The Source: Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2000/January 2001

The Source: Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2000/January 2001

New Reports

Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda
Office of National AIDS Policy
This report on the status of the epidemic among young people, acknowledges the progress made and calls for a reinvigorated national response to the problem. It is a followup to a 1996 report that named young people under 25 as a "generation at risk."
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20500; Phone: 202/456-1414; Fax: 202/456-2461; Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov

Downloaded this report as a PDF file at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ONAP/youth_report1.pdf

THE SIECUS REPORT IS LOOKING FOR ANECDOTES

Tell us the humorous anecdotes or unforgettable “teachable moments” that you have experienced talking with young people about sexuality. They will be considered for inclusion in an article in the December 2000 /January 2001 SIECUS Report, Talking to Children About Sexuality Issues. Submit your anecdotes to siecus@siecus.org

New Books

The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons Expanded, Third Edition
Lynda Madaras
This book covers the physical changes of puberty for boys. Chapters include: "Puberty," “Beginning Changes and the Stages of Puberty,” “An Owner’s Guide to the Sex Organs: What’s Normal? What’s Not?,” “The Puberty Growth Spurt,” “Pimples, Perspiration, Body Hair, Shaving, and Other Changes,” “Changes in the Male Reproductive Organs: Erections, Sperm, and Ejaculations,” “Spontaneous Erections, Orgasms, Masturbation, and Wet Dreams,” “Girls and Puberty,” and “Romantic and Sexual Feelings.” A resource section is also included.
2000; $12.95; ISBN1557044430; Newmarket Press, 18 E. 48th Street, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017; Phone: 212/832-3575 or 800/669-3903; Fax: 212/832-3629.

The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters Expanded, Third Edition
Lynda Madaras
This book provides basic information to girls about their bodies as they go through puberty. Chapters include: "Puberty,” “Your Breasts: An Owner’s Manual,” “Pubic Hair and Other Changes Down There,” “The Puberty Growth Spurt,” “Body Hair, Perspiration, Pimples, and Other Changes,” “The Reproductive Organs and the Menstrual Cycle,” “All About Having Periods,” “Boys and Puberty,” and “Romantic and Sexual Feelings.” A resource section is also included.
2000; $12.95; ISBN 1557044430; Newmarket Press, 18 E. 48th Street, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017; Phone: 212/832-3575 or 800/669-3903; Fax: 212/832-3629.

My Body, My Self for Boys for Preteens and Teens
Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras
This journal/activity book for boys 8 to 15 years of age is a companion to What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys. It includes exercises, quizzes, and personal stories to help boys learn about the changes that take place in their bodies during puberty.
2000; $12.95; ISBN 1557044406; Newmarket Press, 18 E. 48th Street, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017; Phone: 212/832-3575 or 800/669-3903; Fax: 212/832-3629.

My Body, My Self for Girls For Preteens and Teens
Lynda Madaras and Area Madaras
This journal/activity book for girls 8 to 15 years of age is a companion to What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls. It includes exercises, quizzes, and personal stories to help girls learn about the changes that take place in their bodies during puberty.
2000; $12.95; ISBN 1557041504; Newmarket Press, 18 E. 48th Street, Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017; Phone: 212/832-3575 or 800/669-3903; Fax: 212/832-3629.

Conferences

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Social Health Association’s, 2000 National STD Prevention Conference is scheduled for December 4-7 at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, WI. This conference will provide opportunities to explore new science, innovative programs, community issues not traditionally considered in STD-prevention programs, and relevant public policy related to STD prevention. Plenary sessions include: “Untapped Opportunities: Navigating the Social Context of STDs,” “Untapped Opportunities: Grappling with Viral STDs in a Culture of Bacterial STD Prevention,” “Untapped Opportunities: Reducing STDs in Adolescents,” and “Tipping Points for Disease and Social Epidemics: How Do We Recognize Them and What Do They Mean?” Registration Fee: $125/onsite
More Information:

MediTech Media, Ltd. (USA)
Tower Place
3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 550
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: 404/233-6446
Fax: 404/233-2827
The 2000 TASH Conference, Moving the Edge is scheduled for December 6-9, at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort in Miami Beach, FL. Workshops will include “Love, Sex, and Relationships: The Journey to Joy for People with Developmental Disabilities,” “Movin’ On: Movement Differences and Behaviors That Challenge Us,” “Family, Support, Self-Determination and Disability,” and “Designing and Implementing Inclusive Curriculum: Teaching Community and Standards.” Registration Fees are available at http://www.tash.org
More Information:

TASH
29 W. Susquehanna Avenue, Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21204
Phone: 800/482-TASH or 410/828-8274
Fax: 410/828-6706
TDD: 410/828-1306
E-mail: registration@tash.org