clients

updated April 2008

Academy for Adolescent Health - Washington, PA

• Facilitator, "Using 'Partner' Is Not Enough: Understanding and Reaching LGBTQ Youth."

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Bronx, NY

• Trainer, "Stay Cool" HIV prevention program for teens
• Training Design Developer and Co-Facilitator, two-day train-the-trainer program for youth-serving staff
• Consultant, curriculum and program development
• Trainer, program on cultural competency

American School for the Deaf - West Hartford, CT

• Trainer, internet safety issues for students, teachers, staff, and parents

American School Health Association - Kent, OH

• Author, module on incorporating school support staff into sexuality education programs

Answer at Rutgers University (formerly the Network for Family Life Education)— Piscataway, NJ

• Sexuality Expert, "Sex, Etc." Web site, responding to individual emails and questions on live chats from adolescents, teens, and parents
• Trainer, programs for youth-serving and school-based personnel on how to teach about a range of sexuality topics
• National Consultant, Coordinator and Facilitator for a program conducting focus groups on "Sex, Etc." with youth-serving professionals and teens in four cities around the United States
• Founding Core Staff/Trainer, TISHE, a five-day training institute on sexual health education for youth-serving professionals; participated in 2002 - 2006
• Writer, 2003-04 Annual Report

Bob Randall Associates- Plymouth Meeting, PA

• Guest lecturer, class on the treatment of lesbian and gay people during the Holocaust
• Guest lecturer, class on contraceptive methods

Center for Alternatives to Sentencing and Employment Services— New York, NY

• Trainer, programs on adolescent sexuality issues, counseling skills, and facilitation skills

Center for Community Health and Education—New York, NY

• Trainer, program on understanding sexual orientation and gender identity issues

Cicatelli Associates—New York, NY

• Small group facilitator, Sexual Attitude Reassessment training
• Trainer, program for clinicians on working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender clients
• Core Staff Trainer, Advanced NATISHE (North Atlantic Training Institute for Sexual Health Education), a week-long skills challenge for advance- level sexuality educators and trainers
• Curriculum developer, compendium of abstinence-based sexuality education activities for Title X Family Planning Clinicians
• Facilitator, train-the-trainer program on abstinence-based sexuality education compendium
• Trainer, full-day program on family involvement in family planning and sexuality education programming
• Trainer, full-day program on sexuality and the media

City & Country School —New York, NY

• Presenter, workshop on adolescent self-esteem and sexuality for parents

CityKids Foundation—New York, NY

• Trainer, ongoing programs on maintaining appropriate boundaries with young people, staff professional development, and supervision issues

Columbia University—HIV Center for Clinician and Behavioral Studies—NY, NY

• Opening Keynote Speaker, Sexuality Training and Research (STAR) Program National Conference

Community Healthcare Network—New York, NY

• Trainer, curriculum development program

Comprehensive Health Education Foundation—Seattle, WA

• Presenter, workshop on youth and sexuality for annual National Prevention Symposium

Cross-Borough Collaborative—New York, NY

• Author, 4 chapters in a manual enabling low-income individuals to represent themselves in court

DeMasi Middle School—Marlton, NJ

• Trainer, program on building self-esteem in adolescent girls
• Facilitator, self-esteem workshops for all 7th grade boys and girls in school
• Facilitator, program on internet safety for all 7th grade students in school
• Facilitator, program on internet safety for all 8th grade students in school

East Brunswick School District—East Brunswick, NJ

• Trainer, full-day program to enhance presentation and facilitation skills for middle and high school teachers

Empire State Coalition—New York, NY

• Trainer, programs on teen relationship abuse, adolescent sexuality, and counseling skills

EngenderHealth—New York, NY and Kathmandu, Nepal

• Program Developer/Trainer, adult peer education and teacher training programs on sexuality and reproductive health in Nepal
• Training Curriculum Contributor, teacher training on reproductive health
  " Author, counseling skills module in international HIV counseling training curriculum
• Contributing author, five-day HIV prevention training program for youth in Kenya

Evesham Township Board of Education—Marlton, NJ

• Trainer, program on sexual orientation and gender identity for district school teachers, counselors, and administrators
• Curriculum consultant, creating lessons on gender and sexual diversity for use in district middle schools; trained middle school teachers on using the lessons in class
• Facilitator, workshops for parents on internet safety for adolescents and talking with their children about puberty and growing up

Family Planning Association of Maine—Augusta, ME

• Trainer, program on providing positive sexuality messages to young people
• Trainer, program on using the media to teach youth about sexuality
• Trainer, strengthening presentation and facilitation skills

Family Planning of Ocean County—Lakewood, NJ

• Trainer, program for family planning clinicians and educators on addressing abstinence and family involvement with patients

Florida District Unitarian Universalist Association—Valdosta, GA

• Trainer, "Our Whole Lives" sexuality education curriculum for grades 7-9

Friends Seminary—New York, NY

• Facilitator, workshops on maintaining appropriate boundaries with youth and on sexuality issues pertaining to adolescents and teens as part of a professional development day for school staff

Gay Men's Health Crisis: Project TEACH—New York, NY

• Training Design Developer and Co-Facilitator, Three-Day Train-the-Trainers Program on facilitation skills
• Facilitator: training on navigating the politics of non-profit organizations
  
• Facilitator: four-week professional writing seminar

Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship—Greenville, SC

• Trainer, "Our Whole Lives" sexuality education curriculum for grades 7-9

Greenwich School District—Greenwich, CT

• Trainer, workshop on eating disorders, self-mutilative behaviors, and suicide for middle school health and physical education teachers

Healthcare of Southeastern Massachusetts—Brockton, MA

• Trainer, program for family planning clinicians and educators on screening clients for relationship abuse

Healthy Teen Network—Washington, DC

• Consultant, researching and developing a position statement for the organization

HiTOPS—Princeton, NJ

• Facilitator, workshop for parents on using the media to talk with the children about sexuality
• Facilitator, workshop for parents on talking with their children about sexual orientation

Hoboken School District—Hoboken, NJ

• Developed and delivered a 12-session teen pregnancy- and STD-prevention program in two middle schools for approximately 300 eighth grade students

International Women's Health Coalition—New York, NY

• Trainer, sexual values clarification

Iowa Department of Education—Des Moines, IA

• Trainer, "Using Behavior Change Theory to Create Effective Programs";
  2006 Regional TOT Workshop for State HIV Prevention Trainers
  

John F. Kennedy High School—Paterson, NJ

• Trainer, program for School Based Youth Services Program professionals on understanding sexual orientation and gender identity

JSI Research and Training Institute—Boston, MA

• Trainer, program on using the media to teach youth about sexuality

Juvenile Justice Commission, State of New Jersey—Trenton, NJ

• Training designer and trainer, five-day train-the-trainer program on teaching about sexuality for educators in the juvenile justice system

Kansas Department of Education—Kansas City, KS

• Trainer, program for youth-serving professionals on educating about sexual orientation accurately and effectively.

Kingswood-Oxford School—West Hartford, CT

• Speaker, school assemblies and in-class workshops on media literacy

Lancaster Country Day School—Lancaster, PA

• Speaker, sexuality education workshops with high school juniors and seniors
• Speaker, "The Real Deal on Youth and Sexuality" workshop for parents

Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute—Blairstown, NJ

• Presenter, annual workshops on sexual orientation, self-injury, and postponing sexual involvement for teenagers attending the summer camp program (2001 - present)

Marlton Middle School—Marlton, NJ

• Trainer, program on building self-esteem in adolescent girls
• Facilitator, self-esteem workshops for all 7th grade boys and girls in school
• Facilitator, program on internet safety for all 7th grade students in school
• Facilitator, program on internet safety for all 8th grade students in school

Michigan Public Health Institute—Thomasville, MI

• Co-trainer, two-day program on teaching about abstinence effectively and inclusively.

Milford Public Schools - Milford, CT

• Trainer, workshops on sexuality and the media and internet safety

Montclair Cooperative School—Montclair, NJ

• Co-facilitator, strategic planning retreat for the board of directors

Montclair Kimberley Academy—Montclair, NJ

• Co-facilitator, workshop on sexual harassment issues for administrators of a private middle school

Montclair State University—Montclair, NJ

• Adjunct Professor—courses in Human Sexuality, Health Counseling, Mental Health, and The Teaching of Health
• Trainer, ongoing sexuality education programs for middle and high school teachers and students (Project STEP, Project CARE, Project HOPE)

NJ Department of Education—Trenton, NJ

• Trainer, "LGBT and Me: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues."

NJ Department of Health—Statewide Health Educators' Coalition—Trenton, NJ

• Trainer, sexuality and the media
• Keynote address and panelist: 2002 Adolescent Health Institute
• Trainer, program on working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender youth

NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, STD Program— Trenton, NJ

• Co-facilitator, strategic planning meeting for the New Jersey Prevention Health Education Network
• Co-author, "Being Out, Staying Safe" STD prevention curriculum for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer youth

NJ HIV Prevention Community Planning Group—New Brunswick, NJ

• Facilitator, full-day group-building retreat for group members
• Facilitator, full-day program on homophobia reduction

New York City Board of Education—TOPPP Program—New York, NY

• Trainer, sexual orientation and gender identity

New York College of Medicine—Valhalla, NY

• Guest speaker, adolescent sexual health issues

The Pennington School — Princeton, NJ

• Trainer, sexual orientation issues in school

Planned Parenthood Federation of America—New York, NY

• Author, brochure on parent-child communication for National Family Sexuality Education Month
• Researcher, current sexuality issues and trends in the United States

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut—New Haven, CT

• Trainer, programs on body image, building self-esteem in girls, sexuality and the media, incorporating health behavior theory into programs, adolescent risk reduction and decision-making
• Trainer, three-day intensive training institute on self-esteem issues focusing on girls, boys, and the unique issues LGBTQ youth face around self-esteem
• Trainer, three-day intensive training institute on extreme adoelscent self-esteem issues, including eating disorders, suicide, and self-mutilation

Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ—Morristown, NJ

• Trainer, program on sexuality and the media
• Keynote presenter at 2002 annual conference; trainer, programs on processing activities and teaching about sexual orientation

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey—Newark, NJ

• Trainer, workshop for teen girls on sexual abuse and assault

Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee—Knoxville, TN

• Trainer, workshop on sexuality and the media

Planned Parenthood of New York City—New York, NY

• Author, general operating fundraising proposal
• Trainer, programs on conducting effective activities and handling challenging group participants
• Trainer, curriculum writing skills

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes—Ithaca, NY

• Trainer, program on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity accurately, comfortably, and effectively
• Trainer, program on adolescent physical, psychological, and emotional development

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, PA

• Trainer, program on teaching about abstinence more effectively to young people, particularly males

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh, PA

• Trainer, programs on sexuality and the media and building self-esteem in adolescent girls

Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey—East Brunswick, NJ

• Trainer, program on sexual orientation and high school students
• Trainer, program on relationship issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender teenagers
• Trainer, program on creating healthy sexuality messages for adolescents

Princeton Public Schools—Princeton, NJ

• Presenter, workshop for parents on alternatives to television watching for families

Rutgers Prep—Somerset, NJ

• Presenter, workshop for teachers on creating a welcoming school environment for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Scarsdale Parent-Teacher Council—Scarsdale, NY

• Presenter, meeting with community parents on talking with their children about sexuality

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School—Bridgewater, NJ

• Trainer, dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues with students

South Bronx Human Development Organization—Bronx, NY

• Trainer, adolescent sexuality overview

Teen Institute of the Garden State (TIGS)—Blairstown, NJ

• Presenter, annual workshops on sexual orientation and postponing sexual involvement for teenagers attending the TIGS summer camp program

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—Newark, NJ

• Curriculum developer, HIV Case Management Training Program
• Trainer, select HIV Case Management Curriculum modules
• Trainer, 4½ day program on HIV counseling and testing skills for substance abuse counselors
• Trainer, full-day program on addressing sexuality issues in substance abuse treatment

John H. Winslow Elementary School—Vineland, NJ

• Trainer, presentations on creating a safe school atmosphere for transgender students for school instruction and support staff

Widener University—Chester, PA

• Keynote speaker, "Take Back the Night" commemoration