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Yes.

 PPMM Sex Ed is designed to align with (9) sets of standards and frameworks, including CHYA. Learn more here:

• CHYA https://bit.ly/PPMM-CHYA
• CA. Dept. of Education:  Growth, Development & Sexual Health Standards https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/
• National Sexuality Education Standards (2020) https://bit.ly/PPMM-NSES
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Characteristics of Effective Health Education https://bit.ly/PPMM-CDC
• Social Justice Identity Anchor Standards (Learning for Justice: The Southern Poverty Law Center) https://bit.ly/PPMM-SJIA
• CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) https://bit.ly/PPMM-CASEL5
• Profile(s) of Graduate Competencies for school districts such as Oakland Unified, Campbell Unified, Fremont Unified, and others. (e.g. Healthy Decision-Maker, Ethical, Essential Communicator, Self-Directed, (Can) Manage Stress and Emotions, Culturally Humble, Inclusive Leader, Collaborative, Critical Thinker)
• Common Core State Standards for ELA https://bit.ly/PPMM-CCore
• Title IX Compliance Categories such as preventing sex-based harassment, sexual assault and/or sexual violence, discriminatory treatment of pregnant and parenting students, discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ+ students, and informing students how to report sexual harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying. https://bit.ly/PPMM-TitleIX

We aim to center the voices and needs of those who are directly impacted by the outcomes of the course design process (Design Justice Network). In addition to designing courses for standards alignment, students, caregiver and parents, teachers, community partners, and subject-matter experts from our affiliate territory are surveyed, interviewed, and engaged as stakeholders via Community Input Reports that serve as a compass throughout the design process.

Y-LED (youth designers) from our 42-county service area in California and Nevada, guide the design of our Digital Learning experiences to make sure they're relevant, inclusive, accessible, and engaging for their peers. Y-LED ensures students feel represented, seen, and respected by PPMM programs. For each animated series in PPMM Sex Ed, Y-LED designers gave input on the look- and-feel and offered their own personal experiences to be fictionalized in each series regarding relationships, body image, puberty, gender identity and expression, sexuality, communication, consent, accessing health care, bullying, harassment, and other topics.

Evidence-informed.  Based on research including: "Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education" https://bit.ly/PPMM-JAH

In alignment with CHYA, PPMM Sex Ed also affirmatively recognizes different sexual orientations and is inclusive of same-sex relationships when providing examples of couples or relationships and is inclusive of students of all races and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Students also learn about concepts such as self-advocacy, empathy building, and mutual respect skills are explored throughout the e-courses. 

For example, students can:

• Become inspired to advocate for their (and other people's) rights— especially when it comes autonomy and equity regarding one's sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
• Better recognize and report LGBTQ+ targeted or gender-based bullying and harassment (such as those defined by Title 9 of the federal education code).
• Learn how to make decisions and requests that honor their values and emotional and physical needs, and how they can respect others' needs and boundaries.
• Reduce stigma around human sexuality and increase their media literacy when it comes to unhealthy or harmful gender, sexuality, or relationship stereotypes.