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	Healthy Sexual Development Preview Description Related Courses Share Many youth in care have experienced sexual abuse and trauma and have been exposed to unhealthy relationship behaviors. This course explores healthy sexual development in children and teens and how parents can support youth by providing a safe and supportive environment to discuss sexuality and sexual health and wellness. At the end of this course, you will be able to: describe sexual health and sexuality define sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex assigned at birth have age and developmentally appropriate conversations with younger children and teens using everyday moments make prudent parenting decisions related to youth’s sexual health and wellness help youth recognize the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships understand the impact of trauma on youth’s sexual health and wellness Building Trust, Motivating Change Explores how parents can use motivational interviewing techniques to help build trust with the youth in their home, engage them in conversation, and encourage behavior change. Designed for parents of teens, but may be helpful for parents of younger youth as well. Supporting Normalcy Explores how to provide normalcy for youth in care using the reasonable and prudent parenting standards. [Also available in Spanish] Understanding Sex Trafficking Explores commercial sexual exploitation of children, what it is, and how parents can recognize signs that a child is being sexually exploited. [Also available in Spanish] Problematic Sexual Behaviors (Advanced Parenting Workshop) This Advanced Parenting Workshop addresses problematic sexual behavior in children in care. With the help of Dr. Silovsky and the teaching assistant, participants learn how to determine whether a child's sexual behavior is problematic and how to respond to a child's sexual behavior. Share this with friends. Link to share: This class explores healthy sexual development in children and teens, including: sexual health and wellness sexual orientation and gender identity sexual development milestones healthy and unhealthy relationships impact of trauma on sexual health and wellness 4 credit hours, $20.00 per person