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We empower, encourage, inform & support. PROJECTS ABOUT Founded in 1997, Connection Institute is the Prevention Services Department of LifeChoices Health Network in Joplin, MO. We serve over 11,000 students per year in the Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas regions. OUR MISSION We believe in empowering students to live healthy and whole lives by providing engaging, medically accurate, and evidence based educational programming that addresses important topics such as resiliency, critical thinking and healthy decision making, boundaries and consent, cyber safety, healthy and harmful relationships, abuse, sexual health, and more. OUR PROGRAMS Project ID This program is for 5th and 6th Grade students. Learn More > Compass This program is for 7th, 8th, and 9th Grade students. Learn More > Amplify This program is for 10th - 12th Grade students. Learn More> COMPASS SURVEYS PRE-TEST POST-TEST Resources Anchor Medical Services More Education Make a Report Mental Health Help Immediate Assistance Need sexual health medical services? We are here to help! Pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, and sexual health services | Choices Medical Joplin: Call or text (417)624-8030 Or book an appointment online Needing more education? Here are some resources that we utilize for our medically accurate programming: More information on STIs, contraceptives, pregnancy, etc. | Center for Disease Control More information on puberty, pregnancy, etc. | Kid’s Health More information on Pornography’s effect on our mind and relationships |Fight the New Drug Need to make a report? If you have witnessed or think you may have witnessed abuse or trafficking, here are some organizations that you can reach out to: MO Reporting KS Reporting National Abuse Reporting | Call 1-800-656-4673 National Domestic Abuse Hotline | 1-800-799-7233 SWMO Trafficking Reporting | (417)986-3398 National Trafficking Reporting | Call 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733 Need help with mental health? If you are struggling with your mental health, know that you are not alone and there are many organizations that can help, here are some: Suicide Prevention Help | Call or text 800-273-8255 Ozark Crisis Center Mount Hope Counseling Center | Call or text 918.800.1432 to book an appointment. Rapha House | Call 417.396.8767 or email abrower@raphahouse.org to book an appointment. Need immediate assistance? If you are having an emergency, please contact 911 immediately. If you are needing non-emergency immediate assistance, here are some resources: Clothing | New Life Evangelistic Free Store: (417)781-1100 Health and Safety resources | The Alliance of SWMO Temporary Housing | Children’s Haven Transitional Housing | LovinGrace Drug and Alcohol Addiction Resources |Help.org 1997 3 Established Programs 16 School Districts 289,817 Students Served

For Parents As a parent, you are the most important influence in your child’s life. At Connection Institute, we’re here to equip you with accurate information, tools, and resources to help your child make healthy choices about life, love, sex, and relationships. Together, we can empower them to thrive. DID YOU KNOW? There are 26 million new STIs in the United States each year. 50% of those were in 15-24 year olds. Helpful Documents 5th Grade Citations Project ID VIEW 8th Grade Citations Compass VIEW Fact Sheet Compass VIEW FAQ Compass VIEW 6th Grade Citations Project ID VIEW 9th Grade Citations Compass VIEW FAct Sheet (ESPAÑOL) Compass VIEW 7th Grade Citations Compass VIEW Parent Night Letter Compass VIEW FAQ (ESPAÑOL) Compass VIEW Where do you get your information from? All our medical information is collected from the Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic. The rest of the information is collected from several resources including evidence-based and peer-reviewed studies. We update citations on an annual basis. To see a complete list of resources for each grade, go to our website and click on the "Parents" tab, then scroll down to locate them under "Helpful Documents." What do you base your curriculum on? We seek to provide accurate, up to date medical information and community resources as well as teach the key concepts laid out in the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program for personal and social development for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students. Are all 5 days spent discussing the topic of sex? No. Only 2-3 days are dedicated to medically accurate information including reproductive health and STIs. The rest of the classes cover healthy relationships and life choices in accordance to the Missouri and Kansas state education requirements. For 7th and 9th grade students, we separate the students by gender to educate over anatomy-based lessons. Why are parents required to do homework with the students? Compass homework is designed to help start discussions within the home to ultimately connect parents to their students. We know that students want to hear what their parents think about the topics covered and care about what they say. Both parties learn about and from each other. Do you teach the students how to perform sexual acts or talk about sexual orientation/identity? No. We do not teach or encourage sexual activity. The kinds/types of sex are carefully presented in the context of understanding risk and making safe, informed choices regarding the dangers of STD/STIs. While we do discuss personal identity like life goals, we do not teach about sexual identity or orientation. Does your organization present religious beliefs to the students? No. This program adheres to the same regulations as public-school curriculum; therefore, we do not present our own beliefs in the classroom. Are condoms brought into the classroom and do you hand them out to the students? No. Educators do spend a day teaching over medically accurate statistics and myth busting condoms with information from the CDC. They do not bring any condoms or other contraceptives into the classroom, nor do they distribute any form of contraception. Our Programs PROJECT ID 5th & 6th Grade COMPASS 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade AMPLIFY 10th - 12th Grade

Compass School Resources 7th Grade RESOURCES 8th Grade RESOURCES 9th Grade RESOURCES School RESOURCES 7th-grade 7th Grade Resources & Video Links 7th Grade Work Book PDF DOWNLOAD 7th Grade Video The History of Porn & The New Anti-Porn Movement VIEW 7th Grade Citations PDF VIEW 7th Grade Video Dove Transformation VIEW 7th Grade Video Kid's Health: Menstruation VIEW 8th Grade Resources & Video Links 8th-grade 8th Grade Work Book PDF DOWNLOAD 8th Grade Video Dangers of Social Media VIEW 8th Grade Citations PDF VIEW 8th Grade Video Consent & Tea VIEW 9th-grade 9th Grade Resources & Video Links 9th Grade Citations PDF VIEW 9th Grade Video The Battle VIEW 9th Grade Male STI PowerPoint DOWNLOAD 9th Grade Video Gabe Deem's Story VIEW 9th Grade Female STI PowerPoint DOWNLOAD 9th Grade Video Refuse to Click VIEW school School Resources Compass Opt-Out Form PDF VIEW Compass Fact Sheet PDF VIEW Compass Fact Sheet- ESPAÑOL PDF VIEW School Agreement SurveyMonkey VIEW Compass FAQ sheet PDF VIEW Presenter Evaluations SurveyMonkey VIEW Parent Night Training PDF VIEW Compass FAQ- ESPAÑOL PDF VIEW If you are needing anything else, please email Chelsea Delgado at chelsead@choicesmedical.org or call the office at 417-623-0131.

Amplify 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade What is Amplify? Amplify is an engaging assembly-formatted event for high school sophomores through seniors. This comprehensive event is designed as a “booster shot” to our 5-day Sexual Health and Healthy Relationship program, Compass. We strive to empower students to navigate the craziness of life, relationships, and dating with confidence and success by providing medically and statistically accurate, evidence-based information alongside attention-grabbing visuals and local resources available to students and their families. Value-Neutral Amplify does not promote a religious or political agenda and remains value-neutral, allowing parents/guardians to speak their individual values into the student. Amplify is applicable to all students. Anyone who has any kind of relationships (romantic, familial, or otherwise) can benefit from this program. Empowering Our goal is to help students become strong and healthy young adults. Aiming to teach the students basic life skills as they prepare to embark on new adventures of their own. CI believes that by helping students to become healthy young adults they will be able to create healthy and thriving families and communities of their own one day, by learning how to set healthy boundaries, how to identify red flags, how to make wise decisions, and how to achieve to the futures they want in the easiest way possible. Resources 10th-12th Grade Resources coming soon! Our Programs PROJECT ID 5th & 6th Grade COMPASS 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade AMPLIFY 10th - 12th Grade

For Schools You have the power to shape your future with the choices you make today. We’re here to support you with real, accurate information and a community that cares. Whether it’s about life, love, sex, or relationships, we’ve got the resources and tools to help you make confident, healthy decisions. Our Programs Project ID This program is for 5th and 6th grade students. RESOURCES Compass This program is for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students. RESOURCES Amplify This program is for 10th-12th grade students. MORE INFO DID YOU KNOW? 89% of active 2020 sex trafficking cases involved online solicitation.

For Students You have the power to shape your future with the choices you make today. We’re here to support you with real, accurate information and a community that cares. Whether it’s about life, love, sex, or relationships, we’ve got the resources and tools to help you make confident, healthy decisions. Need Help? Anchor 1 COMPASS SURVEYS PRE-TEST POST-TEST Resources Anchor Medical Services More Education Make a Report Mental Health Help Immediate Assistance Need sexual health medical services? We are here to help! Pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, and sexual health services | Choices Medical Joplin: Call or text (417)624-8030 Carthage: Call (417)388-3434 Or book an appointment online Needing more education? Here are some resources that we utilize for our medically accurate programming: More information on STIs, contraceptives, pregnancy, etc. | Center for Disease Control More information on puberty, pregnancy, etc. | Kid’s Health More information on Pornography’s effect on our mind and relationships |Fight the New Drug More educational and source materials | 7th Grade , 8th Grade , 9th Grade Need to make a report? If you have witnessed or think you may have witnessed abuse or trafficking, here are some organizations that you can reach out to: MO Reporting KS Reporting National Abuse Reporting | Call 1-800-656-4673 National Domestic Abuse Hotline | 1-800-799-7233 SWMO Trafficking Reporting | (417)986-3398 National Trafficking Reporting | Call 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733 Need help with mental health? If you are struggling with your mental health, know that you are not alone and there are many organizations that can help, here are some: Suicide Prevention Help | Call or text 800-273-8255 Ozark Crisis Center Mount Hope Counseling Center | Call or text 918.800.1432 to book an appointment. Rapha House | Call 417.396.8767 or email abrower@raphahouse.org to book an appointment. Need immediate assistance? If you are having an emergency, please contact 911 immediately. If you are needing non-emergency immediate assistance, here are some resources: Clothing | New Life Evangelistic Free Store: (417)781-1100 Health and Safety resources | The Alliance of SWMO Temporary Housing | Children’s Haven Transitional Housing | LovinGrace Drug and Alcohol Addiction Resources |Help.org real students. real comments. "The Compass program did not shame anyone, and there was no judgment for peoples questions." Our Programs PROJECT ID 5th & 6th Grade COMPASS 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade AMPLIFY 10th - 12th Grade

Compass 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade What is Compass? Compass is a comprehensive 5-day teen sexual health program designed to provide a safe learning environment with current, medically accurate information. The core message of Compass is this: the choice is yours, choose to know. It is currently in 16 districts in 7th, 8th and 9th grade. Value-Neutral Compass does not promote a religious or political agenda and remains value-neutral, allowing parents/guardians to speak their individual values into the student. Compass is applicable to all students. Anyone who can get pregnant, cause a pregnancy, contract an STI or infect another with an STI can benefit from this program. Empowering We want to empower students to consider their choices while asking the question “why right now?” Our curricula provides a pro-active approach to reduce sexual debut explaining that risks are lowest when sex occurs in a mutually monogamous committed relationship. We believe sexuality is a natural, normal part of all human beings. We avoid messages that promote sex as shameful or judge or define people who have had past sexual experiences by victimization or choice. Resources Compass Program Resources Students RESOURCES Parents RESOURCES Schools RESOURCES Presenters RESOURCES Our Programs PROJECT ID 5th & 6th Grade COMPASS 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade AMPLIFY 10th - 12th Grade

Project ID School Resources 5th & 6th Grade RESOURCES school RESOURCES 5th-grade 5th & 6th Grade Resources 6th-grade 5th Grade Worksheets & Parent Letters PDF DOWNLOAD 6th Grade Worksheets & Parent Letters PDF DOWNLOAD School Resources school Presenter Evaluation Survey Monkey VIEW Project ID Opt-Out Form PDF VIEW School Agreement SurveyMonkey VIEW If you are needing anything else, please email Chelsea Delgado at chelsead@choicesmedical.org or call the office at 417-623.0131.

For Presenters As a presenter, you have the incredible opportunity to impact students’ lives by equipping them with the knowledge and tools to make healthy choices. Thank you for your dedication to empowering students. Our Programs Project ID This program is for 5th and 6th Grade students. RESOURCES Compass This program is for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students. RESOURCES Amplify This program is for 10th-12th grade students. MORE INFO Are you interested in being a presenter? Contact us or fill out a team intake form here !

Project ID 5th & 6th Grade What is Project ID? Project ID is a 5-day program for 5th and 6th grade students focused on building critical thinking skills in relation to friendships, cyber safety, health, and daily decisions that can impact their lives and futures. Value-Neutral Project ID does not promote a religious or political agenda and remains value-neutral, allowing parents/guardians to speak their individual values into the student. We aim to facilitate conversation between the student and parents regarding these topics and provide resources and education for parents. Empowering We want to empower students to consider their choices while asking the question “how will this affect my future?” We believe that if students develop critical thinking skills then they can help keep themselves and others safe while accomplishing their hopes, goals Encourages Parent/Guardian Participation We encourage honest conversations between parents/guardians and their children about safety, self-esteem, and healthy life choices by implementing required homework each night. If you have any questions about the information being given to your student, please see our parents resources . Resources Project ID Program Resources Students RESOURCES Parents RESOURCES Schools RESOURCES Presenters RESOURCES Our Programs PROJECT ID 5th & 6th Grade COMPASS 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade AMPLIFY 10th - 12th Grade