Description
Great Methods for Puberty Education
Changes Changes Changes:
Puberty Book and Classroom Lesson Plans
by
Editor-in-Chief: Stephanie Mitelman, M.A., CSE, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator
Associate Editors: Susan Milstein and Amanda Saxe
Changes, Changes, Changes is an up-to-date expansion of the classic New Methods for Puberty Education.
This new edition features 9 chapters with more than 40 engaging and informative lesson activities.
Topics include:
- emotional and physical puberty changes
- problem-solving and social situations,
- dealing with homophobia,
- social media safety.
Comprehensive educator instructions are given to help create a safe and inclusive classroom environment where student participation and fun are given as much importance as the critical lessons being taught.
Please read our Peer Reviews
Editor Assistant –
“Early sexuality education that includes puberty is vital to a child’s healthy growth and development. CHANGES, CHANGES, CHANGES offers a complete, inclusive approach to sex ed that is packed with amazing hands-on activities and practical hints for educators. Dynamite!”
~Review by Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski
Academy for Adolescent Health
Editor Assistant –
“CHANGES, CHANGES, CHANGES is an absolute treasure trove of activities to help young people figure their way through the tough issues they face for becoming healthy sexual beings in today’s world. Particularly impactful is the respectful and normative way that gender and sexual orientation diversity are addressed throughout the manual, and not just in lessons devoted to this complex content.”
~Review by Bernice Humphrey
Girls, Inc.
Editor Assistant –
“Without a doubt, this up-to-date, comprehensive, age-appropriate, and honest guide is a “must-have” resource for educators—providing the very tools kids need in today’s fast-changing times to make responsible and informed decisions as they navigate the normal, but sometimes difficult, up-and-downs of puberty.”
~Review by Robie H. Harris
Author, IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL, Changing Bodies, Growing up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Editor Assistant –
CHANGES, CHANGES, CHANGES is engaging, very creative, and extraordinarily respectful of young people during this critical period in their lives. Another important publication from the Center for Family Life Education!”
~Review by Michael Carrera, EdD
The Children’s Aid Society
Editor Assistant –
“This is the most thorough guide I have ever seen! It goes far beyond classical puberty education and explores friendships, love and respect of self and others. The group exercises are straightforward and clear so that any educator can adapt them. I would love to see this adapted for use by parents with their kids. Bravo!”
-Review by Laurie Betito, PhD
Psychologist and Sex Therapist
Editor Assistant –
Congratulations to Stephanie Mitelman, Susan Milstein, and Amanda Saxe on the publication of Changes, Changes, Changes: Great Methods for Puberty Education. This work builds and expands on the original work of New Methods for Puberty Education by Carolyn Cooperman and Chuck Rhoades. Under Stephanie’s leadership as Editor-in-Chief, the new manual underwent some substantial changes, Revisiting and critically examining all the original lessons and making edits and cuts where appropriate,Incorporating new activities and lessons, expanding the scope of the manuscript and keeping up with contemporary knowledge about young people, puberty, and society, Adding clear new images and diagrams, Incorporating discussions of contemporary issues, such as online safety, Having the manuscript critically reviewed by peer experts and implementing their recommendations.
There are indeed a lot of changes in this edition! I counted 19 brand-new lesson plans and activities. There is an expansion of content addressing gender, sexual orientation, homophobia, healthy and unhealthy relationships, and safety — both in person and online. One particularly important new lesson is “Good And Secret Touch,” which helps students identify and differentiate between healthy and abusive touch. “Pop Goes Puberty” is a fun lesson. (Really, any time you can incorporate balloons into a lesson plan, you will have students’ undivided attention!) Lessons on abstinence and masturbation provide for vital conversations often omitted in puberty education.
Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Mitelman and Associate Editors Susan Milstein and Amanda Saxe have done well building and expanding on the groundbreaking work of Carolyn Cooperman and Chuck Rhoades. I commend them for their tireless work creating what may be the most comprehensive puberty education resource in print.
-Review from Bill Taverner (Except from the Forward)
Executive Director of the Center for Sex Education.
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