Shafia’s innovative approach to teaching young people about healthy relationships includes games, music, and complicated scenarios based on real-life situations.
Join us as Shafia walks us through some of the scenarios she uses with her students — and offers ideas on how to start conversations with your own kids about these tricky topics.
Read MoreStrong relationships are key to students' success both inside and outside the classroom. In this insightful conversation, health educator Shafia Zaloom and NAIS President Debra P. Wilson explore how schools can support the development of healthy relationships, emotional intelligence, and digital mindfulness in children. They discuss practical ways educators can guide students in building empathy, navigating social cues, and understanding respectful boundaries—starting from kindergarten and continuing through high school.
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HOSTS: Grace Won, Ethan Elkind
PRODUCERS: Wendy Holcombe, Syndey Bernier, Chris Nooney
GUESTS:
Shafia Zaloom - Health Educator and author of Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between.
Rosie Bultman - Senior at Berkeley High School and creator of Crash Course: Consent.
Shafia Zaloom is a health, educator consultant, and author whose work is about creating opportunities for students and teachers to discuss the complexities of Team culture and decision-making with straightforward open. And very honest, dialogue. Shafia's book sex teens and everything in between has been reviewed and as quoted, is the ultimate relationship guide for teens of all orientations and identities. Shafia is currently the health teacher at the Urban School in San Francisco and develops curriculum and training for schools across the country. Her work has been featured in many media outlets including the New York Times USA Today and PR, KQED, and PBS. I could go on she lives in California with her husband and three children. Shafia we are so so happy to have you on the puberty podcast.
Read MoreIn this episode, I speak with Shafia about her path to becoming a health and sex educator. She discussed how she had worked in case management and social work with kids who were experiencing dual and triple diagnosis, and a common theme was having a history of being harmed.
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