I Decide For Me
Clarity is committed to partnering with parents, educators, and communities to empower students with truth, facts and medically accurate data to achieve healthy relationships and lifestyles.
The Right Education
A course that meets students where they are.
Clarity’s I Decide For Me educational programs continue to partner with more than 70 schools and reaching +6,000 students annually throughout Central Indiana by presenting to 6th grade, 8th grade, and high school students. I Decide For Me is a respected and trusted curriculum which aids educators in meeting many of Indiana’s State Health Education Standards regarding the topic of sexual health.
The age-appropriate programming engages students with multi-media, interactive presentations which challenge students to explore the choices and consequences of sexual decision-making.
An Encouraging Education
Based on the facts presented in the I Decide For Me program, students are empowered to make healthy choices and live a life of sexual integrity. Every student deserves to know they matter, are valuable, and are worth protecting and respecting.
IDFM curriculum uses matched pre- and post-surveys to confirm changes in attitude and behavior to measure the program’s effectiveness. Each curriculum encompasses age-appropriate key components that factually address choices and consequences by:
- Teaching that abstaining from sexual activity until marriage is the healthiest lifestyle choice
- Teaching a holistic perspective (physical, emotional, intellectual, ethical, and social)
- Teaching students to identify and discuss key topics with trusted, go-to adults
- Teaching the importance of self imposed, preset boundaries
- Teaching students by use of multimedia, interactive, and engaging presentations
6th Grade
IDFM 6th grade curriculum is a four-day program that empowers students to identify healthy and unhealthy choices. This program provides the foundational skills of fact finding, decision making and boundary setting related to the medical model of whole person health and sexual integrity. The program discusses and defines the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) six critical health behaviors and educates students on the progression of puberty in an age-appropriate context.
8th Grade
IDFM 8th grade curriculum is a five-day program that builds on key foundational skills of fact finding, decision making, and boundary setting related to the medical model of health and sexual integrity. The concept of forward thinking is developed by teaching that lifestyle outcomes are dependent on current health choices. This program explores the persuasiveness of social media and the entertainment industry on the decision-making process, as well as the social and emotional influences. The identification of healthy, trusted adults is also reaffirmed.
High School
IDFM High School curriculum is a five-day program which aids students in identifying long term goals and gives them concrete illustrations to achieve those goals. Media exposure and portrayal of relationships are analyzed. Teen pregnancy rates and Sexually Transmitted Infection rates are discussed along with the immeasurable holistic consequences of sexual activity outside of marriage. This program gives students hope for a solid, healthy future, regardless of past choices.