Lesson 1: Let’s Look at the Facts—HIV and AIDS

• Distinguish between facts and myths regarding HIV infection and AIDS.

• Know how HIV is and is not transmitted.

Lesson 2: HIV and Other STDs—Evaluating the Risks

• Record facts about additional STDs and match unique characteristics with the correct disease.

• Evaluate risk behaviors.
• Review the impact of alcohol and other drug use on decision making.
• Deduce that abstinence is the healthiest choice for young adolescents.
• Interview parents and other trusted adults regarding limits on sexual behavior.
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Lesson 3: Adopting a Plan to Stay within the Limits

• Identify when it is important to get medical and/or counseling help.

• Identify where help is available.
• Describe behaviors that are safe from risk of HIV and other STDs.
• Summarize the benefits of taking steps to stay within safe behavioral limits.
• Adopt a plan to stay within behavioral limits which will protect them from infection with HIV and other STDs.
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Lesson 4: Communicating with Others

• Identify communication skills for telling others what they will do to stay within safe behavioral limits.

• Apply skills for communicating what they will do to stay within safe behavioral limits.
• List the steps for identifying situations that may result in trouble.
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Lesson 5: Identifying Trouble Situations

• Practice the skills needed to identify situations that may result in trouble.

• Review refusal skills.
• Identify situations where communication and refusal skills can be used to avoid and escape risk behaviors.
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Lesson 6:  Avoiding and Escaping Risk Situations

• Practice skills to avoid and escape risk situations.
• Demonstrate verbal and nonverbal refusal skills.
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Lesson 7:  Sharing Our Expertise

• Plan ways to be positive peer role models in the school and community.
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Lesson 8:  Spread the Word

• Demonstrate ways to be positive peer role models in the school and community.
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