Resources for Parents & Teachers

The Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) is here to help you educate the young people in your life. We have researched a number of books, pamphlets and Web sites focusing on sexual health and HIV to assist parents and other educators.

MAP hopes the suggested resources below will be useful for parents and educators trying to broach difficult topics. The suggested books below are in print and can be found at most public libraries or purchased through many retailers.  MAP also stocks brochures and posters focused on educating youth about HIV.   Each pamphlet that you can order directly through MAP will have a link to our materials ordering page. Also, check out our HIV Educational Materials page to see all of the items you can order (for free) from MAP.

BOOKS
		Does AIDS Hurt? Educating Young Children About AIDS: Suggestions for Parents, Teachers and Other Care Providers of Children to Age 10. Author: Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFCC and Sylvia Villarreal, MD Good book for educating young children about HIV.
		Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Author: Judd Winick Judd Winick pays tribute to his Real World roommate and friend Pedro Zamora, an AIDS activist who died of the disease. His cartoon memoir tells the story of their friendship and serves as a vivid memorial to a bright-eyed and gifted man who made more of his 22 years of life than most of us could make of 80.
		Just Hold Me While I Cry: A mother's life-enriching reflections on her family's emotional journey through AIDS. Author: Bobbie Stasey A mother's story of surviving the emotional challenges of AIDS, in this autobiography she shares her feelings about the medical system, her son's homosexuality, and her fears.
		You Can Call Me Willy: A story for children about AIDS Author: Joan C Vimiero This book is the story of an 8-year-old girl living with HIV and her struggle with discrimination. Willy Jones talks about her illness and exhibits exceptional strength and courage as she learns to cope with the symptoms and the side effects of treatment, to put up with classroom taunts, and to find fun and friendship.
		Be a Friend: Children Who Live with HIV Speak Authors: Lori S. Wiener, Ph.D. & Philip A. Pizzo, M.D. In their own words and pictures children with HIV and AIDS tell how it feels to be different from other kids, how they feace rejection if people learn they are sick. They think about loved ones they have lost and what heaven will be like.
PAMPHLETS, BROCHURES & NEWSLETTERS
		HIV: Talking with Your Teen Pamphlet shares ideas on how to talk to teenagers about HIV. Available from MAP AIDSLine by calling 612-373-AIDS or email mapaidsline@mnaidsproject.org Order Online!
		HIV: Talking with Your Child Pamphlet shares ideas on how to talk to children about HIV. Available from the MAP AIDSLine by calling 612-373-AIDS or email mapaidsline@mnaidsproject.org Order Online!
		Finding Our Voices: Talking With Our Children about Sexuality and AIDS. Author: Mother's Voices This 36-page parent's guide, available in English and Spanish, offers parents practical advice for talking to their children about sexuality and AIDS. Endorsed by Sandra Thurman, National AIDS Policy Director. For more information on Mother's Voices visit www.mothersvoices.org. You can order a copy by calling 305-347-5467 or by writing to Mothers' Voices at 150 W Flagler, Suite 1820, Miami, FL 33130. Individual copies: $5.00.
		Families are Talking (SIECUS) Newsletter containing information to help all parents and caregivers talk to their children about sexuality and related issues. [You can order this newsletter and other SEICUS publications online at www.familiesaretalking.org. The newsletter can be downloaded for free, or individual copy: $1.00]
TEACHING PLANS, MANUALS & INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES
		Filling the Gaps: Hard to Teach Topics in Sexuality Education. SEICUS This manual provides lesson plans, worksheets, fact sheets and handouts for teachers and educators wanted to teach difficult topics in sexuality education. The manual covers eight "hard to teach" topics: abstinence, condoms, diversity, pregnancy options, safer sex, sexual behavior, sexual identity and orientation, sexuality and society. [You can order this manual and other SEICUS publications online at www.siecus.org/pubs/filling_the_gaps.pdf - $20.00]
		Someone at School has AIDS. National Association of State Boards of Education A complete guide to education policies concerning students with HIV. This guide offers all the information and recommendations schools need for educational, health, sports, and confidentiality policies related to HIV. [This guide can be downloaded for free at: http://www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools/Safe_Healthy/sasha.html You can order a copy by calling 800-368-5023, or by writing to National Association of State Boards of Education, 277 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314 - $15.00]
POSTERS
		"HEY! You Know What? You Can't Get AIDS From." This colorful poster shares nine ways HIV cannot be transmitted. Appropriate for children of all ages. Order by calling the MAP AIDSLine at 612-373-AIDS or email mapaidsline@mnaidsproject.org. Order Online!
WEB SITES
		Does Sex Education Work? www.avert.org/sexedu.htm Published by the AIDS Education and Research Trust (AVERT). Advocates comprehensive risk prevention strategies to prevent unplanned pregnancies and HIV/STD infection. Also provides resources and information for youth about HIV, contraception, homosexuality and puberty.
		Mother's Voices www.mothersvoices.org Mothers' Voices is a national nonprofit organization that believes every child deserves a full and healthy life, free of HIV. The group works to mobilize parents and other concerned individuals to be educators and advocates dedicated to the prevention of HIV infection for all kids. The Web site offers practical hands-on advice for parents.
		National Parents and Teachers Association Six Things to Know about HIV/AIDS Talking to Kids about HIV/AIDS (English / Spanish)
		National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center www.pedhivaids.org Provides a wealth of information for children and families living with HIV. Links to treatment information, tips on disclosure, and a place for people to submit questions and share resources.
		Talking With Kids About Tough Issues www.talkingwithkids.org This site provides guidelines for talking with kids about issues such as drugs and alcohol, sex, HIV and violence.
		University of Minnesota Youth and AIDS Projects www.yapmn.com Provides facts about HIV among youth, resources for GLBT youth and the professionals who serve them, and links to other Web sites.
		Youth People and HIV/AIDS www.thebody.com/whatis/children.html Resources for teenagers, parents and teachers, including information on prevention issues among teenagers, telling children about HIV and talking to kids about tough issues.
		Families Like Mine www.familieslikemine.com A Web site that provides advice for children of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) parents.

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2008
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