ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Working with Preteens Quiz

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Working with Preteens

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
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Directions:
Read each question carefully. Circle the appropriate letter for each answer on a printed version of the self-study quiz answer sheet.

Circle only one answer for each question.

The term "preteen" refers to:
1. youth 12 or younger.
2. youth about 9 to 12 years old.
3. 11 and 12-year-olds.
4. youth in Grades 4 through 8.
Educator and Author Pam Wilson finds that often "teachers want to have open, honest discussions" about sexuality with their preteen students but feel held back by:
1. students' embarrassment to discuss sexual topics.
2. lack of support from school administrators and parents.
3. their own lack of training and comfort level.
4. their fear of having to report incidents of child sexual abuse.
"Am I Normal?" is a question that:
1. often motivates preteens to initiate communication with adults about sexual topics.
2. is often on the minds of teachers of preteens.
3. is often on the minds of parents of preteens.
4. is often on the minds of preteens.
Educators can foster a comfortable learning environment for preteens by:
1. setting ground rules.
2. inviting parents of preteens to participate.
3. disclosing relevant personal information.
4. letting each preteen have the floor for sharing as long as he or she wants.
Which of the following is NOT a recommended response for educators when answering preteens' questions?
1. Use clear, non-technical words.
2. Use concrete, age appropriate language.
3. Use regional street slang so the preteens will understand what you are talking about.
4. Be honest and authentic.
The goal of question/answer segments in sexuality education programs is to:
1. motivate the preteens to speak up.
2. identify preteens' genuine concerns and issues.
3. establish the educator as the expert on the subject.
4. reinforce and model the ground rules.
When "value questions" arise, educators are encouraged to:
1. promote their personal values.
2. support universal values.
3. recommend preteens stay true to their parents' values.
4. none of the above.
The purpose of the learning activity "Am I Normal? Exploring Preteens' Personal Concerns about Puberty" is to:
1. help preadolescents identify common concerns about their changing bodies and changing lives.
2. help preadolescents identify specific concerns about their changing sexual organs.
3. reassure preteens that their concerns about their development are not as important as it is for them to "feel" normal.
4. build group cohesion.
Landry, Singh and Darroch's study "Sexuality in Fifth and Sixth Grades in U.S. Public Schools" found that the two topics most often taught by their sample of 5th and 6th grade sexuality teachers were:
1. abstinence and HIV/AIDS.
2. abstinence and puberty.
3. puberty and decision-making.
4. puberty and HIV/AIDS.
The study "Sexuality in Fifth and Sixth Grades in U.S. Public Schools" found that the topics of birth control and abortion were:
1. addressed by over two-thirds of the teachers.
2. addressed by over two-thirds of the teachers only as they related to preventing HIV and pregnancy.
3. taught by 7-18% of the teachers.
4. taught by about a third of the teachers.

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