ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Effective Practices Quiz

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Effective Practices: Effective Curricula
and Their Common Characteristics

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

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Self-Study Quiz Questions

Effective programs focus on content which:
1. includes the delay of sexual initiation.
2. includes information on gender roles, dating, and/or parenthood.
3. covers as many issues related to sexuality as time allows.
4. focuses upon a small number of specific behavioral goals.
Effective programs are based upon:
1. social cognitive theory, social influence theory, and media reversal theory.
2. theories which are specific to changing sexual risk-taking behaviors.
3. theories which have been effective with other health-related, risk-taking behaviors.
4. Fishbein and Ajzen's theory of reasoned action.
"Giving a clear message" is explained as:
1. presenting the pros and cons of different sexual choices.
2. presenting a clear position on a sexual risk-taking behavior.
3. ensuring that detailed and comprehensive facts are presented.
4. teaching students to "say no" to sex.
Providing accurate information is an essential characteristic of effective programs because:
1. providing reality-based information is the primary goal of prevention programs.
2. detailed and comprehensive information assists students in making healthy decisions about sexuality.
3. accurate information provides students with the foundation they need to make healthy decisions about sexuality.
4. accurate information on sexuality issues is difficult for students to find.
In order to counter social pressures on youth to be sexually active, some effective programs:
1. provide data showing that many youth do not have sex.
2. have students share their experiences of being pressured to have sex.
3. videotape students effectively responding to common "lines" pressuring them to have sex.
4. rent popular movies and discuss messages promoting early sexual involvement or sex without condoms.
When teaching students communication, negotiation, and refusal skills, effective programs give them the opportunity to:
1. model the skills.
2. practice the skills.
3. teach the skills.
4. use the skills.
Effective programs employ a variety of teaching methods with the aim of:
1. keeping the instructors challenged and motivated.
2. conveying didactic information to students in an inviting manner.
3. involving the students in the learning and having them personalize the information.
4. ensuring student involvement, thereby requiring less classroom management.
Effective programs for higher-risk youth, most of whom are already sexually active, should focus on culturally appropriate behavioral goals such as:
1. achieving "secondary virginity."
2. abstaining from sex.
3. being monogamous.
4. using condoms.
The length of effective programs is fewer than 14 hours if:
1. implementation is with single sex groups.
2. implementation is in small group settings.
3. a variety of activities are being used.
4. students do not feel rushed to complete activities.
Effective programs provide training for teachers and peer educators who:
1. believe in the program.
2. have taught family life education before.
3. want to practice using the curriculum.
4. have successfully avoided unintended pregnancies.