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W.A.I.T. Training

Why Am I Tempted?

Learn How to Have the Best Sex...

by Waiting until marriage!

What is W.A.I.T. Training?

• A directive character education program that imparts relationship skills to students from seventh grade to twelfth grade;
• has been well received by high-risk student groups;
• has changed student activities about early sexual involvement;
• and is not sex education, but love education.

Goals of the W.A.I.T. Training Program

1. Impart Knowledge & Information
2. Provide Skills
3. Provide Affirmation
4. Influence Behavior

** Character-based sexuality education provides opportunities for students in their earliest years to develop character traits as respect for self and others, responsibility, honesty, self-discipline, self-control, integrity, fairness, courage, etc.

What Teens Say About W.A.I.T. Training!

• "Awesome presentation! Helped me to discover real sexuality. I liked learning the difference between love and lust."
• "I want to be able to walk down the aisle with a white dress and mean it."
• "I want to know why I never heard this message before?"
• "I learned to look at advertising differently. They (the people that produce the ads) don't know me or care about me."
• "Your presentation helped me a lot. You talked about starting fresh, starting over. Forget the past mistakes and make better, healthier decisions!"

More Teen Speak

• "I always thought you could tell if someone has a disease." - a female 10th grader
• "It was a shock...a piece of reality!" - 12th grade male
• "It gave me a better understanding of STDs" - 11th grade male
• "It made my values stronger because I don't want that stuff to happen to me." - 10th grade female
• "It opened my eyes to see what could happen!" - 10th grade female
• "It reinforced the fact that sex isn't the most important part of a relationship." - 11th grade female
• "It told me sex is something you choose to do." - 9th grade male
• "It gave me information that I was wondering about." - 9th grade female
• "It made me think." - 9th grade male
• "It taught me abstinence before marriage is the best way to go." - 9th grade female

Methodologies Used in W.A.I.T. Training

1. For the Community - Program philosophies are offered in the context of local community norms and traditions.
2. For the School - This program can be adapted to and is suitable for both middle school and high school students. Can be taught in a 2 to 3 hour format or in four 45 minute classes.
3. Also Available: Teens and STD/HIV: How these diseases are spread and the problems they may cause and how to prevent them. This presentation contains actual slides of STDs from the Medical Institute, as well as visuals.

The educator presenting these programs is nationally certified and college accredited in Abstinence / HIV Training and teaches the W.A.I.T. Training Curriculum.

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