Community Sex Ed: Fall 2025 Sessions
Looking for a place for your kid to learn age-appropriate, inclusive sex ed in your community taught by experts?
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4th and 5th Grade Course
Talk More is launching a 3-session family sex ed course for elementary age students in grades 4 and 5. Participants will learn and have opportunities to have questions about: puberty, reproductive anatomy, reproduction, and changing relationships. Each session is 2 hours and all content is inclusive and age appropriate for late elementary school. (Remember, young folks need to know about puberty before it happens to them, and trust us, they have questions.)
This is a course designed for parents and kids to take together, so families build comfort in talking more throughout adolescence about bodies, relationships, and yes, eventually, sexual health. Parents are asked to join for each session so they can benefit from structured conversations with their kiddo in class. Register through the link below.
$125/participant (trusted adults included)
Sunday afternoons from 3-5pm
Course Dates: September 7th, 14th, 21st
Middle and High School Course
Talk More is excited to host 6-session community-based sex ed courses for middle and high school aged youth of all genders. Each 2-hour session will feature time to build community, an overview of some important content knowledge, and a safe space for discussion, reflection, and asking questions. Each session, and our expert team of facilitators is introduced below.
What makes this course extra-special is integrating families into the process. A parent or other trusted adult will be invited to join for a portion of the 1st session and the entirety of the last session, and youth will take home information and resources to share with you each week. The data is clear that when teens talk with their trusted adults about sexuality, they have stronger health outcomes. Register through the links below.
Middle School Course
$175 per participant (trusted adults included)
Monday evenings from 6-8pm
Course Dates: Oct. 20th, Oct. 27th, Nov. 3rd, Nov. 10th, Nov. 17th, Dec. 1st
High School Course
$175/ participant (trusted adults included)
Sunday afternoons from 3-5pm
Course Dates: Sept. 28th, Oct. 5th, Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, Nov. 9th, Nov. 16th
All courses will be held each the dates below at Blue House Wellness. They are located at: 610 Kentucky Street, Scottdale, GA 30079
Have questions? We imagine so. Reach out at lauren@talk-more.org or via our Contact Us page at any time to let us know what’s on your mind.
(And don’t worry kids, we’ll have snacks.)
*Talk More is committed to equitable pricing to ensure everyone has access to learn. Please let us know if this price point isn’t feasible for you.
A preview of the course content is below:
Building Community and Identity
The first session will be an introduction to the class. Youth will have a chance to get to know each other, set expectations for interaction in the class, and practice respectful discussions even when they may disagree. Families will be invited to join for the first hour of the class.
Navigating Relationships
This session introduces the changing nature of relationships, including both friendships and romantic relationships. Youth will learn which types of behaviors are red flags, and explore how they can embody being a “green flag” themselves.
Preventing Pregnancy and STIs
Reproductive Anatomy and Pregnancy
Consent and Sexual Assault
Talking with Trusted Adults
Sometimes, you’re just curious about the basics. Youth learn foundational information about strategies for preventing STIs and pregnancy, including various types of birth control, where they can find resources in their community, and how they can talk with their trusted adult for guidance and advice. This session prepares youth to stay healthy as they make decisions in their future.
This session introduces youth to their reproductive anatomy and how pregnancy can begin taught in a gender inclusive ways that honors all the ways families are created.
Youth will learn what consent means in every instance - from everyday interactions to sexual behaviors. We’ll also talk about when consent isn’t present, which is sexual violence, including what that looks like for teens, and provide resources for how youth can get themselves, or their friends, help.
Parents or other trusted adults will join us for this session to participate in structured, safe conversations with their child related to sexual health and share ways they continue to ask and answer questions together in shame-free ways moving forward.
Meet our Instructors
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Sam Akers (she/her)
INSTRUCTOR
Sam Akers is a dynamic sexual health educator, trainer, and good-vibes-creator. With a deep passion for supporting young people’s education, she combines her expertise in social work with her commitment to creating empowering environments for adolescents.
Sam holds a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, focusing on Children, Youth, and Families with a concentration on sexual health education.
When not nerding out about the coolest sex ed programs, Sam loves exploring her home city of Atlanta or hopping on a plane to a new adventure. She loves getting creative with crafting, usually with her bunny and dog close by for company.
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Lauren Barineau (she/her)
FOUNDER & LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Lauren has taught 7th graders in the classroom, and all ages in sexual ed. No seriously, from Kindergarteners to High Schoolers. She holds a Masters of Public Health and is a Certified Health Education Specialist with almost 15 years of experience in sexual and reproductive health. She’s also background checked (just because you can’t be too safe), and she has two kiddos of her own, so she knows how important this work is. Find her writing curriculum content or leading trainings to support adults and kids in having healthy conversations about sexuality.
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Nya Daley (she/her)
INSTRUCTOR
Nya Daley Benefield (she/her) is a Muscogee (Creek) Nation social worker, yoga teacher and facilitator based in Atlanta, GA, with over 15 years of experience supporting justice-involved youth, child welfare-affected families, and adults with developmental disabilities. Her work is deeply rooted in trauma-aware, strength-based, and person-centered practices—shaped by both her professional path and her journey as a mom of three, which fuels her passion for working with young people.
Nya specializes in creating brave and safer spaces that center equity, identity, and power through community dialogue and healing practices. She is also the founder of Soulga Yoga, a collective uplifting racialized wellness professionals, where she trains movement educators and leads accessible, culturally grounded programs across North America.
Registration in the Workshop Includes:
Six, 2-hour workshops designed for pre-teens and teens
Talk More has designed a course curriculum with youth development and health education foundational principals at the forefront. We will create a safe, inclusive, and curious space for learning.
End of Session Resources
At the end of each course session, participants will bring home a set of discussion questions they can use to talk with you about what they learned during each session.
And finally, Snacks
Talking is just easier with food. Munchies and drinks will be provided during each session.
Resources for Adults
Participants will receive a package of Talk More’s materials designed for parents and other trusted adults, including our 5 Foundations of Talking about Sexuality with Kids: The Journal and our Age 10-12 and Age 13-15 Parent Planners.
If you’d like to preview course content prior to registration, please let us know. We’d be happy to talk it through with you.
All participants and their families will be required to sign a consent form to participate in the course.