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Summary of Weekly Activities to Be Completed Outside of Program Sessions: Talking Parents, Healthy Teens Worksite Intervention

Session	Activities
1	Parents practice catching their adolescent doing something good. Parents play a question-and-answer game with their child to get to know their child's likes and dislikes. Parents identify time periods or situations in their child's daily life when they might want to supervise their child more or grant their child more freedom or independence.
2	Parents spend time with their adolescent child by engaging in a fun activity chosen by the child. Parents and their adolescent play "The Changes Game," a question-and-answer card game designed to provide an opportunity to talk about the physical changes that occur during adolescence. Parents read three descriptions of adolescent behavior and write "I" messages to express how they might feel in each situation.
3	Parents read questions and discuss with their child the qualities their child values in close relationships. Parents read questions and discuss with their child the qualities that are important in healthy romantic relationships. Parents identify messages about sex or sexuality that they would like to communicate to their child.
4	Adolescents interview their parents about what life/dating was like when they were teenagers. Parents brainstorm ways that they might be able to supervise their children more or allow their children greater freedom and independence during the time periods they identified previously. Parents practice their active listening skills with a coworker or friend.
5	Parents use several scenarios and questions to help teach their adolescent decision-making steps. Parents and their adolescents come up with five reasons why adolescents have sex or want to have sex and five reasons why adolescents may choose not to have sex until they are older. Parents and adolescents look through magazines to identify messages about adolescent sexuality and discuss reasons for and against having sex.
6	Parents teach their children assertiveness skills. Parents ask their children questions to help them think about what it means when someone says "no" and how to respect that person's decision. Parents and adolescents come up with reasons why adolescents who are engaging in sexual activity choose to use condoms and why they might not want to use condoms.
7	Parents and adolescents read scenarios and respond to questions about what they would say or do, how they would be assertive, and how they would remain abstinent in various sexual situations. Parents and adolescents read scenarios and respond to questions about how they would be assertive about using condoms in sexual situations. Parents and adolescents play "The Condom Game," in which each step of correct condom use is written on a card, and both put the cards in the correct order.
8	Parents identify the most important thing they learned in the program, the skills they feel most comfortable using, and the skills that are most difficult for them. Parents make a list of the weekly activities that they were unable to complete and make a plan to do these activities in the future. Parents identify the next sex-related conversation they want to have with their child and set a timeline for that conversation.