Through age-specific education curriculum, Catholic Charities works with individuals in a variety of approaches.
1. Abstinence is a curriculum for students and young adults to help build the skills needed for developing an abstinence lifestyle. This includes lessons to:
a. Assist young people in building self-esteem.
b. Increase communication skills.
c. Improve decision making skills.
d. Discover a connection between their values, decisions, behavior and future.
2. Individuals learn refusal skills and how to reject social pressures as well as an education in the use of non-sexual alternatives to meet their needs.
3. Prevention is a curriculum which stimulates conversation and increases awareness of adolescent pregnancy, responsibilities of parenting, and the value of postponing parenting until socially, emotionally, and financially able.
Find out more about Natural Family Planning/CM-BBT.