ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Managing Controversy Quiz

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Managing Controversy

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and CFLE
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To manage controversy, educators are advised to:
1. know their programs well.
2. have the most experienced educator deal directly with the opposition.
3. allow the youth to have a voice in what they want to learn.
4. scout the opposition in a professional way.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Mothers' Voices, and Alan Guttmacher Institute:
1. offer free or low-cost workshops on managing controversy related to sexuality education.
2. can provide educators with additional information on managing controversy.
3. have effectively managed controversy in their own development histories.
4. have helplines to assist educators needing support in responding to controversy.
Most controversies in 1998-1999 erupted over three factors, including:
1. the availability of condoms or contraceptives on school grounds.
2. teacher messages that seemed supportive of teen sex.
3. differences in opinion about whether teens should wait until they are married to have sex.
4. the true effectiveness ratings of condoms.
A fanatic is defined as a person who:
1. is a passionate opponent.
2. risks bodily harm (their own or others) for a cause.
3. has excessive zeal for a cause.
4. thrives on controversy.
Scheduling a parent preview night, creating packets, and publishing a newsletter are strategies to:
1. help prevent controversy.
2. respond to controversy.
3. involve youth in the management of controversy.
4. involve parents in the management of controversy.
Which of the strategies is not recommended for responding to controversy?
1. Be honest.
2. Be responsible.
3. Always have support people present when directly interacting with the opposition.
4. Make it clear that you are a "person," not a "program."
"The Board Meeting" Learning Activity helps students learn about controversy by:
1. encouraging disagreement.
2. requiring students to reach decisions by consensus.
3. practicing making controversial decisions in a mock board of directors meeting.
4. analyzing pros and cons of the three most common sexuality education controversies.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Americans:
1. support sex education in the high schools.
2. support sex education in the middle schools.
3. support abstinence-until-marriage messages.
4. do not want condoms distributed at their children's schools.
Giving young people information about sex and sexuality is:
1. supported by 79% of Americans.
2. supported by 92% of Americans.
3. believed to encourage sexual exploration by 63% of Americans.
4. supported by 79% of Americans if the students are already sexually active.
When it comes to providing information on contraception in schools, 67% of Americans:
1. reject the notion that it sends mixed messages to youth.
2. support the notion that it sends mixed messages to youth.
3. believe it should be mandatory.
4. believe it should be voluntary based on the community need.

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