Founder and Lead Educator of Power Up Education, Kerri Isham, discusses her path to becoming a professional sex educator, mentoring, and her vision for the future of sex education. Please see Kerri's other interview with Ask Mrs. Watts to learn more about her programming and Power Up Education. RESOURCES Power Up Education https://www.powerupeducation.com/meet-the-team Netflix Shows: Sex Education https://www.netflix.com/title/80197526 Down for Love https://www.netflix.com/title/81599745 Love on the Spectrum https://www.netflix.com/title/81338328 Visit https://askmrswatts.com for Mrs. Watts' complete list of sex education resources for parents GET SOCIAL WITH ASK MRS. WATTS Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askmrswatts TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@askmrs.watts DISCLAIMER Information presented by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is for inspiration and entertainment purposes only and not a substitute for medical advice or care. The information offered by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is not warranted to be complete, and any reliance you place on such information is at your own risk. Ask Mrs. Watts will not be liable or responsible for damages or loss in connection with the use of this platform, content recommendations, and other related materials.

In this episode, we talk with the amazing Kerri Isham. Kerri is a fellow SEA member (Sex Education Alliance) and the founder and lead educator at Power Up Education. Kerri creates programming for adults who care for children and trains them to develop a culture of child protection. Programming includes sexual health education for children and youth with special needs and information regarding the long-term impacts of pornography (plus so much more). Why? Because Kerri, like me, believes it takes a village to create change for our most precious resource - our children. Listen as we discuss the massive responsibility of being a sex educator, the connection between sex education and mental health, and grandparents as sex educators. Kerri also shares her recipe for sex education curricula for youth, including early exposure, honesty, consent, how to identify trusted adults, and the difference between safe, unsafe, and secret touch. RESOURCES Power Up Education (Kerri’s site & offerings) https://www.powerupeducation.com/ Sex Education Alliance (SEA) https://sexeducationalliance.com/ Alberta Society for Promotion of Sexual Health https://www.aspsh.ca/ Saleema Noon https://www.saleemanoon.com/workshops/body-science-online/ Meg Hickling https://harbourpublishing.com/collections/meg-hickling Center for Sex Education https://www.sexedcenter.org/ GET SOCIAL WITH ASK MRS. WATTS Website https://www.askmrswatts.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askmrswatts TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@askmrs.watts DISCLAIMER Information presented by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is for inspiration and entertainment purposes only and not a substitute for medical advice or care. The information offered by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is not warranted to be complete, and any reliance you place on such information is at your own risk. Ask Mrs. Watts will not be liable or responsible for damages or loss in connection with the use of this platform, content recommendations, and other related materials.

My delightful guests, Becca Karpinski (VP of Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest) & Chrissy Cmorik (Director of Education Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest), discuss their work with Sex Ed To-Go. Sex Ed To-Go is a digital sex education platform that offers free, remote learning for parents, students and educators (and others) interested in accessing evidence-based and current information about sexual topics. We walk through, step by step, how to optimally access the platform as a parent. We also discuss how Sex Ed To-Go is used across the world and the planning that goes into serving a diverse client base. Trauma informed sex education is explained and Becca & Chrissy make some great recommendations for their “go-to” sex education resources for their own families. Finally, we discuss how to use (or not) self-disclosure in sex education lessons at home. RESOURCES Sex Ed To Go Sex and the media: The P conversation Bio-psycho-social approach Robie Harris DISCLAIMER Information presented by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is for inspiration and entertainment purposes only and not a substitute for medical advice or care. The information offered by Ask Mrs. Watts and affiliates is not warranted to be complete, and any reliance you place on such information is at your own risk. Ask Mrs. Watts will not be liable or responsible for damages or loss in connection with the use of this platform, content recommendations, and other related materials.

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