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With so little time to teach health education and so many content areas being added annually, health education instruction is not as not as effective as it could be. Meth bills, opioid bills, bullying prevention bills... is that really the answer? Putting more pressure on health teachers to teach more content? Read ▸ about Another Reactive Legislative Bill Isn’t Going to Help

The entire K-12 content area or discipline of health education needs a new identity. My generation and older remembers health ed as the class where you learned to Just Say No, or that having sex means you'll have blisters on your genitalia. We remember reading Chapter 11 on smoking cigarettes and answering 5 questions at the end of the chapter to assess our knowledge that smoking is bad.Unfortunately, health education has continued to be branded in peoples' minds as drug ed and sex ed. Those Read ▸ about Health Education Blog Post Series Part 1: Health Education Needs a New Identity

Read ▸ about Cairn Guidance is celebrating over ten years working with youth, partners, schools, agencies & communities to create places of health & wellness so students & staff can thrive!

By Liz ThorneThe #MeToo movement has shown the extent to which acts of rape, sexual violence and sexual misconduct permeate the lives of countless women, as well the people and institutions that allow it to perpetuate like an “open secret”. Last month, the news of allegations of sexual misconduct against Asis Ansari added a new dimension to the #MeToo discourse. There was a debate about whether the actions of Asis belonged in the same conversation as the actions of Harvey Weinstein or Larry Read ▸ about Supporting K-12 Schools to #TeachThem in a Time of #MeToo

By Samantha LoweAdolescent perceptions of parental interactions do not get as much attention as they deserve, gone are the days of the common "because I said so" parent reasoning, it is now time for open, honest, and factual conversations about sex and contraception.  Speaking with your adolescents about sexual encounters is important, currently over 40% of adolescents report they had sex before any conversation with their parents about contraception  (Grossman et al., 2017).  Read ▸ about An Article Review: “We Talked About Sex.” “No, We Didn’t”: Exploring Adolescent and Parent Agreement About Sexuality Communication

Written by Cairn Guidance in partnership with the Dove Self Esteem ProjectIt was a bright, temperate December afternoon as Cairn Guidance staff and the 2018 Dove Self Esteem Project (DSEP) Cadre gathered for a two-day retreat.  Our sight clearly set on success, we began the day by having the cadre learn about each other.  This was not an icebreaker.  This was a genuine effort to begin developing relationships amongst the trainers from across the United States who will be spreading Read ▸ about 2018 Dove Self Esteem Project National Cadre of Trainers

It's been a huge year for the Cairn Guidance team! Below are our personal thoughts on the year, including the organizations/people we hold dear and hope you look them up, follow and support!From Samantha:2017 has been a year of growth, both personally and professionally. Travels have sent me across the United States allowing me to become comfortable and confident in traveling alone, while also making me miss a place I was dying to leave a year ago (something I never thought would happen). 2017 Read ▸ about Happy Holidays from the Cairn Guidance Team!

3 mile hike up Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park, CA We celebrated, relaxed, worked, brainstormed, set goals, updated our strategic plan, laughed and enjoyed 3 days in Palm Springs, CA! In order for Samantha, Liz and I to continue the work we do supporting schools in the US to be healthy, safe environments so kids can thrive, we have to be strategic, work hard, align our work to our mission and create balance in our own Read ▸ about 2017 Cairn Guidance Team Retreat