Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting

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Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and
Parenting

• University of Missouri Extension

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Who we are.

• When we first started we were focused on doing
  primary research and some programming
• Through the years we have focused more on
  community programming and education

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Funding

• MO Department of Elementary and Secondary
  Education
• MO Department of Social Services
• US Department of Health and Human Services

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Programming objectives

• Helping adolescents and young adults develop
  healthy relationships and sexual decision making
  skills.
• This is achieved by providing services to
  community professionals as well as direct
  services to youth and their parents through
  regional HDFS extension faculty and community
  partnerships.

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Programs we implement

• Missouri Volunteer Resource Mothers
• Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and
  Parenting Program
• Adolescent Mother Journaling Program
• Making Proud Choices
• Connecting for Baby

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Our project

• Create a dynamic persuasive movie on the topic of
  HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention
• Utilize research we have already done, some
  compiling of stats may be necessary
• Find photos, videos and music to use in the movie

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Other Resources

• Technical assistance to organizations
  implementing these programs
• Up-to-date research and information for
  professionals and educators in the field
• Assistance with grant writing

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Who we are looking for

• 2-3 people who can work up to 4 hours each week
  on this project
• People who are able to be a self starter and work
  with little daily supervision
• Prefer someone who has multimedia knowledge or
  willing to get training

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Questions?

• Any questions about CASPP?
• Any questions about the project?
• Any questions about what we are looking for?

If you are interested in this project, please
contact Veronica Stovall at 573-882-6784 or
email stovallv_at_missouri.edu
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• Thanks for being willing to do your service
  learning experience with CASPP!