Resources for Professionals
The following are crowdsourced resources recommended for professionals working in sex education for young people.
Curriculum & Lesson Plans
Oregon Sex Ed Open Learning Hub, Portland Public Schools, Advocates for Youth, and the Oregon Department of Education
Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum, Advocates for Youth
Sex Ed To-Go, Planned Parenthood
Lesson Plans for Teaching With Sex, Etc., Answer
Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Curricula Reviews, Future of Sex Education Initiative (FoSE)
Curriculum Mapping Tool, Future of Sex Education Initiative (FoSE)
Disability and Sex Education
The Right to Choose: Autonomy, Consent, and Disability, RSEI
Resources on Developmental Disabilities and Sexuality, Elevatus Training
Sex ed resources for people with IDD, Mad Hatter Wellness
General Sex Ed Resources
Academic Research Articles, Answer
Teacher Resources, Spark*ED
Racial Justice in Sex Education: E-Learning Modules, Advocates for Youth
Getting Real About Sex Ed: What Today's Students Need by Shafia Zaloom, 2026
Fundamental Concepts and Critical Developments in Sex Education, Edited by Reece M. Malone, Tracie Q Gilbert, Catherine Dukes, Justine Ang Fonte
Trauma & Healing for Youth-Supporting Professionals, thrivology
Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Boosting the “B”: Acknowledging and supporting bi+ youth in the sex ed classroom, RSEI
2025 National School Climate Survey, Glisten
2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, The Trevor Project
Anti-Bullying Policies in School and LGBTQ+ Young People, The Trevor Project
Project SPARK Interim Report: A Longitudinal Study of Protective and Risk Factors in LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health, The Trevor Project
Best Practices for Supporting Inclusive Education Following Mahmoud v. Taylor, National Education Association
Erased in School, Educated Online: LGBTQQ Men and the Sex Ed Gap, It’s On Us
Hope in a Box, Advocates for Youth
Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence, and the Things That Help by Katy Lees
Gender is Really Strange by Teddy G. Goetz
A Comprehensive Guide to Intersex by Jay Kyle Petersen
Media Literacy, Technology, & AI
Youth Mental Health in the AI Era: Why Context Matters More Than Technology, Youth Mental Health Tracker (Part 1)
Youth Mental Health in the AI Era: How GenAI Enters Help-Seeking Pathways, Youth Mental Health Tracker (Part 2)
Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions, Common Sense Media
Navigating Now: A Practical Toolkit for Information Literacy in the Age of AI, Oregon Department of Education
Boys in the Digital Wild: Online Culture, Identity, and Well-Being, Common Sense Media
Two Truths & AI, Common Sense Media
Report of the NEA Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Education, National Education Association, June 2024
Teens and Pornography, Common Sense Media, 2022
Policy & Advocacy
Same Shame, New Name: Debunking the “Success Sequence”, SIECUS
Backward to the Future: The Heritage Foundation’s Radical Vision for America’s Next 250 Years, SIECUS
The Fight for Facts: Defending Access to Comprehensive Sex Education from the Anti-Abortion Agenda, SIECUS and Guttmacher
State Profiles, SIECUS
Sex Education Legislation Tracker, SIECUS
Baby Olivia Bills Tracker, SIECUS
Persistent Lies: Misinformation About Contraception three-part video series, SIECUS
State of the Period 2025, PERIOD. and Thinx, Inc.
“The Talk” Survey: A Sex Education Map, SIECUS
Exposing Hate: The Truth about Attacks on Our Kids, Schools, and Diversity, SIECUS
Sexual Assault & Abuse Prevention
Prevention Starts Before College: K–12 Sex Education Matters for Men, It’s On Us
Take It Down, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Everyday Prevention: Practical Strategies for Addressing Exploitation with Youth, Everstrong
