MFI PROGRAMS

7TH GRADE The MFI 7th grade school program is offered in four segments: 40 -50 minute presentations. This powerful and captivating interactive classroom program includes DVD, demonstrations, skit/role play, games, and small group discussion on issues applicable to 7th grade students such as:

Setting goals and making a connection with current decision making
Identifying risky teen behaviors and their possible connection to health, legal, financial and social consequences
Choosing abstinence as the only way to protect oneself 100% from the consequences of risky behaviors.
Understanding the connection between teen sexual activity and alcohol/drug use
Developing good character traits and application to good decision making
Recognizing the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health choices
Examining the likelihood and potential seriousness of injury or illness (including STI/STDs) if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.
Gaining knowledge of commonly reported STIs using medically accurate information
Understanding parenting responsibilities as a way to examine teen pregnancy
Understanding the interrelationships of emotional, social and physical health
Demonstrating refusal and negotiation skills that avoid or reduce health risks
Participating in student/parent dialog regarding future dating rules and expectations
Understanding the warning signs of teen dating violence

8TH GRADE The MFI 8th grade school program is offered in four segments: 40 -50 minute presentations. This powerful and captivating interactive classroom program includes Power Point, DVD, true stories, skits and discussion on issues applicable to 8th grade students. Students are empowered by learning about:

Decision making and its connection to their future
The development of good character traits and how that applies to good decision making
The significance of peer pressure, media, culture, and personal beliefs on sexual decision making
The connection between teen sexual activity and alcohol/drug use
Unplanned pregnancy and its consequences
In-depth medically accurate information on six commonly reported STIs
The epidemic proportions of STIs, especially with multiple partners
Emotional consequences of teen sexual activity
Limitations of contraception
The steps of physical intimacy and how they relate to setting boundaries
Refusal skills and how to resist peer pressure
The brain differences between males and females and how those relate to sexual activity
Sexual risk avoidance as the only way to protect oneself 100% from unplanned pregnancy, STIs, and emotional consequences of teen sexual activity
Renewed abstinence or starting over as an excellent choice for the best possible future

High School The MFI High School Program is oriented to 9th-10th grade students. This powerful and captivating interactive classroom program is offered in four segments: 40 -50 minute presentations. The program includes Power Point, DVD, skits/role play, and discussion on issues specifically applicable to high school students. Students are empowered by learning about:

Decision making and connection to their future
The development of good character traits and how that applies to good decision making
The connection between teen sexual activity and alcohol/drug use, teen depression and suicide
Emotional bonding that sexual activity creates, neurotransmitters responsible, and effects it can have on future relationships
Unplanned pregnancy and its consequences
In-depth medically accurate information on seven most commonly reported STIs
The epidemic proportions of STIs, especially with multiple partners
Limitations of contraception
Characteristics of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships/dating violence
The steps of physical intimacy and how they relate to setting boundaries
Refusal skills and how to resist peer pressure
Sexual risk avoidance as the only way to protect oneself 100% from unplanned pregnancy, STIs, and emotional consequences of teen sexual activity
Renewed abstinence or starting over as an excellent choice for the best possible future