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.

  • $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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Kaisa Sazama-Framil (they/she)

    GRADUATE INTERN

    Kaisa is a Master of Public Health student in Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. With over eight years of experience in early childhood education, development, and enrichment, she believes young people must have the knowledge to make healthy, informed decisions for themselves. She is fully committed to collective liberation rooted in accessible sex education for all communities. Kaisa enjoys hiking, working out, reading, knitting, and thrifting.

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.