, other STDs, and unintended pregnancy.1

1.3.G

Explain how conception occurs, the stages of pregnancy, and the responsibilities associated with parenting.

1.4.G

Explain the effectiveness of FDA-approved condoms and other contraceptives in preventing HIV, other STDs, and unintended pregnancy.2

1.5.G

Evaluate the benefits to mother, father, and child when teenagers wait until adulthood to become parents.

1.13.G

Describe situations that could lead to pressure for sexual activity and to the risk of contracting HIV and other STDs.9

2.4.G

Use effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to prevent sexual involvement, HIV, other STDs, and unintended pregnancy.13

4.2.G

Use healthy and respectful ways to express friendship, attraction, and affection

4.3.G

Analyze why abstinence is the most effective method for the prevention of HIV, STDs, and pregnancy.15

5.1.G

Use a decision-making process to evaluate individual differences in growth and development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.17

5.3.G

Use a decision-making process to evaluate the value of using FDA-approved condoms for pregnancy and STD prevention.

5.7.G

Develop a plan to avoid HIV, AIDS, other STDs, and pregnancy.18

6.1.G

Describe strategies for refusing unwanted sexual activity.20

7.1.G

Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and minimize exposure to situations that pose a risk to sexual health.21

7.2.G

Describe personal actions that can protect reproductive and sexual health.22

7.3.G

Analyze the importance of setting personal boundaries for privacy, safety, and expressions of emotions and opinions.

5.5.M

Use assertive communication skills to avoid situations that increase risk of communicable disease or illness.

4.2.P

Evaluate the safety and effectiveness (including success and failure rates) of FDAapproved condoms and other contraceptives in preventing HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.6

1.12.G

Determine personal, family, school, and community factors that can help reduce the risk of engaging in sexual activity.

2.1.G

Compare the success and failure rates of FDA-approved condoms and other contraceptives in preventing HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.11

3.3.G

Use a decision-making process to examine barriers to making healthy decisions about relationships and sexual health.13

5.2.G

Evaluate the risks and consequences associated with sexual activities, including HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.15

5.4.G

Identify short- and long-term goals related to abstinence and maintaining reproductive and sexual health, including the use of FDA-approved condoms and other contraceptives for pregnancy and STD prevention. 19

6.2.G

Access valid information about common diseases.

3.2.P

Apply a decision-making process to a personal health issue or problem

5.1.P

Explain how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequences for oneself and others

5.2.P

Identify sexual feelings common to young adolescents, and differentiate between having sexual feelings and acting on them.

2.3a

Describe the need to have clear expectations, boundaries, and personal safety strategies.

2.3c

Analyze the internal and external factors that influence sexual decision-making and activity.

Describe how internal influences such as curiosity, hormones, interests, desires, fears, and feelings affect sexual decision-making and activity.

2.3b

Describe the physical, emotional, mental, and social benefits of sexual abstinence, and develop strategies to resist pressures to become sexually active.

Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and minimize exposure to situations that pose a risk to sexual health.

2.2a

2.2d

Examine how healthy relationships can impact one’s risk for avoiding STDs

2.3e

Use a decision-making process to make healthy decisions about relationships and sexual health

Analyze the possible emotional, mental, social, and physical benefits for delaying sexual activity.

2.4c

Analyze factors that influence the choice, use, and effectiveness of contraception, including the availability of contraceptive methods.

2.4e

Compare the difference between risk avoidance, risk reduction and strategies one can utilize for each as it relates to STDs and pregnancy.

2.4f

Appraise internal and external influences and pressures to become sexually active, and demonstrate strategies to resist those pressures.

2.4k

Examine the benefits of avoiding or reducing the risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.

2.5b

Communicate the importance of HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and counseling to those who are sexually active.

2.5c

Analyze situations that could lead to pressure to have sex.

6.7b

Describe how consent is a foundational principle in healthy sexuality and in violence prevention

HR 1.8.8 

Determine the benefits of being sexually abstinent.

SH 1.5.8 

Explain sexual activity and their associated risks (i.e. vaginal, anal, oral)

SH 1.2.8 

Summarize the use of contraceptives and their relationship to the process of fertilization and conception

SH 1.1.12 

Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of contraceptive and disease prevention methods (e.g., abstinence, condoms, emergency contraception)

SH 1.6.12 

Summarize ways to reduce the risk of pregnancy, HIV and other STD’s (e.g. abstinence, avoiding alcohol and other drugs, limiting sexual partners, using protection)

SH 1.5.12 

Justify why abstinence from sex and drugs are the safest, most effective risk avoidance methods of protection from HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.

SH 1.7.12 

Examine the effectiveness of typical use of condoms and other barrier methods in reducing the risk of pregnancy, HIV, and other infection by STDs, including HPV (Human Papillomavirus).

SH 1.8.12 

Examine the effectiveness of typical use of a variety of contraceptives in preventing pregnancy, HIV and STD’s

SH 1.11.12 

Discuss the unintended physical, mental, emotional, financial, educational, legal, and social outcomes of sexual activity. See O.C.G.A 20-2-143; CODE IDB 160-4-2-.12

HE8.1.s

Explain how risky health behaviors can affect achieving long-term health goals

HE8.6.e

Connect the relationship between assuming responsibility for personal health and avoiding risky behaviors.

HE8.7.a

Predict how health behaviors can affect health status.

HEHS.1.a

Discuss the potential unintended consequences of sexual activity on personal health and well-being. See O.C.G.A 20-2-143.

HEHS.1.i

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

HEHS.4

Develop and apply a decision-making process to a health-related situation.

HEHS.5b

Describe evidence-based choices to health-related issues or problems.

HEHS.5.d

Analyze the potential short-term and long-term impact of each decision on self and others.

HEHS.5.e

Justify the reasons for remaining sexually abstinent. See O.C.G.A 20-2-143; CODE IDB 160-4-2-.12

HEHS.5h

Summarize strategies to remain abstinent and resist pressures to become sexually active.

2.4.6.B.2

Predict the possible physical, social, and emotional impacts of adolescent decisions regarding sexual behavior.

2.4.6.B.4

Differentiate between affection, love, commitment, and sexual attraction

2.4.8.A.4

Develop acceptable criteria for safe dating situations, such as dating in groups, setting limits, or only dating someone of the same age.

2.4.8.A.6

Determine the benefits of sexual abstinence and develop strategies to resist pressures to become sexually active

4.8.B.2

Compare and contrast methods of contraception used by adolescents and factors that may influence their use

2.4.8.B.3

Evaluate information that supports abstinence from sexual activity using reliable research dat

2.4.12.B.2

Analyze factors that influence the choice, use, and effectiveness of safer sex methods and contraception, including risk-reduction and risk-elimination strategies.

Pregnancy Prevention and Risk Reduction Strategies (Texas)

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