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LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS
Community-based Abstinence Education
For federal Title V, SPRANS (Special Projects of Regional and National Significance) and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) funding, abstinence education is defined in the law as an educational or motivational program which:

  1. has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
  2. teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
  3. teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems;
  4. teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
  5. teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
  6. teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child?s parents, and society;
  7. teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability to sexual advances; and,
  8. teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.

A project may not be inconsistent with any aspect of the abstinence education definition.


NON-DIRECTIVE VS. DIRECTIVE APPROACHES

NON-DIRECTIVE Sexual Person Theory
“Safe Sex” Comprehensive and Abstinence-Plus programs

DIRECTIVE Whole Person Theory
Abstinence Until Marriage, Character Education  programs

 

 

The approach is "relative" or independent of any absolutes or objective realities outside of the mind.

The approach is "objective" or dealing with facts without distortion of what is external of the mind.

1. The instructor presents information that is of an explicit nature, not necessarily age appropriate, based on assumption that presence of sexual curiosity justifies providing the information.

1. The instructor presents information that is based on age-appropriateness; explicit content is limited to "need to know" based on student group's social characteristics and ethnic/gender diversity.

2. The instructor facilitates group discussion & interaction through posing open-ended questions with unrestricted or minimally limited parameters.

2. The instructor leads group discussions & interactions through posing questions that require a definitive answer; student participants are directed toward the stated objective truth.

3. The instructor is required to maintain a "non-judgmental" educational approach that disallows correction of student thinking that may result in harmful and unhealthy behavior.

3. The instructor is obligated to correct a student's thinking that may result in harmful and unhealthy behavior.

4. The parent has relinquished the task of sexuality education to the school system or some other group.

4. Parents are an integral part of human sexuality education and are the primary educators.

5. Birth control options, abstinence being an option, must be presented early since sexual curiosity begins early; and, sexual experimentation before marriage is natural and normal behavior.

5. Natural sexual curiosity develops as the person proceeds through stages of psychosexual development. Sexual experimentation is held in check through the person's use of their intellect and free will.

6. Sexual experimentation requires the use of preventive measures to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

6. The person who has chosen to sexually experiment is able to stop the behavior when made aware of consequences, after receiving encouragement, purpose and peer support.

 

 

8. Commitment to the sexual partner is relative to overall satisfaction and happiness with the sexual relationship; mutual trust and respect is relative to one's happiness.

8. Mutual trust and respect is established prior to sexual activity in marriage through the practice of abstinence; happiness is the outcome of deep-seated, committed friendship.