Due to the wonderful work done at the Minnesota Aids Project and SCAP, we are slowly building a collection of books, videos and pamphlets
focusing on sexual health and HIV to assist parents and other educators. Virtually everyone agrees that parents and caregivers should
be the primary sexuality educators of their children - even kids themselves!
We understand parents often feel uncomfortable discussing
HIV and sexual health with their children. SCAP hopes these resources will be useful for parents and educators trying to broach difficult
topics. We have a variety of materials that are appropriate for different ages and settings. These resources also include materials
developed to help families affected by HIV talk to their children about this disease.
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.
Visit http://www.amazon.com/ to purchase this book.
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.
Visit http://www.amazon.com/ to
purchase this book.
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.
Visit http://www.amazon.com/ to purchase this book.
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.
Visit http://www.amazon.com/ to
purchase this book.
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.
Visit http://www.amazon.com/ to purchase
this book.
My Grandma Has AIDS: Annisha's Story
Authors: Valerie Reeder-Bey and Annisha Monic Wilburn
Valerie Reeder-Bey is a wife,
mother, and grandmother living with HIV. With her granddaughter, Valerie has written a children's book, My Grandma Has AIDS: Annisha's
Story, to help kids understand that it is safe to live with, kiss and hug someone you love who is infected with HIV. [To receive a
free copy contact Dori Makundi, dmakundi@mnaidsproject.org, 612-373-9175]
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
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
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 http://www.mvoices.org/ [You
can order a copy by calling 888-MVOICES or by writing to Mothers' Voices at 165 West 46th Street, Suite 701, New York, NY 10036]
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 http://www.siecus.org/pubs/. The newsletter
can be downloaded, or you can order a individual copy]
A Time to Speak: Faith Communities and Sexuality Education
Author: Debra Haffner,
SEICUS
A booklet containing information to help religious congregations address sexuality issues. [You can order this manual and other
SEICUS Publications online at http://www.siecus.org/pubs/]
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 A booklet containing information to help religious congregations address
sexuality issues. [You can order this manual and other SEICUS Publications online at http://www.siecus.org/pubs/]
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 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]
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
VIDEOS
HIV/AIDS:
A challenge to us all
Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Video and booklet designed to help parents or teachers set up a school meeting about
HIV/AIDS. (Available in Spanish) [To order a copy, call 310-395-9051]
Adolescents and HIV Video Series
Four videos designed for adolescents
with HIV and youth at risk of HIV. Topics include: adolescents talking about what it is like to live with HIV, getting the facts about
clinical trials and sexual health education.
[To receive a copy contact: Dianne, at Matthews Media Group, Inc. 301-984-7191, ext. 634]
WEB SITES
Does Sex Education Work?
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
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 Comprehensive Sexual Health Programs
Reserve Library
www.pta.org/programs/hivlibr.htm
National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center
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.
Parent Soup
Offers helpful information for talking to
kids at various ages about sexuality, including masturbation, dating, oral sex, pregnancy and HIV/STDs.
Talking With Kids About Tough
Issues
http://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
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.
