Training for Youth by Youth
Training for Youth by Youth
Sisters Empowering Sisters (SES) Training Program is the young women’s reproductive justice and peer education group of ICAH. SES creates original, youth-led workshops that are medically accurate accessible for middle school and high school age youth. SES is comprised of ten peer educators who received rigorous sexual health training and leadership development. The group has led peer workshops for over 1000 Chicago-area youth. SES workes in close partnership with the Peer Education campaign to deliver comprehensive, accessible sexual health workshops led by youth, for youth. You men are included in the peer education campaign. All services are fee-based.
For more information on SES trainings and fees, contact Nikki Zaleski, Youth Development and Training Coordinator at nikki@icah.org or 312-427-4460 x234.
Mission
SES is a diverse group of powerful, inquisitive, informed young women from all over Chicago who are on a mission to build more of us. Through anti-oppression training, research, artmaking and peer education, we create a safe space where social change can begin.
We educate ourselves and our communities to envision a world that:
- Is equal and safe for everyone.
- Is understanding and compassionate.
- Acknowledges and respects difference.
- Accepts and embraces change.
What we learn, we give with love.
Workshops for Youth
Sex Ed 101: Includes information on STI and STD infection and contraception options.
Sex Ed 102: Explores communication about sexual health and relationships, boundary setting, and risk levels associated with various sexual activities.
Healthy Relationships: Investigates personal relationship styles and needs, active versus passive consent, and how to support survivors of sexual violence.
Media Justice: Explores the effect of race and culture on our definition of beauty, while breaking down media stereotypes and oppressive images.
Peer to Peer Education Training: more information below
Peer Education: SES trains other young people to become sexual health peer educators. Participants in the Peer Education Training Series undergo skill development in facilitation, classroom management, sexual health education, gender and sexuality, trauma response, and hosting inclusive, safe dialogue in diverse communities.
Workshops Facilitated by Adolescents in Partnership with Adults
- HIV Prevention Training
- Pregnancy Prevention Training
- Understanding Adolescent Sexual Development
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Issues
- Healthy Relationships
- Skill Building for Sexual Health Education
- Additional ICAH Trainings
HIV Prevention Training
In this four-hour workshop, ICAH will share the importance of having and maintaining updated information related to HIV and STD transmission and prevention. Youth will be given resources to share with their peers and they will choose which activities to use within their classrooms from Reducing the Risk curricula. Youth will also hear personal testimonies from HIV positive youth.
As a result of this training participants will be able to:
- Develop a working knowledge of HIV, AIDS, and STD information and prevention techniques.
- Instruct students on the benefits of correct and consistent condom use and application.
- Understand Reality Condom efficacy and correct application instruction.
- Understand real life impacts HIV has among youth.
- Introduce HIV prevention lessons from Reducing the Risk curricula.
Pregnancy Prevention Training
In this two-hour workshop, ICAH will share the importance of having and maintaining updated information related to pregnancy prevention. Youth will be given resources to share with their peers and they will choose which activities to use within their classrooms from various curricula.
As a result of this training participants will be able to:
- Develop a working knowledge of contraception information and prevention techniques.
- Instruct students on the benefits of correct and consistent use and application of dual contraception.
- Understand Reality Condom efficacy and correct application instruction.
- Introduce contraception and pregnancy prevention lessons from various curricula.
Understanding Adolescent Sexual Development
This 90-minute workshop provides an overview of adolescent sexual development.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Utilize techniques to discuss pubertal development
- Recognize the stages of youth sexual development.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Issues
This 90-minute workshop offers a basic overview and offers interactive approaches to creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify areas and approaches to increase safety among LGBTQ youth.
- Learn about the current sexual health trends of LGBTQ youth.
- Identify components for creating a safe space for LGBTQ youth.
Healthy Relationships
This 90-minute workshop focuses on how to work with teens to describe/recognize what healthy relationships look like. Information is also included on teen dating violence and dealing with teens dating older partners.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors.
- Signal approachability for teens to discuss relationship issues.
- Implement strategies for integrating information into current work.
Skill Building for Sexual Health Education
This workshop is a three-day skill-building session. Youth will participate in developing skills for implementing a sexual health education for their peers. Participants have the opportunity to practice real-life scenarios teaching the content necessary to prevent HIV and pregnancy.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify research-based components of sexual health education that prevent HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- Model appropriate teaching strategies for sexual health education.
- Increase their personal level of comfort in providing sexual health education.
- Establish and maintain a safe classroom environment.
- Identify and consistently use positive feedback and teamwork approaches.
- Increase their ability to present factual and medically accurate information.
- Young Women and Social Media
- Power and Oppression
- Young Women and Access to Health Care
- Cyberbullying: The Other Harassment
For more information on SES trainings and fees, contact Nikki Zaleski, Youth Development and Training Coordinator at nikki@icah.org or 312-427-4460 x234.
