So what do Certified Sexuality Educators do?
CSE’s create an environment in which people of all ages can gain information, skills, and motivation to be sexually healthy individuals.
We educate on many aspects of sexuality, such as;
- homosexuality,
- sexual orientations
- gender
- sexually transmitted diseases
- birth control options
- self-esteem
- abortion
- sexual violence
- healthy and unhealthy relationships
- masturbation
- puberty
- menopause
- pregnancy
- values clarification
- reproduction
- sexual decision making,
- communication
- safer sex
- parent-child communication
- sexual harassment
- body image
- sexual pleasure
- sexual laws
- risk reduction methods
- and many other topics
Comfort and skill in public speaking is a must to becoming an effective Certified Sexuality Educator.
CSE’s talk with as few people as 2 to as many as 500.
CSE’s need training and skills to develop, implement, and evaluate programs focusing on or relating to sexuality. It is suggested to get in touch with a sexual health educator early on in your journey to become a CSE and asking if you could shadow them during a workday. Then you can observe first-hand how they interact with their audiences, the skills they possess, the information they know, and just ask them questions.
Shadowing can provide an extremely valuable opportunity. One can discover a direction that they would like to follow and information they might have never known they needed.
There are different paths one can take to become a CSE. There is no one correct way. One path is more individualistic and unstructured while the other is more formal and academic.
Each approach has its benefits and challenges. Ms. Andelloux will walk you through both paths to give you more information about which route might be best for you.
