Consistent with Title V Federal guidelines A-H for abstinence education, Choosing the Best curricula serve school systems and community groups, including those that receive CBAE grants. Research drives our results. An independent evaluation, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, showed that Choosing the Best reduces teen sex by 47% versus a comparison group that did not receive the program. Click here to read the full report. Teachers and parents alike praise our age-appropriate materials!
Middle School Programs
 Choosing the Best WAY
Grade 6. Nearly 1 in 10 kids reports losing virginity before age 13. Early intervention is crucial to lifelong health, and these six lessons teach abstinence as the best way to show respect for yourself and others.
 Choosing the Best PATH
Grade 7. One in 5 Americans aged 12 and up contract genital herpes. Assertiveness training in these eight lessons engages students in learning how to say “NO” to premarital sex and “YES” to healthy relationships.
 Cómo escoger lo mejor EL CAMINO
Grade 7. Spanish version of Choosing the Best PATH.
 Choosing the Best LIFE
Grade 8. One-fourth of new STDs occur in boys and girls aged 15-19. Eight lessons emphasize the straight facts about health risks — and give students the emotional strength and self-discipline to commit to abstinence until marriage.
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High School Programs
 Choosing the Best JOURNEY
Grades 9-10. The percentage of students who’ve had sex increases from 28 to 44 percent between 8th and 10th grade. These inspiring eight lessons motivate students to set goals, make good decisions, develop healthy relationships, and choose abstinence.
 Choosing the Best SOUL MATE
Grades 11-12. A majority of young people believe it is a good idea to live together before getting married. Five lessons reveal widespread myths about cohabitation and teaches the benefits of marriage, valuable relational skills needed to make marriage last, and the importance of abstinence.
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Why Choosing the Best Works:
Choosing the Best utilizes the following five keys to effective abstinence and relationship education:
- Motivational Learning Environment — Video vignettes of real-life teens, in-depth discussions, classroom exercises and role-plays engage the students in learning.
- Medical Learning Model — Current information on STDs, emotional consequences and teen pregnancy.
- Relationship Education and Refusal Skills — Provides students with the confidence to handle negative peer and relationship pressures.
- Parent Involvement — Student Manual provides at-home opportunities for parent-student interaction.*
- Character Education — Students are challenged to develop respect, self-respect, compassion, honesty and courage.
*WAY, PATH, LIFE, and JOURNEY only.
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