Sex Education: Age appropriate approaches from early childhood to adolescence

Title of Event: Sex Education: Age appropriate approaches from early childhood to adolescence

Description of Event:

This educational event equips participants with practical tools to deliver developmentally appropriate, medically accurate, and culturally responsive sex education across early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Attendees will explore inclusive strategies for teaching consent, bodily autonomy, boundaries, and communication that affirm diverse genders, sexual orientations, family structures, and abilities. The session also builds confidence in navigating questions, discomfort, and resistance from both children and adults, using trauma-informed, evidence-based, and affirming approaches to support healthy learning environments.

Course Objectives:

Identify and apply developmentally appropriate, medically accurate, and culturally
responsive sex education topics across early childhood, middle childhood, and
adolescence.
Demonstrate strategies for teaching consent, bodily autonomy, boundaries, and
communication in ways that are inclusive of diverse genders, sexual orientations,
family structures, and abilities.
Develop skills to address questions, discomfort, and resistance—both from
children and adults—using trauma-informed, affirming, and evidence-based
approaches.

Date of Event: March 20, 2026

Time of Event: 2PM-4PM EST

Location: Online Synchronous

Sexuality Counseling (SC) Training: 

SC2. Theory and methods of sexuality counseling approaches to specific populations (e.g., youth, older adult, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).

Presenter/Speaker: Taylor Harmon, MA, CSE

Company/Organization Sponsor: Darling Mental Health

Contact Name: Taylor Harmon

Contact Email: taylor@darlingmentalhealth.com

Event Website: https://darlingmentalhealth.com/sex-education-age-appropriate-approaches-from-early-childhood-to-adolescence/

AASECT Approved CEs: 2