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            -  Evidence and Innovation 
            -  Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review 
            -  Programs 
            -           Get Real (Middle School)      

# Get Real (Middle School)

- Program Information
- Program Overview
- Program Description
- Program Component Table
- Program Implementation

- Research Evidence
- Reviewed Studies
- Study Characteristics
- Study Findings

The program was designed and evaluated as a classroom-based curriculum.

http://www.etr.org/ebi/programs/get-real/

training@pplm.orgwww.getrealeducation.org

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                        - Connecting self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship skills to responsible decision making.
                        - Naming reasons abstinence is the healthiest choice for youth their age.
                        - Describing consequences of sexual activity and ways to reduce the risk of negative consequences.
                        - Applying a decision-making model to real-life situations.
                        - Demonstrating assertive communication and refusal skills for delaying sexual intercourse and avoiding unprotected sexual activity.
                        - Increasing their opportunities for conversations with their parents and other caring adults about personal, family and community beliefs about sexual health.

                        - Sexual health is an integral part of health education.
                        - Parents and other caring adults are students’ primary sexuality educators.
                        - Relationship skills are a key element of a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.
                        - While abstinence from sex is the healthiest choice for avoiding sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, adolescents require a comprehensive understanding of sexual health, sexuality and protection methods, which they will need when they become sexually active.

Get Real consists of nine sessions in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. The lessons are organized as follows:
                        - Sixth Grade Lessons:  Communication and refusal skills; Relationships and boundaries; Anatomy and reproduction; Puberty; Abstinence; and Decision making and values.
                        - Seventh Grade Lessons:  Media literacy and sexuality; Sexual identity; Creating a safe school environment; Deciding about sexual behavior; Defining and maintaining abstinence; Introduction to STIs and protection methods.
                        - Eighth Grade Lessons : Healthy and unhealthy relationships; Addressing obstacles to abstinence; Comprehensive protection methods; STI/HIV transmission; Living with HIV; Refusal skills; Goals and decision making; and A Get Real capstone project. 

All grade levels begin with a lesson on creating the classroom climate.

Get Real (Middle School) teachers are required to attend the Get Real curriculum training offered by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, ETR or a certified Get Real replication partner. Training involves a self-guided online course, followed by a two-day in-person training.

Teachers are also provided two follow-up sessions when they begin teaching Get Real in the classroom and receive ongoing online support through the Teacher Resources area of the Get Real website: www.getrealeducation.org. Teachers who complete the training are eligible for continuing education credits.

www.getrealeducation.org
                        - Digital access to Get Real lessons, Family Letters, Family Activities and Teacher’s Guide
                        - A library of thoughtfully selected resources and the most up-to-date information in the field of sexuality education
                        - A database of vetted answers to frequently asked student questions
                        - An online community for Get Real educators to share ideas, resources, and classroom successes and challenges 
                        - A blog that provides views from the classroom and best practices directly from PPLM’s Get Real educators

### Evidence by Outcome Domain and Study

#### Notes

*Some study entries may include more than one citation because each citation examines a different follow-up period from the same study sample, or because each citation examines a different set of outcome measures on the same study sample. A blank cell indicates the study did not examine any outcome measures within the particular outcome domain or the findings for the outcome measures within that domain did not meet the review evidence standards.*

*Information on evidence of effectiveness is available only for studies that received a high or moderate rating. Read the description of the review process for more information on how these programs are identified.*