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Growth Development, Healthy Relationships,
Sexual Health

• Chapter 10 Pg. 240 Pg. 251
• Chapter 11 Pg. 262 Pg. 267
• Chapter 17 Pg. 442 Pg. 447

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Your Changing Body

• Adolescence the stage of development between
  childhood and development.
• Puberty the part of adolescence when the
  reproductive system becomes mature.

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Puberty

• Between the ages of 9 and 13 years old.
• Puberty occurs because of the release of
  hormones.
• Hormone chemical made in one part of the body
  that is carried through the bloodstream and
  causes a change in another part of the body.
• MALE Sex Hormone Testosterone
• FEMALE Sex Hormone Estrogen Progesterone

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Puberty Physical Changes

• Sex Characteristics traits related to ones
  gender.
• Primary Sex Characteristics
• - Directly related to production of gametes.
• - Gametes reproductive cells produced by the
  gonads.
• Male Gametes take the form of sperm.
• Female Gametes take the form of ovum.
• - All ovum are present at birth, but do not
  mature until puberty.
• - Sperm is not produced (created) until puberty.

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Puberty Physical Changes

• Male puberty usually occurs between the ages of
  13 and 15.
• Female puberty usually occurs between the ages of
  9 and 16.

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Puberty Physical Changes

• Male Secondary Sex Characteristics
• - Acne Develops
• - Facial Hair Grows
• - Height Weight Increase
• - Voice Deepens
• - Hair Grows Under Arms and On Body
• - Fat is Deposited In Lower Abdomen
• - Shoulders Widen
• - Pubic Hair Grows

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Puberty Physical Changes

• Female Secondary Sex Characteristics
• - Acne Develops
• - Height Weight Increase
• - Breasts Develop
• - Hips Widen Pelvis Tilts
• - Pubic Hair Grows
• - Fat is Deposited In Buttocks and Thighs
• - Menstruation Begins
• Menstruation monthly discharge of blood and
  tissue from the body through the vagina. Signal
  that a girls body is mature enough to become
  pregnant.

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Puberty Concerns

• CONCERNS FOR TEENS (all temporary)
• - Great variation in people the same age.
• - Awkward bodies.
• - Girls may be much taller at certain stages.
• - Body hair before others.
• - Breast development before other girls (young
  ages)
• - Cracking voice.

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Puberty Mental Changes

• During Adolescents, Brain Reaches Adult Size
• Cognition Memory Increase
• Cognition the act of knowing, including both
  awareness and judgment.

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Puberty Mental Changes

• Childhood 1 Solution to Problem
• Adolescence predict outcomes of situations,
  multiple solutions to problems.
• Abstract Thought thought about ideas that are
  beyond what you see or experience.

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Puberty Mental Changes

• Think Logically, Reasoning Increase
• More Complicated Problems/Thoughts
• Look Beyond Self, Think of Others
• Career Interests, Goals, Views, Philosophy
• Others Point of View

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Puberty Mental Changes

• These changes can be difficult to deal with.
• To cope, some teens partake in the following
  risky behavior to feel like they have control
• - sexual activity - tobacco use
• - alcohol use - drug use
• - poor nutrition - lack of exercise
• - unnecessary physical risks

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Puberty Changing Feelings

• Changes lead to mood swings.
• Happy one day, next day you are sad, angry,
  anxious, etc
• Normal
• If it takes over your life, you should seek help.
• EX Interferes with normal function, injure
  yourself, etc

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Puberty Changing Feelings

• Attraction is admiration for someone that may
  include the desire to get to know that person
  better.
• Infatuation is admiration for someone while not
  recognizing that persons flaws.
• - Usually occurs early in Adolescence
• - Crushes
• - Most Crushes only last a short time.
• - Normal

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Puberty Changing Feelings

• Later in Adolescence, Early Adulthood
• Sexual Attraction face gets hot and flushed,
  heart beats faster, hands get clammy, fluttery
  feelings inside.
• Love is deep affection for someone and is based
  on true desire for the other persons interest .
• Note these will be discussed in more detail at a
  later time.

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Puberty Social Changes

• Search for Independence (free of control of
  others).
• Friendships Peer Acceptance - Extremely
  Important
• Develop Identities or Cliques
• May Change Constantly, But Should Stay True To
  Self Morals (hard for adolescence)
• Healthy Personal Identity (next slide)

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Puberty Personal Identity

• Personal Identity the factors you believe make
  you unique, or unlike anyone else.
• Questions to Ask
• 1. Am I carrying out my responsibilities on my
  own, without needed someone to remind me?
• 2. Can I make independent decisions and accept
  consequences of them?
• 3. Am I thinking about what I want to do after
  high school?

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Puberty Personal Identity

• 4. Have I examined my beliefs about what
  behavior is appropriate?
• 5. Does my behavior reflect my values, morals or
  standards in which I believe?
• 6. Do I expect to work for what I want, rather
  than it given to me?

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Key Developmental Tasks

• Important Tasks of Teens
• - forming relationships w/people your age and
  both genders.
• - achieving masculine or feminine role
• - accepting physique
• - achieving emotional independence from
  parents/adults
• - prepare for marriage/family life/career
• - acquiring personal standards
• - developing social intelligence, aware of
  others needs, helping others attain their goals

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Homework

• Pg. 247 Lesson Review
• 1, 4
• Pg. 251 Lesson Review
• 5

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Healthy Relationships

• Relationship emotional or social connection you
  have with another person or group.
• Does not have to be boy/girl friend.
• Healthy Relationships require healthy social
  skills.

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Social Skills

• Expressing Yourself (Communication)
• Communicate to others what you are feeling.
• Think about what you are going to say, speak
  clearly, and ask questions to make sure others
  understand.

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Social Skills

• Communication Does not Have to Be Verbal
• You can express self through other methods
• Poetry - Painting
• Dancing - Sculpting
• Playing Instrument - Writing

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Social Skills

• Communication Through Behavior (3 types)
• Passive, Aggressive, Assertive.
• Assertive Behavior expressing thoughts/feelings
  in a respectful way.
• Example on Next Slide

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Behavior Examples

• Situation someone cuts in front of you in line.
• Passive You do nothing.
• Aggressive You sart pushing, shouting,
  disrespectful.
• Assertive You respectfully ask the person in
  front of you to go to the end of the line.

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Social Skills Continued

• Active Listening
• Body Language
• Refusal Skills

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Healthy Relationships Sensitivity Skills

• Empathy sharing and understanding another
  persons feelings.
• Tolerance is the ability to overlook differences
  and accept people for who they are.

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Healthy Relationships Other Skills

• Personal Self-Esteem - Good Character In Self
• Caring - Respect
• Dependability - Loyalty
• Honesty

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Teen Dating

• Crush Develops
• Dating is going out with people you find
  attractive and interesting.
• Best way to begin dating is group dating.
• Group dating is fun, safe, and teaches healthy
  relationships.

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Teen Dating

• Showing Affection (dating or not)
• - giving a smile or kind laugh
• - telling someone how much they mean to you
• - remembering a birthday
• - writing a card, note, letter
• - giving a small gift
• - cheering for someone at a game
• - spending time together
• - holding hands

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Teen Dating

• Being Clear About Affection
• Letting someone know how you feel can be
  difficult.
• Not everyone appreciates the same expression.
• Expressing affection aloud can be difficult.
• Dont write a script, but plan ahead.
• Pay attention to other persons response.

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Teen Dating

• Being Clear About Affection
• If other person seems uncomfortable, back off and
  give time to respond.
• If response is not clear, ask for clarification.
• Affection is based on respect.
• Respecting others shows you like them.
• EX If they asked not to be touched, dont do it!

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Practicing Abstinence
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Sexual Abstinence

• Adolescence Leads to Sexual Attraction
• Face gets hot and flushed, heart beats faster,
  hands get clammy, fluttery feelings inside.
• You cannot control the feelings. Its normal and
  healthy.
• Sexual Attraction is not Love

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Decisions About Sexual Activity

• Teens are constantly pressured by sex.
• Movies, TV, commercials, magazines, music,
  billboards, how peers dress, friends, etc
• More more difficult to resist the urge.
• Hormones/arousal and clear thinking do not
  coexist.

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Decisions About Sexual Activity

• You must think through sexual decision before you
  are tempted by sexual activity.
• What are you sacrificing for a few moments of
  pleasure?
• How would pregnancy (not avoidable) change your
  life?

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Decisions About Sexual Activity

• Abstinence is the conscious decision to avoid
  harmful behaviors, including sexual activity
  before marriage and the use of tobacco, alcohol,
  and other drugs.

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Decisions About Sexual Activity

• Sex must be, not should be , waited on until
  marriage.
• There is absolutely no justifiable reason as to
  why you cannot wait until marriage.
• Risk vs. Reward, Long-Term vs. Short-Term

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Consequences of Sexual Activity

• Pregnancy
• - Adolescence is already a full-time job. Why
  add to caring for an infant?
• - Are you ready to be a parent?
• - Time
• - Money
• - Emotions
• - Sleep
• - Other Sacrifices
• - Serious complications for pregnancy at a young
  age.
• - What about the future of your baby?

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Possible Sexual Pressures

1. Youre the only person in the class who has not
   had sex.
2. If you really loved me you would.
3. It would mean so much to me.
4. Is there something wrong with you.
5. Just this once
6. We are going to get married anyway.

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Sexual Activity Infectious Disease

• INTRO VIDEO CLIP
• Click Here

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Sexual Activity Infectious Disease

• Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) contagious
  infections that are spread from person to person
  by sexual contact.
• More than 75 different STDS.
• 1 in 5 Americans Have an STD.

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Sexual Activity Infectious Disease

• STD Statistics
• - More than 75 different STDS.
• - 1 in 5 Americans Have an STD.
• - GREATEST RISK Ages 15-19
• - 3 Million adolescents contract an STD each
  year
• - 1 in 4 get an STD before graduating high
  school

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Sexual Activity Infectious Disease

• Spread through bodily fluids.
• Caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, of other
  infectious agents.
• Many can be treated, but some have no cure.
• Common Universal Symptoms Discharge from the
  genitals, sores on genital area, a rash, pain
  while urinating.
• NOTE Can be a carrier without knowing (no
  symptoms).

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Respond

• How could being a carrier of an STD with no
  symptoms be dangerous?

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Types of STDs

• NAME Chlamydia (Kluh MID ee uh)
• SYMPTOMS Some show no symptoms, others have a
  genital discharge, painful urination, and
  abdominal pain.
• TREATMENT Antibiotics taken by mouth.
• LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES Sterility and liver
  infection.
• CLICK HERE

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Types of STDs

• NAME Gonorrhea (Gahn uh REE uh)
• SYMPTOMS Some show no symptoms, others have a
  genital discharge, painful urination, and severe
  abdominal pain.
• TREATMENT Antibiotics taken by mouth. But, new
  strains are showing resistance.
• LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES Sterility, liver
  infection, testicular disease.
• CLICK HERE

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Types of STDs

• NAME Syphilis (SIF uh lis)
• SYMPTOMS Sores, fever, body rash, swollen lymph
  nodes.
• TREATMENT Antibiotics taken by mouth.
• LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES Mental illness, heart and
  kidney damage, and death.
• CLICK HERE

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Types of STDs

• NAME Genital Herpes
• SYMPTOMS Outbreaks of painful blisters or sores
  around the genital area that recur, swelling in
  the genital area, burning during urination.
• TREATMENT Cannot be cured. Treatment with
  antiviral medication can decrease the length and
  frequency of outbreaks. Help prevent spreading.
• LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES Cervical Cancer, Baby
  Deformities
• CLICK HERE

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Types of STDS

• AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
  serious viral disease that destroys the bodys
  immune system. Aids is caused by a virus (HIV).
• HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HIV is a virus, AIDS is a Disease caused by the
  VIRUS.
• NOTE A person can be infected with HIV, but not
  have AIDS.

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HIV AIDS

• Can be years before symptoms show for HIV
  Infection (incubation period).
• Majority of people infected with HIV, develop
  AIDS and die.

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HIV AIDS

• Where did it come from (not sure)?
• BEST GUESS Dead monkey with similar SIV, gave
  it to a hunter through its blood (slightly
  changed to HIV through the process).
• 1959 Blood test confirm first case recorded
  (Africa)
• 1981 4 Cases reported outside Africa in
  California
• Today 40 Millions Cases

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How HIV Is Spread

• Sexual Content most common.
• Sharing Needles when needles are used to inject
  drugs, blood can remain on needles and passed to
  the next user.
• Blood Transfusion rare in US because of thorough
  testing of blood supply.
• Mother to Child passed to unborn child through a
  shared blood supply, or through breast milk. Also
  rare because of new drug treatments.

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Effects of AIDS on Body

• HIV attacks immune system.
• Bodys ability to fight infection is destroyed.
• People who suffer from AIDS usually die from an
  infection that they cannot fight off. But, also
  cancer.
• Opportunistic Infection infection that happens
  only in people whose immune systems are not
  working well.

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Treatment for HIV / AIDS

• Cannot be cured.
• Can be delayed.
• Combination of several drugs may slow the
  reproduction and increase the incubation period.

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More Consequences of Sexual Activity

• Loss of Self-Respect against values, sneaking
  around, lying fear of being caught, fear of
  consequences, fear of unknown.
• Negative Effects on Social Relationships
  reputation, expectations of other relationships,
  ruined relationships, etc
• Family Disapproval

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RESPOND

• What do you feel is the best way to prevent all
  of the negative consequences discussed in class
  from happening?

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Making a Commitment to Abstinence

• Establish Priorities what is most important in
  your life? How would a pregnancy or STD effect
  your priorities?
• Set Personal Limits base these limits off of
  your priorities. Set limits in advance, not in
  the heat of the moment.
• Share w/Girlfriend or Boyfriend if you cannot
  communicate or appreciate each others priorities
  or limits, you are not in a mature, healthy
  relationship.

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Making a Commitment to Abstinence

• Discuss w/a Trusted Adult can be a release valve
  for frustration, fears, questions, etc.
• Stay Away of High-Pressure Situations go on
  group dates, avoid closed doors, avoid dark
  rooms, avoid parking, avoid drugs/alcohol,
  avoid crazy boys/girls

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Homework

• Pg. 282 283 Chapter Review
• All odd even numbers!