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Services We Provide
ATM Education fulfills that requirement with 18 fulltime and partime teachers for 113 school districts in those 24 counties .
House Bill 189 and the Federal Welfare Reform Act of 1996 both require
that abstinence 'til marriage education teaches no sexual activity
until marriage as the standard for all school-age children.
There are no charges for the resource materials,
classroom presentations, assemblies, teacher seminars for program
teachers, school classroom teachers, community organizations and parent
workshops, mentoring groups, web parties, billboards and media.
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Classroom Presentations for 6th, 7th and 8th grades, and 9-12th grades.
Guest Presenters (ATM teachers) are available for excellent classroom
presentations that are parent approved, medically accurate, culturally
sensitive and age appropriate to meet the needs of a diverse audience
of adolescents, aged 12 through 18. Guest presentations are adaptable
to the classroom schedule. Topics covered include: goal-setting,
decision making, health choices and consequences, relationships and
boundaries.
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Teacher seminars and staff in-services are
available for the over 515 teachers in the 113 school districts ATM
Education reaches. One-five day seminars in various parts of the state
prepare school staff, classroom teachers, nurses, guidance counselors
and abstinence educators with the most current information, curriculum
ideas, medically accurate statistics and effective techniques for
reaching our young people and their parents.
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Billboards with hard-hitting and thought provoking
messages direct students, school staff, parents and the community to
web sites which provide substantial interactive information about teen
sexual activity and other risky behaviors.
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Training for mentoring leaders and mentoring groups is also provided.
ATM Education collaborates with The National Family Life and Education
Center to provide training for the Rites of Passage Program. This is a
program students can be involved in for two years. Mentoring groups can
be offered after school or during school and are available for
detention centers and community groups and schools.
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Promotional items include pledge cards, pens,
t-shirts and other items. These items are distributed in classrooms,
assemblies and mentoring groups.
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A Resource Library is available to teachers, parents and the communities served.
Items can be ordered and used for a two week period. Our website,
MisstheMess.com provides a party atmosphere where participants can see
the consequences of behavior through a variety of games, movies and
resources including a special feature called Swat the Fly.
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House Bill 189 and the Federal Welfare Reform Act of 1996 both require
that abstinence 'til marriage education teaches no sexual activity
until marriage as the standard for all school-age children. |
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