Sex is all around you. No matter where you look or what you listen to, chances are you re getting some kind of message about sexuality. And we re guessing that the messages you re receiving don t always help you figure out the truth about sex. Sometimes it s not any easier to get the truth about sex when you ask an adult in your life. We re just guessing but if you did get the nerve up to ask someone about sex, you probably didn t get much of an answer (or at least not the answer you were looking for). The reality is, for most adults, the topic of sex can be scary to talk about---with anyone. But we re here to change all that. In Good Sex 2.0: What (Almost) Nobody Will Tell You About Sex, you ll explore the truth about sexuality based on what God has to say about it, as well as what the latest research reveals. This journal will help you explore: * Sex Messaging: how to tell sense from nonsense in a sex-obsessed culture * Sexual Identity: how we come to understand and experience our sexuality * Intimacy: going out, hooking up, messing around, and genuine closeness * Desire: the difference between sexual appetites and human needs * Boundaries: how biblical principles and common sense can govern sexual choices for a lifetime * Responsibility: our sexual responsibilities to God and each other * Do-overs: what it means to receive mercy and restoration from God As you spend time in this journal, it will bring up the tough questions, open up honest dialogue, and help you see how your sexuality fits into God s plan for your life."

Sex saturates the world our students are growing up in. Everywhere they look (or listen) they can hear all kinds of messages about sexuality, and most of it probably isn t helping them develop a healthy understanding of how their own sexuality fits into God s plan for their lives. In Good Sex 2.0: A Whole-Person Approach to Teenage Sexuality and God, you ll find tools to help you (and parents of teens) involve your students in understanding, enjoying, and taking responsibility for their sexuality---all without lecturing, intimidating, or moralizing. The Good Sex 2.0 curriculum gives you everything you need to help your students process and understand: * Sexual Identity * Desire * Responsibility * Sex Messaging * Intimacy * Boundaries * Do-Overs This Leader s Guide gives you tools to walk students through the seven sessions of the Good Sex 2.0 curriculum, and is organized in such a way that without much preparation you can lead it yourself or hand it off to a volunteer to use in a large or small group setting. Good Sex 2.0 also includes several appendices and other helpful resources you can consult for further teaching."

Teenagers now face a different world than they would have twenty, even ten years ago. Confronted with new choices and challenges, they grow up exposed to influences both positive and negative. Issues that can arise in high school-fights, sexual abuse, eating disorders-can be overwhelming, and, when teens look for advice, volunteers need to know how to help. In this participant's guide (DVD/digital video sold separately), Van Pelt and Hancock recommend and detail a program for dealing with crises in a way that will be most helpful for struggling teens. They've divided their approach into four stages: Understanding various crises and their potential consequences. Spotting crises by learning to recognize signs and get the whole story. Responding to crises by initiating contact, managing confidentiality, and taking follow-up steps to ensure teens receive professional help as necessary. Preventing crises by creating a safe environment and sharing information with teens. As confusing as life can be for teenagers, it can be just as difficult for volunteers to understand and help them through life's darker times. Van Pelt and Hancock have compiled a helpful, comprehensive guide invaluable to anyone working closely with teens. Designed for use with The Volunteer's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis Video Study (sold separately).

You ve seen it on the news too many times to count. School shootings, adolescent addictions, bullying, eating disorders, depression and suicide, cutting, pregnancy. There is no lack of bad news to be told about teenagers today. Maybe you believe that will never happen to my child. And maybe it won t. But crises aren t always the stories that make the evening news. The spectrum of crises an adolescent may face can range from something as (seemingly harmless) as getting caught cheating on a test to dealing with the breakdown of the family, to acting out and getting in trouble with the law. And the reality is that someone they know will likely experience some kind of crisis---and that can affect your teen significantly. Either way, when a crisis affects your teen, wouldn t you want to be prepared? Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock, both of whom have raised teenagers into adulthood and have spent decades in youth ministry and crisis management, bring together their expertise and insight to help you identify and understand what a crisis is and how you can help your teen live and grow through it. Inside, you ll find practical responses for issues like: * Suicidal thoughts or behavior * Accidents * Cheating * Death (of a friend or loved one) * Divorce * Eating disorders * Hazing * Pregnancy * Sexual abuse * Sexual identity confusion * Substance abuse or addiction * And more In addition to learning appropriate responses to crises, you ll learn how to prevent some of these issues, and how to get professionals involved when necessary. Whatever it is your teen is dealing with, your influence in their life is still the most important one. So be prepared to walk them through their crisis with wisdom, compassion, and the tools to help them heal."

Lo has visto en las noticias una y otra vez; tiroteos en las escuelas, adicciones en adolescentes, intimidacion, trastornos alimenticios, depresion y suicidio, autolesion, embarazo. Las malas noticias no faltan cuando hablamos de los adolescentes de hoy dia. Posiblemente crees que eso nunca le ocurrira a mi hijo/a . Puede que no. Pero las crisis no siempre son las noticias que aparecen en los titulares de las noticias vespertinas. La variedad de crisis que un adolescente puede llegar a afrontar se extiende desde algo tan aparentemente inocuo como ser sorprendido copiando en un examen a que hacer con la cuando la familia se desintegra, o actuando en rebeldia y metiendose en problemas con la ley. Y la realidad es que probablemente alguien que conocen experimentara algun tipo de crisis, y eso puede afectar a tu adolescente sensiblemente. Sea como fuere, cuando tu adolescente se ve afectado por una crisis, no quisieras estar preparado? Rich Van Pelt y Jim Hancock, ambos padres que han criado adolescentes hasta la adultez y que han dedicado decadas al ministerio entre jovenes y gestion de riesgo, combinan su experiencia y percepcion para ayudarte a identificar y comprender lo que es una crisis y como puedes ayudar a tu adolescente a superarla y a desarrollarse a traves de la misma. En sus paginas encontraras respuestas practicas en lo relacionado a temas como: *Pensamientos o comportamientos suicidas *Accidentes *Copiar y plagiar *Muerte (de un amigo o ser querido) *Trastornos alimenticios *Rituales de iniciacion *Embarazo *Abuso sexual *Confusion de identidad sexual *Abuso o adiccion de drogas *Y mucho mas Ademas de aprender como responder debidamente a las crisis, tambien aprenderas como prevenir algunos de estos problemas y como recurrir a la participacion de profesionales si es necesario. Sea cual fuere el problema al que tu adolescente se esta enfrentando, tu influencia en su vida sigue siendo lo mas importante. Por tanto, preparate a acompanarle en su crisis con sabiduria, compasion, y con las herramientas para ayudarle a sanar."

When youth work becomes crisis managers. Anyone who stays in youth ministry for a while will encounter significant crises. Family break-ups, substance abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, cutting, suicide, gun violence But without proper and immediate care, crises like these can cause years of emotional pain and spiritual scarring in students. Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock want to help you prevent that from happening. Through their experience and expertise, you ll learn how to: -Respond quickly and effectively to crisis -Balance legal, ethical, and spiritual outcomes -Forge preventive partnerships with parents, schools, and students -Bring healing when damage is done When crises happen and they will, ready or not there are practical steps you can take. Van Pelt and Hancock provide field-tested counsel and specific, biblical advice for each stage of crisis. Keep this book on hand as your go-to resource when you need it most. Because when it comes to crisis, it s not a matter of if, but when."

Usted lo ha visto en las noticias demasiadas veces como para llevar la cuenta: tiroteos en los colegios, adicciones de los adolescentes, pleitos, desordenes alimenticios, depresion y suicidio, insultos, embarazos. No faltan las malas noticias acerca de los adolescentes hoy. Tal vez usted piense que eso nunca le sucedera a 'mi hijo'. Y quizas sea asi. Sin embargo, las crisis no siempre son historias que aparecen en los noticieros vespertinos. La variedad de crisis que el adolescente enfrenta puede variar desde algo (al parecer tan inocuo) como verse atrapado haciendo trampas en un examen, tener que lidiar con la ruptura de la familia, fanfarronear, hasta meterse en problemas con la ley. En realidad es muy probable que alguien que usted conozca atraviese algun tipo de crisis y eso puede afectar de un modo significativo a su adolescente. De cualquier manera, cuando una crisis afecta a su adolescente, no le gustaria estar preparado? Rich Van Pelt y Jim Hancock, habiendo ambos criado a adolescentes que ya son adultos y dedicado decadas al ministerio juvenil y el manejo de las crisis, aportan su experiencia y perspectiva para ayudarle a identificar y comprender cual es la crisis y como ayudar a su adolescente a hacerle frente y crecer por medio de esa experiencia. Aqui usted hallara respuestas practicas para cuestiones tales como: * Trampas en los examenes * Muerte (de algun amigo o ser querido) * Divorcio * Desordenes alimenticios * Hostigamiento * Embarazos * Abuso sexual * Confusion en la identidad sexual * Abuso de substancias quimicas o adiccion * Y mucho mas Ademas de aprender a responder de manera apropiada a la crisis, usted aprendera como prevenir algunos de estos asuntos y conseguir la intervencion de profesionales cuando sea necesario. Sin que importe con lo que su adolescente este lidiando, su influencia en su vida sigue siendo lo mas importante. Asi que preparese para acompanarlos en sus crisis con sabiduria, compasion, y las herramientas para ayudarles a sanar."