RSVP (Responsible Social Values Program) is an abstinence based program designed to encourage family-centered education about difficult topics. The RSVP program recognizes that parents are the primary educators and source of guidance for their children in these matters. The purpose is to promote smart, healthy choices through this abstinence only education program.
RSVP is designed for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at a time in their development when they are in the difficult and delicate process of forming their attitudes about themselves and others. RSVP hopes to give young people the skills needed to make good decisions, set future goals, and resist unhealthy risky behaviors. Students and their parents are encouraged through specific homework assignments to communicate with each other about the topics covered in this program.
The RSVP program theme is “Abstinence is Freedom” and promotes complete abstinence, (choosing not to do something), from unhealthy behaviors such as tobacco, alcohol, other drug use, and from early sexual activity. The program has a specific objective for each grade level and is designed to build on the information and skills developed in the previous year(s).
The Following Topics will be covered in the specific grade levels:
6th Grade-
Friendship - developing good relationships with others
Goal Setting - the importance of having a goal to help you resist unhealthy behaviors
Physical Changes to expect in adolescents
7th Grade-
Self-Control and how the choices we make today can affect our future
Abstinence =Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Respect for self and others - appropriate dating behavior and relationships
8th Grade-
Recognizing the responsibilities of parenting - qualifications/characteristics needed for parenting
Increase Resistance Skills and encouraging positive peer pressure to remember that ‘Abstinence is Freedom’, (abstinence from all types of unhealthy behaviors).
The 8th grade students, with parental permission, can take a Baby Think It Over Simulator Doll home for the weekend to care for as though it were a real baby. This is used to emphasize the difficulty and responsibility required to properly care for an infant. These baby simulators will record how long the baby was left to cry, if they were cared for adequately, and if they were handled with the care needed of a real infant.
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