This course will provide students with an understanding of sexual development through the life cycle.
Students will 1) differentiate between sex and gender development; 2) discuss identity and sexual diversity; 3) Develop and implement strategies to help parents talk to their children about sex and sexuality. 4) Describe the specific process of sexual development in young children. 5) Describe how biological, social, cultural, and psychological factors affect psychosexual development. 6) Recognize how the teenage brain differs from an adult brain in executive functioning. 7) Describe how adolescents make decisions about sexuality.