Find An Educator
Please Note:
Our educators each have an online presence to accommodate virtual learning experiences for all members of your family and community. Click on the links to their websites to learn about their unique area of expertise, sign up for their newsletters, and to contact them.
Founder: Swati Jagdish (she/her)
Swati is a lactation counselor and sexuality health educator who takes classes to parents & teachers on how to handle the safety and sexual health of our children and teens in Indian Households.
Topics: Sex Education and Lactation Consultant
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Website: Maya's Amma
Instagram: @mayas_amma
Contact: Bondandbeyondmail@gmail.com
BeFee Wellness Education and Consulting llc
Founder: Alicia Andrews (she/her)
BeFree Wellness works toward eliminating sexual health disparities within marginalized communities. This is accomplished by creating and revitalizing communities through the normalization of positive sexual communication and supporting healthy sexual development through wholistic sexuality education, public health services, and community support.
Topics: Sexual Wellness, sexual health disparities, sexuality education
Location: North Carolina
Website: BeFreeWell.com
Socials: IG: @befreewell
FB: https://www.facebook.com/befreewell
Contact: 919-960-1512
Okanagan Sexual Wellness Education & Empowerment Tools (OK SWEET)
Founder: Dawn Ansdell (She/Her) RN, BScN, MScN-NP
Dawn Ansdell is the founder of Ok Sweet, an education service dedicated to providing sex-positive, inclusive information so all ages feel empowered to embrace and accept their sexual self.
Primary Topics: Anatomy, Reproduction, Gender, Puberty, Sexual Wellness through prevention of STI's/Pregnancy, Consent, Healthy Relationships, Linking with services and resources
Location: Coldstream, British Columbia
Website: https://oksweet.ca
Contact: oksexualwellness@gmail.com
ph: 2503094164
Social Media:
@okbodywellness on Instagram
@OkSWEEThealth on Facebook
Founder: Andrea Brand (she/her) MPH, MSW
Andrea Brand is a certified life coach and founder of ARB Coaching. She is a passionate proponent of comprehensive sex education and in helping parents embrace their role as open, trusted resources for their kids.
She is expanding her coaching practice to include a focus on helping parents move out of their own way when it comes to talking with their kids about sex.
Her book, "Stop Sweating & Start Talking" supports parents/caregivers by offering accessible information and exercises to move from tongue-tied and avoidance behaviors to becoming comfortable with conversations that previously evoked dread.
Location: Massachusetts
Website: http://arbcoaching.com
Contact: andrea@arbcoaching.com
Book: www.stopsweatingandstarttalking.com
Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARBcoach
Instagram: https://instragram.com/arbcoach
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-brand-life-coach
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Founder: Amy Lang, MA (she/her)
Birds & Bees Kids provides classes and support for parents of children ages 2 - 12 including the online Birds & Bees Solutions Center, books, live and virtual classes and a sassy advice-column style podcast called Just Say This!. Trainings about sexual behavior in children and sexual abuse prevention for early childhood educators and youth serving organizations are also a significant part of their work.
Topics include porn exposure prevention; body boundaries; healthy sexual behavior in children; and sexual abuse prevention training for early childhood and youth serving organizations
Website: https://birdsandbeesandkids.com
Contact: amy@birdsandbeesandkids.com
Steph Auteri (she/her) is a journalist who has written about sexuality education for the Atlantic, the Washington Post, VICE, Rewire.News, and elsewhere. Her site, Guerrilla Sex Ed, is an online resource for those seeking out alternative sources of sex education because traditional, school-based sex ed has failed them.
steph.auteri@gmail.com
A Dirty Word
Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators
Saleema Noon is the founder of this resource. They empower kids with the information and skills they need. We support parents in having open, meaningful conversations with their kids about important topics.
Topics include sexual health, consent, healthy relationships, gender, reproduction, birth, pleasure, puberty, body image, assertiveness, internet safety, and emotional health.
Body Science Online: Sexual Health Workshops for Parents and Kids
Julia Feldman is a teacher who supports people of all ages with the compassionate, empowering, and scientifically accurate sex education we all deserve. She is passionate about creating educational experiences that center the needs of students and encourage them to move through the world informed, confident, equipped to care for themselves and others, and free of shame. She provides coaching, support, and curricular design for teachers and schools, as well as direct instruction for parents and students (both in the classroom and less formal settings)
Amy Johnson, MSW, is the founder of Diligent Joy. The purpose of her work is to help people dismantle shame and stigma about bodies and relationships. She works part-time with the United Church of Christ as Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice. She also has an independent consulting business called Diligent Joy, through which she serves parents, schools, children, youth, and faith communities with comprehensive sexuality education services.
Jo Langford (he/him) is a therapist, sex educator, author, speaker, and Dad.
Youth-centered/ parent-focused coaching around sexuality/ technology and adolescence is his area of expertise. He trains organizations as well as youth and their families on LGBT issues, internet safety, digital citizen ships and comprehensive sex education.
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Jake Horowitz, LLC
Jake Horowitz (he/him) is currently working as a therapist in private practice and a behavioral health consultant working in a pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic. Jake is seeking to develop and expand my private practice to center further around work related to dating and relationships w/ young adults, incorporating elements of sex ed in the process.
SAFER Choices for my Child in a Sexualized World!
Mike Domitrz of The Center for Respect works with schools and communities to reduce dating violence and sexual assault by shifting the paradigm for your students from a Don’t Perspective to a Wait and How To – the Respectful way!
This interactive seminar lead by Mike Domitrz is changing the way parents and their children are approaching, discussing, and handling decision-making regarding dating, intimacy, parties, and safety. In one hour, parents will discover essential steps for helping their sons and daughters with making safer choices, including:
- How to start the talk and get your child to listen
- Addressing the awkwardness (all of it)
- Consent & how to be a role model
- The exact words for discussing intimacy
800-329-9390
Sarah Sproule (she/them) is a Therapist/Counselor who supports parents and other caring adults to stay connected to their growing kids by having conversations about bodies, sex, and consent.
Website: http://www.sarahsproule.com/
Contact: sarah@sarahsproule.com +353863919145/
Rowena Thomas (she/her) has been involved with teaching sexuality education for nearly 30 years in primary schools with parents, children and educators. Rowena teaches programs in over 150 schools n Australia. AmazingMe educates, encourages, and facilitates open, positive ongoing conversations in families about all things sexuality related.
Website: www.amazingme.com.au
Contact: rowena@amazingme.com.au
Instagram: @amazingme.education
Lauren Barineau (she/her) focuses on providing providing resources to families and other trusted adults to support their ability to have positive and proactive conversations about healthy sexuality throughout childhood in age-appropriate and integrated ways. Visit Talk More to download their Parent Planners, join a Caregiver Workshop, or request specific support in program development or training.
Website: https://www.talk-more.org/
Contact: lauren@talk-more.org
Kara Haug, MTS and Jenny Mohler, MS of Reframing Our Stories help families, schools, and churches change the narrative around how we talk about sexuality. They help navigate conversations about consent, body autonomy, puberty, gender identity and orientation, communication, intimacy, technology, sexuality through the life span, and more.
Website: Reframing our Stories, LLC
Contact: info@reframingourstories.com
269-832-8741
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Leah Jewett (she/her) of Outspoken Sex Ed gets parents talking openly with their children about sex, bodies, consent, pleasure and relationships, which helps with safeguarding, improves mental health and strengthens the parent-child connection. If parents meet their kids on the level of talking openly, they both stand to learn a lot about themselves and each other.
Try your hand at Outspoken’s fun, factual, LGBT+ inclusive card game for kids aged 14+ Sex Ed On The Cards.
Website: Outspoken Sex Ed
Contact: leahjewett3@gmail.com
Kerri Isham (she/her) offers pre-recorded trainings, one-on-one support, trainings for adults and workshops on-line on Zoom (all ages) and in person.
Kerri specializes in sexual abuse prevention, special needs education and LGBTQIQAP advocacy.
Website: http://www.powerupeducation.com/
Contact: kerri@powerupeducation.com
Heidi Winig (she/her) of Askable Parents offers inclusive and comprehensive sexual health education workshops for young people and for families. They provide private consultations for parents and caregivers to support you to talk with your own children about these important topics.
Lastly, they can provide guidance for parents to better understand the sexual health education being taught at your children's schools, and to help you advocate for more inclusive, comprehensive, and medically-accurate approach if needed.
Website: Askable Parents
Contact: heidi@askableparents.com
Preparing Parents for Puberty, an online course for parents
Wendy Seller's (she/her) mission is to stamp out silence, shame, and stigma by equipping all young people to have a positive puberty experience.
She works with educators, parents, caregivers, and other trusted adults, equipping them with the tools to teach young people.
Published: Preparing Parents for Puberty, https://pubertycurriculum.com/puberty-for-parents/
Contact: Wendy.Sellers@PubertyCurriculum.com, UGH-PUBERTY (844-782-3789)
Website: https://pubertycurriculum.com/
Christy Keating, J.D., Certified Parent Coach® (she/hers) of Savvy Parents Safe Kids provides classes and support to parents and caregiving/youth serving organizations of children ages 0-18 in preventing both child sexual abuse and sexual assault. As a former criminal prosecutor with a specialty in sexually violent predators, Christy brings a unique legal perspective to prevention work. As a Certified Parent Coach and founder of The Heartful Parent, Christy also coaches parents one-on-one and provides an online membership community for parents at The Heartful Parent Academy.
Topics include sexual abuse prevention training, consent, online safety (including pornography exposure prevention), decision-making, body boundaries, and having "the talk" with children ages 4-12.
Website: https://www.savvyparentssafekids.com/
Contact: christy@savvyparentssafekids.com
Founder: Nadine Thornhill (she/her)
Nadine Thornhill helps parents, caregivers, and educators open up, get real, and have fun teaching youth about sexuality. Nadine also provides mentorship and career coaching to aspiring and emerging sexuality educators. Topics include consent, pleasure, communication, puberty, child and adolescent sexuality, sex in media.
Website: nadinethornhill.com
Instagram/Twitter: @nadinethornhill
Contact: info@nadinethornhill.com 416-576-7998
Founder: Landa Fox (she/her)
Providing education & training in the areas of sexual health, relationships, and sex education for neurodiverse/disabled individuals, their families, and their communities; direct work with youth, parent-child, and support systems; Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: Positive Connections
Contact: 250-588-5984 landa@positiveconnections.ca
Socials: Instagram: @positiveconnections
Twitter: @Pos_Con_Can
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/positiveconnectionscanada
Founder: Michal Greenberg-Cohen (she/her)
Michal helps parents of teens have meaningful conversations with their teens about relationships, safer sex, and porn exposure, which is her specialty. Located in NYC, Michal has a global virtual presence.
Website: Ask Michal
Socials: YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/michalgcohen
FB: @BetterTalkTheTalkAcademy
IG: @askmichal
Contact: michal@askmichal.com 917-828-4968.
Founder: Ellen Friedrichs (she/her)
Ellen Friedrichs is a health educator, writer, and mom of three kids. Originally from Canada, she now lives in New York, where she runs the middle and high school health education program and teaches college in the CUNY system. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, HuffPost, and Rewire News. She is the author of the book, Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World (Cleis Press: 2019).
Website: SexEdvice
Contact: ellenkatef@gmail.com 917-698-1308
Socials:
https://www.clippings.me/ellenkate
https://www.instagram.com/ellenkatef/
https://twitter.com/ellenkatef
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenfriedrichs/
Founder: Justine Kiely-Scott (she/her) and Jenny Ackland
SEA offers students in primary and secondary schools the opportunity to gain accurate and age-appropriate information that is delivered in a relaxed and non-judgemental way. We also aim to support parents to learn and gain confidence to talk to the children in their care about topics related to sexuality and respectful relationships. SEA is not affiliated with any religious or political organisations, or lobby groups, and acknowledges, and is sensitive to, the wide-ranging values and beliefs that we know families have in our communities. We also know, though, that no matter a child’s background, all young people need access to accurate, fact-based information that will help them as they grow and develop.
Topics: Sexuality and respectful relationships
Program Categories: Parent, parent - child, primary students, secondary students, university students, teacher professional development
Location: Victoria, Australia, online learning
Website: Sex Education Australia
Contact: justine@seaprograms.com.au
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/SEAparents/
https://twitter.com/SexEdAustralia
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Founder: Lydia Bower (she/they)
A certified sex educator, Lydia teaches families and educators how to talk to children about subjects like gender, reproduction, and abuse.
Age groups: Adult
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Website: LydiaMBowers.com
Contact: info@lydiambowers.com
Socials: IG/FB/Twitter: @lydiambowers
TikTok: @lydiatalksconsent
Heather Alberda
Heather (she/her) works as an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator for a public health department in Holland MI. She works with youth 5th -college and parents.
She teaches sexual health in a variety of settings, partners with schools on their sex ed advisory boards, collects sexual health data, presents at state and local conference, is a member of the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, coordinates a condom distribution program (wear one) that has now been replicated in 45 other counties in MI, mentors future sexual health educator and has been the field for 20 years.
Location: Holland, MI
Website: miottawa.org/Health/OCHD/repro.htm
Contact: halberda@miottawa.org
Socials: LinkedIn
Founder: Jenni Gates (she/her)
Jenni Gates is a counselling therapist and relationships and sex educator providing workshops and webinars for schools, teachers, work places and families internationally from the UK.
Location: Devon, England
Website: Jenni Gates Therapy
Contact: jennigatestherapy@gmail.com
Socials: Twitter: Jenni Gates Therapy
Facebook: Workshops for Wellbeing
Mosaic Sexual Health Education
Founder: Martha Solomon, MA (she/her)
Mosaic Sexual Health Education: Comprehensive, Inclusive, and Shame-Free!
Their mission is to provide schools, colleges, universities, parents, teachers, professionals, and community organizations with high-quality, comprehensive, body-positive, and inclusive sexual health education that is engaging and fun! Their workshops are positive, empowering, confidence-boosting, and fun!
Topics: Healthy Sexual Development for children (Body Talks: ages 0-7
Tween Talks: ages 8-13, Teen Talks: ages13+) workshop for parents and educators
How to Answer Any Question workshop for parents and educators.
Inclusive Puberty Education, Consent Education, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Sexual Decision Making, STIs and STI Prevention, Sexual Harassment, 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion for Parents and Educators, Media Literacy and Porn Education (for students, parents, and educators)
Professional Development for Educators (Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed for grades K-3, 4-7, 8+)
Location: Kamloops, BC
Contact:
Email: mosaicsexualhealth@gmail.com
Wesbite: https://mosaicsexualhealth.ca
Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MosaicSHE
Insatgram: https://www.instagram.com/mosaicsexualhealth/
Kristin Fairholm
Kristin Fairholm (she/her) is the ED of
EyesOpenIowa. The mission of EyesOpenIowa (EOI) is to empower communities to provide people with comprehensive sexual health information and services to make healthy and informed decisions about sex and relationships, both now and in the future.
Teacher/educator training
Location: West Des Moines, Iowa
Website: EyesOpenIowa.org
Contact: kristin@eyesopeniowa.org
Socials:
@eyesopeniowa - Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
@kristin1071 Instagram
@Kristin_104 Twitter
Founder: Tessy Vanderhaeghe (she/her/elle)
Yes Tess is a call for an enthusiastic and positive approach to education and conversations about sexuality. From workshops to social media, Tess offers inclusive, evidence-based and sex-positive information about sexuality, menstruation, birth control, puberty, STIs, and more!;
youth centered; parent-only (families and caring adults); teachers/educators
Location: British Columbia
Website: YesTess
Contact: tess@yestess.ca
Socials:
Instagram @yestess_she
TikTok @yes.tess
Facebook: yestess.she
Founder: Anya Manes (she/her)
Anya Manes, educator and parent coach of
talkingaboutsex.com, supports parents in raising sexually healthy kids. This includes strategies to prevent sexual abuse, healthy responses to their child's sexual exploration, boundaries and consent skill building, how to answer questions and initiate conversations, how to discuss media messages and guide young adults around cybersexuality (sexting and pornography).
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: TalkingAboutSex.com
Contact: anya@talkingaboutsex.com
Founder: Narda Skov (she/her
Narda is a sexuality health educator who has taught adolescent sexuality for over twenty five years. I teach small groups both in and out of school(s), as well as parent groups and lead camp sessions. She is the founder of Teen Health Educator (teenhealtheducator.com) and is an Assistant at Ageless Sexuality (www.ageless-sexuality.net). A podcast is in development.
Primary Topics Covered: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Contact info: nardaskov1@gmail.com, Ph: 510.333.7848 c.
SAFER Choices for My Child in a Sexualized World!
Mike Domitrz of The Center for Respect works with schools and communities to reduce dating violence and sexual assault by shifting the paradigm for your students from a Don’t Perspective to a Wait and How To – the Respectful way!
This interactive seminar lead by Mike Domitrz is changing the way parents and their children are approaching, discussing, and handling decision-making regarding dating, intimacy, parties, and safety. In one hour, parents will discover essential steps for helping their sons and daughters with making safer choices, including:
- How to start the talk and get your child to listen
- Addressing the awkwardness (all of it)
- Consent & how to be a role model
- The exact words for discussing intimacy
800-329-9390
Julia Feldman is a teacher who supports people of all ages with the compassionate, empowering, and scientifically accurate sex education we all deserve. She is passionate about creating educational experiences that center the needs of students and encourage them to move through the world informed, confident, equipped to care for themselves and others, and free of shame. She provides coaching, support, and curricular design for teachers and schools, as well as direct instruction for parents and students (both in the classroom and less formal settings)
Amy Johnson, MSW, is the founder of Diligent Joy. The purpose of her work is to help people dismantle shame and stigma about bodies and relationships. She works part-time with the United Church of Christ as Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice. She also has an independent consulting business called Diligent Joy, through which she serves parents, schools, children, youth, and faith communities with comprehensive sexuality education services.
Jo Langford (he/him) is a therapist, sex educator, author, speaker, and Dad.
Youth-centered/ parent-focused coaching around sexuality/ technology and adolescence is his area of expertise. He trains organizations as well as youth and their families on LGBT issues, internet safety, digital citizen ships and comprehensive sex education.
Rowena Thomas has been involved with teaching sexuality education for nearly 30 years in primary schools with parents, children and educators. Rowena teaches programs in over 150 schools n Australia. AmazingMe educates, encourages, and facilitates open, positive ongoing conversations in families about all things sexuality related.
Program topics can be adapted to suit the needs and ethos of the school community.
Website: www.amazingme.com.au
Contact: rowena@amazingme.com.au
Instagram: @amazingme.education
Lori Reichel (she/her/hers) is a passionate health educator who knows how to connect with children and youth, administrators, and parents and caregivers. She has authored two books, Common Questions Children Ask About Puberty: Insights from a nationally recognized health educator (found at Amazon) and Tools for Teaching Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. Additionally, she has a podcast, The Puberty Prof and an app, TALK Puberty. Her primary topics include puberty education, School Health Education, National Sexuality Education Standards.
Contact: pubertyprof@gmail.com
Websites:
www.lorireichel.com www.superhealthcrusader.com www.pubertyprof.com
Kara Haug, MTS and Jenny Mohler, MS of Reframing Our Stories help families, schools, and churches change the narrative around how we talk about sexuality. They help navigate conversations about consent, body autonomy, puberty, gender identity and orientation, communication, intimacy, technology, sexuality through the life span, and more.
Website: Reframing our Stories, LLC
Contact: info@reframingourstories.com
269-832-8741
Phoenix Mandel, CSE
Phoenix Mandel, CSE, (they/them) is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator. They have been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, focusing on sex & body positivity, LGBTQIA+, ethical nonmonogamy, BDSM, and other issues of sexual health and sexual rights. Phoenix has taught internationally, and currently resides in Los Angeles. They have an intersectional approach, with a mission to make sex education more queer and more comprehensive.
Contact:
310-256-1262
https://www.instagram.com/phoenix.mandel/
https://twitter.com/MandelPhoenix
Founder: Heidi Winig (she/her)
Askable Parents offers inclusive and comprehensive sexual health education workshops for young people and for families. They provide private consultations for parents and caregivers to support you to talk with your own children about these important topics.
Lastly, they can provide guidance for parents to better understand the sexual health education being taught at your children's schools, and to help you advocate for more inclusive, comprehensive, and medically-accurate approach if needed.
Website: Askable Parents
Contact: heidi@askableparents.com
Carrie Koziol, Inc
Founder and educator Carrie Koziol (she/hers)
is a Women's Health Physical Therapist with a passion for vaginas. As the mother of three children (one teen daughter), it is her mission to bring comprehensive menstruation education to mainstream awareness through her Mom and Me Menstruation workshops offered in the western suburbs of Chicago and online.
Website: https://www.carriekoziol.com/mom-and-me-menstruation-class
Contact: 630-865-7078
carriekoziol@gmail.com
Founder: Landa Fox (she/her)
Providing education & training in the areas of sexual health, relationships, and sex education for neurodiverse/disabled individuals, their families, and their communities; direct work with youth, parent-child, and support systems; Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: Positive Connections
Contact: 250-588-5984 landa@positiveconnections.ca
Socials: Instagram: @positiveconnections
Twitter: @Pos_Con_Can
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/positiveconnectionscanada
Founder: Justine Kiely-Scott (she/her) and Jenny Ackland
SEA offers students in primary and secondary schools the opportunity to gain accurate and age-appropriate information that is delivered in a relaxed and non-judgemental way. We also aim to support parents to learn and gain confidence to talk to the children in their care about topics related to sexuality and respectful relationships. SEA is not affiliated with any religious or political organisations, or lobby groups, and acknowledges, and is sensitive to, the wide-ranging values and beliefs that we know families have in our communities. We also know, though, that no matter a child’s background, all young people need access to accurate, fact-based information that will help them as they grow and develop.
Topics: Sexuality and respectful relationships
Program Categories: Parent, parent - child, primary students, secondary students, university students, teacher professional development
Location: Victoria, Australia, online learning
Website: Sex Education Australia
Contact: justine@seaprograms.com.au
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/SEAparents/
https://twitter.com/SexEdAustralia
Mosaic Sexual Health Education
Founder: Martha Solomon, MA (she/her)
Mosaic Sexual Health Education: Comprehensive, Inclusive, and Shame-Free!
Their mission is to provide schools, colleges, universities, parents, teachers, professionals, and community organizations with high-quality, comprehensive, body-positive, and inclusive sexual health education that is engaging and fun! Their workshops are positive, empowering, confidence-boosting, and fun!
Topics: Healthy Sexual Development for children (Body Talks: ages 0-7
Tween Talks: ages 8-13, Teen Talks: ages13+) workshop for parents and educators
How to Answer Any Question workshop for parents and educators.
Inclusive Puberty Education, Consent Education, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Sexual Decision Making, STIs and STI Prevention, Sexual Harassment, 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion for Parents and Educators, Media Literacy and Porn Education (for students, parents, and educators)
Professional Development for Educators (Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed for grades K-3, 4-7, 8+)
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
Contact:
Email: mosaicsexualhealth@gmail.com
Wesbite: https://mosaicsexualhealth.ca
Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MosaicSHE
Insatgram: https://www.instagram.com/mosaicsexualhealth/
Founder: Tessy Vanderhaeghe (she/her/elle)
Yes Tess is a call for an enthusiastic and positive approach to education and conversations about sexuality. From workshops to social media, Tess offers inclusive, evidence-based and sex-positive information about sexuality, menstruation, birth control, puberty, STIs, and more!;
youth centered; parent-only (families and caring adults); teachers/educators
Location: British Columbia
Website: YesTess
Contact: tess@yestess.ca
Socials:
Instagram @yestess_she
TikTok @yes.tess
Facebook: yestess.she
Founder: Ana Ramos (she/her)
Familia Sex Talks is an organization that takes a bilingual approach to comprehensive, sex positive education serving the Spanish speaking community. Ana is passionate about helping young people of all genders and their families navigate concepts such as puberty, consent, and sexuality. Her mission is to break the stigma around sex education within Latin communities, and be a safe space for young folks to learn and seek accurate information.
Age groups: Parent-child
Instagram: @familia.sextalks
Contact: familia.sextalks@gmail.com
Okanagan Sexual Wellness Education & Empowerment Tools (OK SWEET)
Founder: Dawn Ansdell (She/Her) RN, BScN, MScN-NP
Dawn Ansdell is the founder of Ok Sweet, an education service dedicated to providing sex-positive, inclusive information so all ages feel empowered to embrace and accept their sexual self.
Primary Topics: Anatomy, Reproduction, Gender, Puberty, Sexual Wellness through prevention of STI's/Pregnancy, Consent, Healthy Relationships, Linking with services and resources
Location: Coldstream, British Columbia
Website: https://oksweet.ca
Contact: oksexualwellness@gmail.com
ph:2503094164
Social Media:
@okbodywellness on Instagram
@OkSWEEThealth on Facebook
Founder: Narda Skov (she/her
Narda is a sexuality health educator who has taught adolescent sexuality for over twenty five years. I teach small groups both in and out of school(s), as well as parent groups and lead camp sessions. She is the founder of Teen Health Educator (teenhealtheducator.com) and is an Assistant at Ageless Sexuality (www.agelesssexuality.net). A podcast is in development.
Primary Topics Covered: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Contact info: nardaskov1@gmail.com, Ph: 510.333.7848 c.
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Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators
Saleema Noon is the founder of this resource. They empower kids with the information and skills they need. We support parents in having open, meaningful conversations with their kids about important topics. Topics include sexual health, consent, healthy relationships, gender, reproduction, birth, pleasure, puberty, body image, assertiveness, internet safety, and emotional health.
Body Science Online: Sexual Health Workshops for Parents and Kids
Julia Feldman is a teacher who supports people of all ages with the compassionate, empowering, and scientifically accurate sex education we all deserve. She is passionate about creating educational experiences that center the needs of students and encourage them to move through the world informed, confident, equipped to care for themselves and others, and free of shame. She provides coaching, support, and curricular design for teachers and schools, as well as direct instruction for parents and students (both in the classroom and less formal settings)
Amy Johnson, MSW, is the founder of Diligent Joy. The purpose of her work is to help people dismantle shame and stigma about bodies and relationships. She works part-time with the United Church of Christ as Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice. She also has an independent consulting business called Diligent Joy, through which she serves parents, schools, children, youth, and faith communities with comprehensive sexuality education services.
Jo Langford (he/him) is a therapist, sex educator, author, speaker, and Dad.
Youth-centered/ parent-focused coaching around sexuality/ technology and adolescence is his area of expertise. He trains organizations as well as youth and their families on LGBT issues, internet safety, digital citizen ships and comprehensive sex education.
Mike Domitrz of The Center for Respect works with schools and communities to reduce dating violence and sexual assault by shifting the paradigm for your students from a Don’t Perspective to a Wait and How To – the Respectful way!
While many school presentations try to raise a student’s awareness, Mike Domitrz’s “SAFER Choices” School Assembly is focused on getting students to take positive actions for creating a culture of respect in and outside of their school. Mike helps students shift their mindsets while providing each student with how-to skills for making safer choices for themselves and their peers.
800-329-9390
Jake Horowitz, LLC
Jake Horowitz (he/him) is currently working as a therapist in private practice and a behavioral health consultant working in a pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic. Jake is seeking to develop and expand my private practice to center further around work related to dating and relationships w/ young adults, incorporating elements of sex ed in the process.
Jamie Heather Sclafane, MS, MCHES® is a Sexuality Educator who provides education and guidance to schools, children, teenagers and their families. In addition to providing workshops for students and parents on a variety of topics, she also evaluates and develops curricula and trains teachers and school staff on how to best deliver sexuality education lessons.
Email: JAMIESCLAFANE@gmail.com
Website: www.JamieSclafaneConsulting.com
Facebook: @JamieSclafaneConsulting
Rowena Thomas has been involved with teaching sexuality education for nearly 30 years in primary schools with parents, children and educators. Rowena teaches programs in over 150 schools n Australia. AmazingMe educates, encourages, and facilitates open, positive ongoing conversations in families about all things sexuality related.
Program topics can be adapted to suit the needs and ethos of the school community.
Website: www.amazingme.com.au
Contact: rowena@amazingme.com.au
Instagram: @amazingme.education
Lori Reichel (she/her/hers) is a passionate health educator who knows how to connect with children and youth, administrators, and parents and caregivers. She has authored two books, Common Questions Children Ask About Puberty: Insights from a nationally recognized health educator (found at Amazon) and Tools for Teaching Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. Additionally, she has a podcast, The Puberty Prof and an app, TALK Puberty. Her primary topics of discussion include Puberty Education, School Health Education, National Sexuality Education Standards.
Contact: pubertyprof@gmail.com
Websites:
www.lorireichel.com www.superhealthcrusader.com www.pubertyprof.com
Kara Haug, MTS and Jenny Mohler, MS of Reframing Our Stories help families, schools, and churches change the narrative around how we talk about sexuality. They help navigate conversations about consent, body autonomy, puberty, gender identity and orientation, communication, intimacy, technology, sexuality through the life span, and more.
Website: Reframing our Stories, LLC
Contact: info@reframingourstories.com
269-832-8741
Phoenix Mandel, CSE
Phoenix Mandel, CSE, (they/them) is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator. They have been a sexuality educator and consultant since 2006, focusing on sex & body positivity, LGBTQIA+, ethical nonmonogamy, BDSM, and other issues of sexual health and sexual rights. Phoenix has taught internationally, and currently resides in Los Angeles. They have an intersectional approach, with a mission to make sex education more queer and more comprehensive.
Contact:
310-256-1262
https://www.instagram.com/phoenix.mandel/
https://twitter.com/MandelPhoenix
Kerri Isham (she/her) offers pre-recorded trainings, one-on-one support, trainings for adults and workshops on-line on Zoom (all ages) and in person.
Kerri specializes in sexual abuse prevention, special needs education and LGBTQIQAP advocacy.
Website: http://www.powerupeducation.com/
Contact: kerri@powerupeducation.com
Founder: Heidi Winig (she/her)
Askable Parents offers inclusive and comprehensive sexual health education workshops for young people and for families. They provide private consultations for parents and caregivers to support you to talk with your own children about these important topics.
Lastly, they can provide guidance for parents to better understand the sexual health education being taught at your children's schools, and to help you advocate for more inclusive, comprehensive, and medically-accurate approach if needed.
Website: Askable Parents
Contact: heidi@askableparents.com
Founder: Nadine Thornhill (she/her)
Nadine Thornhill helps parents, caregivers, and educators open up, get real, and have fun teaching youth about sexuality. Nadine also provides mentorship and career coaching to aspiring and emerging sexuality educators. Topics include consent, pleasure, communication, puberty, child and adolescent sexuality, sex in media.
Website: nadinethornhill.com
Contact: info@nadinethornhill.com 416-576-7998
Puberty: The Wonder Years, curriculum for grades 4, 5, 6
Wendy Seller's (she/her) mission is to stamp out silence, shame, and stigma by equipping all young people to have a positive puberty experience.
She works with educators, parents, caregivers, and other trusted adults, equipping them with the tools to teach young people.
Published: Puberty: The Wonder Years, https://pubertycurriculum.com/curriculum/
Contact: Wendy.Sellers@PubertyCurriculum.com, UGH-PUBERTY (844-782-3789)
Website: https://pubertycurriculum.com/
Founder: Landa Fox (she/her)
Providing education & training in the areas of sexual health, relationships, and sex education for neurodiverse/disabled individuals, their families, and their communities; direct work with youth, parent-child, and support systems; Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: Positive Connections
Contact: 250-588-5984 landa@positiveconnections.ca
Socials: Instagram: @positiveconnections
Twitter: @Pos_Con_Can
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/positiveconnectionscanada
Founder: Ellen Friedrichs (she/her)
Ellen Friedrichs is a health educator, writer, and mom of three kids. Originally from Canada, she now lives in New York, where she runs the middle and high school health education program and teaches college in the CUNY system. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, HuffPost, and Rewire News. She is the author of the book, Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World (Cleis Press: 2019).
Website: SexEdvice
Contact: ellenkatef@gmail.com 917-698-1308
Socials:
https://www.clippings.me/ellenkate
https://www.instagram.com/ellenkatef/
https://twitter.com/ellenkatef
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenfriedrichs/
Founder: Justine Kiely-Scott (she/her) and Jenny Ackland
SEA offers students in primary and secondary schools the opportunity to gain accurate and age-appropriate information that is delivered in a relaxed and non-judgemental way. We also aim to support parents to learn and gain confidence to talk to the children in their care about topics related to sexuality and respectful relationships. SEA is not affiliated with any religious or political organisations, or lobby groups, and acknowledges, and is sensitive to, the wide-ranging values and beliefs that we know families have in our communities. We also know, though, that no matter a child’s background, all young people need access to accurate, fact-based information that will help them as they grow and develop.
Topics: Sexuality and respectful relationships
Program Categories: Parent, parent - child, primary students, secondary students, university students, teacher professional development
Location: Victoria, Australia, online learning
Website: Sex Education Australia
Contact: justine@seaprograms.com.au
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/SEAparents/
https://twitter.com/SexEdAustralia
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Heather Alberda
Heather (she/her) works as an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator for a public health department in Holland MI. She works with youth 5th -college and parents.
She teaches sexual health in a variety of settings, partners with schools on their sex ed advisory boards, collects sexual health data, presents at state and local conference, is a member of the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, coordinates a condom distribution program (wear one) that has now been replicated in 45 other counties in MI, mentors future sexual health educator and has been the field for 20 years.
Location: Holland, MI
Website: miottawa.org/Health/OCHD/repro.htm
Contact: halberda@miottawa.org
Socials: Linkedin
Mosaic Sexual Health Education
Founder: Martha Solomon, MA (she/her)
Mosaic Sexual Health Education: Comprehensive, Inclusive, and Shame-Free!
Their mission is to provide schools, colleges, universities, parents, teachers, professionals, and community organizations with high-quality, comprehensive, body-positive, and inclusive sexual health education that is engaging and fun! Their workshops are positive, empowering, confidence-boosting, and fun!
Topics: Healthy Sexual Development for children (Body Talks: ages 0-7
Tween Talks: ages 8-13, Teen Talks: ages13+) workshop for parents and educators
How to Answer Any Question workshop for parents and educators.
Inclusive Puberty Education, Consent Education, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Sexual Decision Making, STIs and STI Prevention, Sexual Harassment, 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion for Parents and Educators, Media Literacy and Porn Education (for students, parents, and educators)
Professional Development for Educators (Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed for grades K-3, 4-7, 8+)
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
Contact:
Email: mosaicsexualhealth@gmail.com
Wesbite: https://mosaicsexualhealth.ca
Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MosaicSHE
Insatgram: https://www.instagram.com/mosaicsexualhealth/
Founder: Tessy Vanderhaeghe (she/her/elle)
Yes Tess is a call for an enthusiastic and positive approach to education and conversations about sexuality. From workshops to social media, Tess offers inclusive, evidence-based and sex-positive information about sexuality, menstruation, birth control, puberty, STIs, and more!;
youth centered; parent-only (families and caring adults); teachers/educators
Location: British Columbia
Website: YesTess
Contact: tess@yestess.ca
Socials:
Instagram @yestess_she
TikTok @yes.tess
Facebook: yestess.she
Founder: Narda Skov (she/her
Narda is a sexuality health educator who has taught adolescent sexuality for over twenty five years. I teach small groups both in and out of school(s), as well as parent groups and lead camp sessions. She is the founder of Teen Health Educator (teenhealtheducator.com) and is an Assistant at Ageless Sexuality (www.agelesssexuality.net). A podcast is in development.
Primary Topics Covered: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Contact info: nardaskov1@gmail.com, Ph: 510.333.7848 c.
Director: Megara Bell
Partners in Sex Education has been providing comprehensive sex education in K-12 schools since 2006. Our goals are to increase age appropriate, inclusive and culturally relevant sex education available to students in grades K-12, and to provide support for educators delivering comprehensive sex education in all venues.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Eyes Open Iowa
Kristin Fairholm (she/her)
Kristin Fairholm is the director of EyesOpenIowa
The mission of EyesOpenIowa (EOI) is to empower communities to provide people with comprehensive sexual health information and services to make healthy and informed decisions about sex and relationships, both now and in the future.
kristin@eyesopeniowa.org
515-276-6788
www.eyesopeniowa.or
4000 Westown Parkway, Suite 204
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Landa Fox (she/her)
Providing education & training in the areas of sexual health, relationships, and sex education for neurodiverse/disabled individuals, their families, and their communities; direct work with youth, parent-child, and support systems; Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: Positive Connections
Contact: landa@positiveconnections.ca
Barbara Gross (she/her), MA, MEd, BCBA, LBA, CSE
Behavior analyst and sexuality educator, providing individualized education and assessment for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She also provides parent education and trainings for educators who want to make their sex education more accessible.
Richelle Frabotta, MSED, CSE, CSES
Richelle teaches, encourages, supports and promotes personal agency, healthy choices, sexual wellness, pleasure through communication, connection, and community.
29 years of direct sex/ual/ity educational services. most of my professional teaching experience was in and out of 4th grade - 12th grade classrooms all over SW ohio (still do some).
Currently, they are at Miami University (oxford, ohio) as FSW faculty (3 courses a semester, approx. 300 students a year) and Coordinator of the Dennis L. Carlson Sexuality Education Studies Center (SESC is moving ped and prax into community-based programming).
Lately, they've been able to focus on populations of learners: SOGIE marginalized youth, I/DD - self-advocates work, and sex trafficked women WHILE advancing scholarly supports to encourage evidence-informed sex/ual/ity ed, and mentoring burgeoning folx to be kick-ass, well-connected, compassionate, and cutting-edge sex/ual/ity educators.
Website: SOSECS
Contact: richellesosecs@gmail.com
Steph Auteri:
Lydia M. Bowers
Andrea Brand
Stop Sweating and Start Talking
Kim T. Cook:
Teen World Confidential: Five-Minute Topics to Open Communication About Sex and Relationships.
Jenni Gates: Lessons in Love and Understanding
Amy Lang:
Birds+Bees+YOUR KidsDating Smarts: What EVERY teen needs to know to date, relate or wait!
Mike Domitrz:
Saleema Noon:
Talk Sex Today: What Kids Need to Know and How Adults Can Teach Them by Saleema Noon and Meg Hickling
Jo Langford:
Lori Reichel, PhD
Common Questions Children Ask About Puberty: Insights from a nationally recognized health educator
Tools for Teaching Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education
Kerri Isham
Interactive workbooks for Pre-K to grade 12.
Nadine Thornhill
Ellen Friedrichs
Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World
Amy Lang: Just Say This!
Mike Domitrz: Mutually Amazing Podcast
Jo Langford: APPropriate Podcast
Sarah Sproule: Sitting in a Car
Lori Reichel, PhD: The Puberty Prof
Kara Haug: Reframing Our Stories Podcast
Barb Gross and Landa Fox: Sex Ed Book Review
Leah Jewitt: Sex Ed on the Cards
Wendy Sellers: Published Puberty: The Wonder Years, https://pubertycurriculum.com/curriculum/
Lori Reichel: the Puberty Prof, Curriculum Consultant
Anna Ambrus (she/her)
Anna Ambrus is an aspiring sexuality educator who is a current M.Ed student in Human Sexuality Studies with a Sex Education Track at Widener University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development & Family Studies. Human sexuality.
Topics she is interested in include parent-child communication, LGBTQ+ issues, parent education and age-appropriate sexuality curricula discussing topics of consent, pleasure, communication and relationships.
Contact: ambrus.anna.m@gmail.com
Student: Widener University
Socials: Instagram
Kathryn Harrison (they/them)
Kathryn (Katie) is entering their first year of a master's program at Widener University, and is excited to start studying sexuality education at an advanced level!; their interests are in youth, intersectionality, consent education, and social justice; they want to focus on youth-centered programs.
Contact:kdharrison.sexed@gmail.com
(708) 606-8078
Lindsay Mayer (she/her)
Lindsay is currently getting her master’s in Human Sexuality from Widener U. She has her bachelor’s in Women’s and Gender Studies and has worked in the criminal justice system as a clerk for a Victim Assistance Unit. Lindsay worked with victims of all different crimes, including harassment, domestic assault, and sexual assault. She also interned for the Omaha Women’s Center for Advancement (WCA) in the education and prevention department where she did a lot of research about human trafficking and vulnerable populations linked to HF.
As a future sex educator, She is very interested in using social media and the internet as a way to make comprehensive, inclusive sex education more accessible to lower socioeconomic populations and populations that would otherwise not have access to proper sex ed courses.
Contact: lmayer073@gmail.com
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Annie Merrill (she/her)
Annie is a graduate student at Widener University.
Annie creates educational content with a focus on helping young people grow into their whole authentic selves by unlearning the restrictive and non-comprehensive sex education that most of us received in public school education. Planting seeds of sex ed knowledge knowing that one day we'll have a prairie.
Contact: anniemerrill17@gmail.com