San Diego Unified School District

Quicklinks

• SDUSD's Mental Health Resource Center
• COVID-19 and Monkeypox Related Topics
  
• Parenting Adolescents
• General Health Topics
• Talking about Puberty, Sex, and Sexuality
• Talking about Relationships and Technology Safety
• Talking with Your Child about LGBTQIA+ Topics
• Talking with Adolescents with Special Needs
• Sexual Health Clinic Locators
• Human Trafficking

COVID-19 and Monkeypox Related Topics

• CDC's COVID-19 Parental Resources Kit
• Talking with Youth about Mood Changes Due to COVID-19 
• Recognizing Warning Signs During Periods of Online Learning
• Tips for Dealing with Holiday Stress
• CDC's Monkeypox Guidance
  • Schools, Early Care and Education Programs, and Other Settings Serving Children or Adolescents 
  • What You Need to Know about Monkeypox if You Are a Teen or Young Adult

Parenting Adolescents

• A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years
• Helping with Homework
• Monitoring Your Teen's Activities: What Parents and Families Should Know
• Setting Rules for Teens
• Ways to Engage in Your Child's School to Support Student Health and Learning
• CDC Guidelines on Adolescent Connectedness
• SDUSD's Family Engagement Department
• Cultural Responsivity - Family Supports from SDUSD's Youth Advocacy
• Student Voice & Agency - Family Supports from SDUSD's Youth Advocacy

General Health Topics

• CDC's Positive Parenting Tips (English) (Español)
• KidsHealth for Parents (English) (Español)
• Puberty 101 for Parents (English) (Español)
• Tools for Parents (English) (Español)
• HPV Vaccination: Just the Facts (English) (Español)
• HPV Vaccine for Preteens and Teens (English) (Español)
• HPV Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness (English) (Español)
• HPV Guide for Families of Adolescents: American Academy of Pediatrics
• HPV Fact Sheet: American Academy of Pediatrics
• CDC Guidelines on Health and Academics
• Office of Adolescent Health's Resources for Families

Talking about Puberty, Sex, and Sexuality

• Recommended Answers to Students' Frequently Asked Questions (English) (Español)
• Becoming an Askable Parent
• Talk with Your Kids (English) (Español)
• Talking to Teens about Sex and Sexuality
• Talking with Your Teens about Sex: Going Beyond "the Talk"
• Tips for Parents: Raising a Sexually Healthy Son or Daughter
• Tips for Parents: Dealing with Teenage Pregnancy
• Teen Health Services - An Infobrief for Parents
• THRIVE App for Teens and Parents
• Ways to Influence Your Teens Sexual Risk Behavior: What Fathers Can Do
• CDC Fact Sheet: Condom Effectiveness
• STD Prevention and Testing: How To Talk with Your Teen
• Statewide & National Sexual Health Resources

Talking about Relationships and Technology Safety

• Characteristics of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
• Office of Adolscent Health - Healthy Relationships
• Family Tip Sheet: Safe Online Talk
• Talking About Traumatic Events - Helping Children Cope

Talking with Your Child about LGBTQIA+ Topics

• Sexual Orientation: Information for Adults Who Care About Teens
• Parents' Influence on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens: What Parents and Families Should Know
• Coming Out Guide - TREVOR Project's guide to help young adults navigate the coming out process
• Coming Out: Information for Parents of LGBT Teens - From the American Academy of Pediactrics
• TREVOR Support Center - Answers to frequently asked questions and resources related to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Gender Spectrum - Education and support for families with transgender and gender diverse children
• PFLAG - National Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays
• PFLAG's Our Children: Questions and Answers for Families of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender-Expansive and Queer Youth and Adults
• Human Rights Campaign FamilyNet - A resource and online information base for LGBT families
• Family Equality Council - Advocacy and support for LGBT parents and their families
• Family Acceptance Project - Research, education and training program that helps families to support their LGBT children
• Supporting Intersex Students - From the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights 
• LGBTQIA+ Family Supports from SDUSD's Youth Advocacy - Resources and information to support your child

Talking with Adolescents with Special Needs

• Destination Adulthood: Preparing Your Child for Puberty and Adolescence
• Sexuality and Developmental Disability: A Guide for Parents
• Sexuality Meets Intellectual Disability: What Every Parent Should Know
• Sexual Health Education for Young People with Disabilities: Research and Resources for Parents

Sexual Health Clinic Locators

• Talk With Your Kids' Find a Clinic (English) (Español)
• HIV Testing Site Locator

Human and Sex Trafficking

• National Human Trafficking Resource Center
• Polaris Human Trafficking - National hotline provides services and support to survivors of human trafficking
• Be the Jam - Stop Human Trafficking
• San Diego Youth Services - Warning Signs of Sex Trafficking
• Human Trafficking Family Supports from SDUSD's Youth Advocacy - Resources and information to support your child and community
• San Diego Trafficking Prevention Collective - Warning signs, risk factors, and resources
• CSEC Resource Guide - Local resources for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) and human trafficking survivors
• CSEC Fact Sheet - Created by the Innocence Lost Working Group
• CSEC Reporting Protocol - For SDUSD community and staff
• PROTECT - Prevention Organized to Educate Children on Trafficking
• USD CSEC Executive Summary - Research describing CSEC patterns in San Diego