About Us
Real Options is an educational program dedicated to equipping students to have healthy relationships and avoid risk so they can experience optimal health for a lifetime. We partner with teachers and other youth-serving adults to educate 6th grade through 11th-grade students using the REAL Essentials curriculum. It is age-appropriate, medically accurate, evidence-based, and inclusive. This life-changing education is offered by Real Options staff who are certified SRAE Specialists to youth in schools, and community organizations throughout Schuylkill County.
We believe that EVERY student has value and deserves to learn about healthy relationships - that given the right tools, young people can make healthy choices and experience successful, fulfilling relationships for themselves and their future families.
Students in 6th grade through 11th grade at schools and community organizations in Schuylkill County.
We come to your location! Providing in-person engaging presentations is preferred. However, we do offer virtual presentations for e-learning.
We do our best to accommodate your scheduling needs! The majority of our presentations are hosted in schools and follow the school class periods.
REAL Essentials is the curriculum we use to teach relationship education. You can check it out by clicking this link: https://www.myrelationshipcenter.org/resources/what-is-real-essentials/
Contact Us
Email realoptionsteenprogram@gmail.com or fill out the form to schedule dates for a presentation. Students take a pre-survey, have the scheduled instructional classes, and follow up with a post-survey. That’s it!
What students are saying about this program…
“The presentation was incredibly engaging and interactive. It made me think differently about future life choices through well-presented information and scenarios.” 10th Grade Student, PA
“Thank you for providing me with the clarity I needed to make informed and healthy choices!” 8th Grade Student, PA
“This was a great supplement to the health curriculum that we use, and the instructors were very informative. I’m glad that someone in the community is partnering up with our schools to help teach these important lessons.” 10th Grade Student, PA
What teachers are saying about this program…
“Getting students out of their seats to move into groups is a great idea. They were given scenarios to collaborate as a group and give answers to a particular situation. Excellent - Thank You! 10th Grade Health Teacher, PA
“All the kids were involved in the presentation. They were made to feel comfortable to ask and answer questions posed by the presenter.” 9th Grade Teacher, PA
Our partner’s and funding:
We Partner with Penn’s Youth Initiative https://www.pennsyouth.org/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Administration for Children & Families
*The Real Options program uses confidential, matched pre and post-surveys through HHS to confirm changes in attitude, knowledge, and intended behavior to measure program effectiveness.