Abstinence Video Resources

 

Abstinence . . . It's the Right Choice
The exposure to sexual topics through media sends the message that sex and participating in sexual activity is acceptable • This video helps viewers realize that abstinence is the right choice, and provides the tools they need to say no to sex • Makes students aware of the potential consequences of sexual activity, STDs and pregnancy

Abstinence In Your Relationships: The Choices You Make Affect the Path You Take
In this live Christian presentation, teens are listening to every word as Ellen Marie discusses what they need to know about dating and sex • The presentation gives teenagers solid physical, emotional and spiritual reasons to choose abstinence for their lives • She explains through true-life stories the consequences of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies • Teens will discover how to develop relationships built upon respect and trust and learn to defend their values, stand against peer pressure and make a strong, personal argument for choosing sexual abstinence

Adoption: Families of Hope, Faces of Hope
This video meets both federal and state abstinence requirements and is highly recommended by teachers, counselors and health professionals • It is student tested and proven highly effective • Through this video students are able to see the emotional pain of a teen pregnancy, learn the (statistical) outcomes that single teenage parents face, and see the importance of fathers and the nuclear family in raising children

Celebrating Your Abstinent Lifestyle: Choose Life, Choose Love, Choose You - Combo VHS and DVD
Receive both a VHS and DVD * In this powerful live presentation, John Crudele speaks about  peer pressure, decision making, relationships and sex, and that it is a life choice to abstain from the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; and be abstinent from having sex until marriage • John explains to us that experience is not the best teacher and that we should try to learn from others • He also speaks of the myth of “safer” sex, and tells us that there is no condom that can protect our emotions, feelings, spirituality and our BRAIN • John gives us some great comeback lines for dumb come-ons to sex • Get rid of what is not working in your life and concentrate on what is • Design your destiny by developing yourself and creating a vision for yourself.

Diary of a Teenage Mother
No punches are pulled in this real-life video diary of Kyra, a teenager with a 3-year-old child • Through the use of flashbacks, Kyra brings to light the events that resulted in her current situation: living at home with her mother, working at a dead-end job, and having little or no contact with her child’s father • As Kyra’s diary unfolds, it becomes apparent that being a teenage mother presents many obstacles to a teenager’s life • Her dreams of having a relationship with the child’s father don’t materialize • She misses being with her friends who are busy with teenage pursuits • She is in conflict with her mother, who alternates between wanting to help Kyra out and wanting her to accept her own responsibilities • This program endorses abstinence as a way to avoid the distress of teen  pregnancy • Includes complete teacher’s guide and reproducible handouts •

Eight Stupid Things Teens Do When They Date (Complete Video Series)
Get in the Game Video Series -Save $130 Includes: Get in the Game: Winning At Relationships, Finding Love: Self Control & The Consequences of Sex, Eight Stupid Things Teens Do When They Date

Encuentros Script w/ Video
Deals with the Latino community’s difficult issues such as teen sex to gang life • 25 page Script & 50 min. Spanish Video • Grades 7-12

Everyone is NOT Doing It Series
Thousands of school systems and youth organizations have already provided each of their Health and PE teachers, school nurses and counselors with a copy of the nationally acclaimed four-part video series, Everyone is NOT Doing It, by Mike Long • Introduced by Michael Jordan’s college basketball coach, Dean Smith, this series gets attention and creates incredible dialogue in the classroom and at home

Finding Love: Self Control & The Consequences of Sex
As a teenager, it is hard to figure out whether these feelings you have for that special boy or girl are really love or infatuation • If a relationship moves quickly up the “steps of intimacy,” it is easy to lose perspective and experience confusion • Are you really in love, making progress as a couple, or sliding into infatuation and lust while compromising deeply held beliefs and boundaries you’ve set • This video helps teens learn how to effectively “test” a relationship to determine whether or not it has “staying power” and will last

Free Teens
A powerful tool for introducing medical aspects of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as well as concepts of love, commitment, and monogamy in a positive, non-judgmental way • Grades 7-12

Get in the Game: Winning At Relationships
 
Nearly 3 million teens every year contract an incurable sexually transmitted disease • Teens will learn that there are a variety of components that make up who we are as people • There  are physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual consequences to teen relationships and sex • Teens will also learn 3 keys to helping them establish healthy dating relationships • Includes: Leaders Workbook and One CD-Rom with printable Student  Manuals •

Get REAL SmA+rt About Abstinence
Darlene Moore uses some very  touching and compelling life stories combined with off-the-cuff humor to educate students on Abstinence • Students, teachers, and parents are captivated by her style and sincerity • She informs teens and young people that the time to “start packing” for the honeymoon is NOW,  not the night before the wedding • While Darlene is encouraging virgins to continue to remain strong, she is also embracing and acknowledging those who have already made mistakes  • She offers them a second chance at a healthy lifestyle • Students will see first-hand how  making poor choices can affect not only their bodies, but all of their relationships, and their spiritual walk

If You Love Me... Show Me! (40 min. Spanish Video and Book)
This is a rollicking book and video about two teenagers as they struggle with sexuality: How do they know they’re really in love? • How do they show it? • How about sex? • Yes? • No? • Maybe? • How far is too far? • Fast-paced and funny, this is an engaging story about convictions and the courage to stand by them • Challenges teens to see sexuality in its natural context of love and life • Includes: 40 min. Video and Book Grades 5-9

Just Thought You Oughta Know
This intense, award-winning 7-minute video features teens talking to teens in their own language about the risks of any sexual contact–even when using a condom • It tells the real reasons why they can and should delay the onset of sexual activity • And for those already sexually active, it encourages them to stop and practice Re-Newed Virginity • This is the message you need to share with today's teens • Also a great tool for educators, medical professionals, youth leaders, policy makers and parents • Grades 6-12, 

Life Stolen: Sex and Consequences
Darlene Moore gives a hard-hitting and powerful presentation on the consequences of sex before marriage • Darlene tells us that 98% of people would like to marry a virgin • She also says that most women would like to marry a strong, brave and protecting man, and that restraining from your sexual urges makes you a stronger person • Five teens tell their personal history of sexual relations before marriage, and the many consequences that followed • From STDs to first and second pregnancies, all the while trying to maintain school and all other responsibilities • Darlene also speaks of the falsehoods of “condom protection”

Never Regret the Choice
Jeffrey Dean addresses the reality about sex & leaves no other option but the right one - ABSTINENCE! • Discusses choices and how today’s choices ultimately impact tomorrow’s success • Challenges teens to say “NO” to sex until marriage

No Means No: Postponing Sexual - Combo DVD and VHS
 Young people know what it’s like to be pressured by many conflicting messages regarding dating and sex from parents, peers, television, movies, and ]advertising • Often their sexual role modelsare macho stereo-types who don’t take “no” for an answer, and women who say “no”, but really mean “yes” • No Means No offers practical advice about self-esteem, dating, and sex-encouraging viewers to determine their own sexual boundaries and set them, and providing them with skills to say NO to sexual advances

Pam Stenzel…Abstinence Video Series
Pam Stenzel…Abstinence Video Series (4 Live Action Videos) Includes: Sex Has a Price Tag: Abstinence, Time to Wait for Sex: Abstinence, Take a Look in the Mirror, Character Matters-For Parents,  (4 Live Action Videos)

PROMISES
Sensitively portrays the dangers faced by sexually active teens, such as emotional consequences, teen pregnancy, STIs, & HIV/AIDS • Positive role models show effective ways for teens to handle sexual pressure, refusal skills, goal-setting, future orientation, & healthy relationships • Script & 37 min. Live Action Video • Grades 6-12 •  Drama Script with Video (Script & Video)

Real People-Abstinence: Choosing to Wait
Real teens’ personal stories send a strong message that sexual abstinence is a desirable and attainable goal • Teens who are committed to abstinence discuss the personal, social, and ethical reasons they chose abstinence and reveal how they combat peer and media pressure to have sex • Teens who have now opted for renewed virginity talk about the consequences of their earlier experiences — disappointing relationships, the risk of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and the premature intensity intercourse brings to teen relationships

Realizing That Sex Does Not Equal Love: Reclaiming Your Virginity
 Follow Holly Lanter’s emotional story of a childhood riddled with sexual abuse, rape, drug and alcohol use, and low self esteem • By the time Holly was 15 years old, she had been molested by her uncle, date raped and had one abortion • By 21 years old, she had 4 abortions, been raped a second time and fell deeper in her abusive lifestyle • Finally, Holly changed the course of her life • Her priorities now include following the path that God set for her, raising her daughter to be healthy and happy, reclaiming her virginity and
 SAVING SEX FOR MARRIAGE

Refusal Skills: Yes, You Can Say NO
This winner of three national awards features a live audience of teens, and a series of well acted mini-dramas showing teens faced with temptations to skip school, take drugs, and have pre-marital sex • Booklist calls it "a terrific choice for teen viewers"

Rising from the Ashes: Overcoming a Promiscuous Past
Debbie Bolen was the victim of an abusive mother that made her feel worthless • Living up to those low expectations, Debbie became sexually active in the 6th grade • Her reputation caused her to loose her Friends, Self Respect and eventually, her Childhood • Debbie was pregnant by 15 yrs old and was forced to face teen motherhood, with an addiction to Drugs and Alcohol • Debbie finally began to see her own self-worth

Secondary Virginity Series
This five set series is a excellent resource to reiterate the fact that it is never to late to begin second virginity • The series contains information on abuse, rape, drugs, alcohol, and STD’s including the loss of one’s virginity • Facts on positive self worth and ways to rededicate yourself to a pure and abstinent lifestyle are presented in a realistic upbeat style, from the worst possible scenario to the final victory of saving sex for marriage

Start SmA+rt NOW: Everything Revealed about Abstinence and STD’s - Combo VHS/DVD
Receive both VHS and DVDs. In this cutting edge program, Dr. John Young and a host of teenagers address the dangers of premarital sex and “WHY abstinence before marriage is the key to a worry-free relationship” * Dr. Young's experience as a doctor in the emergency room allows him to share stories of his patients who have been devastated mentally and physically by STD's * Dr. Young dispels the myths associated with STDs, condoms and oral sex *

Sex as God's Gift: Decision Making Guidance for Young Teens
Sex as God's Gift is a Faith-Based two video series that is produced especially for teens and young adults • This series helps them think through in advance decisions related to sex • Challenges young people to understand sex as a valuable gift, something special and meaningful and not as a recreational sport • Special emphasis is given to avoid sexual activity before marriage

Sex Has a Price Tag: Abstinence
In “Sex Has a Price Tag” internationally renown communicator, Pam Stenzel, combines her  personal story and extensive pregnancy counseling experience into a hard hitting look at the consequences of sexual activity outside of marriage • In this captivating and inspiring talk, Pam tackles the tough issues of sex with candor, insight, and humor • She challenges young people to embrace the benefits of abstinence

Sex is Not a Game
New Teen Video Addresses Casual Sex • In response to popular demand, The Medical Institute is pleased to announce the release of "Sex Is Not a Game” • This follow-up to the Telly-Award winning "Just Thought You Oughta Know" candidly confronts the dangers of today's casual attitudes about sex • With emotional appearances from teens, this gripping video encourages teens to re-think their risky sexual behavior and Save Sex For Marriage

Sex, Love or Infatuation: How Can I Really Know?
Shown in an 'assembly' type format, Dr. Ray. Short speaks to young adults and teens. Grade 7-Adult.

Sex Respect Video Series
 The 5 video program includes: • 1- Not Doing It • 2- Why I Waited • 3- But You Can't Hide • 4- Done That . . . Changed My Ways • 5- Dating . . . Predator or Partner? • The workbook course includes a 128 page workbook, with 11 comprehensive lessons, a parent guide and teacher manual to accompany

Sex Smart for Teens: Abstinence
Forget scare tactics–using a nonjudgmental approach, this program presents abstinence as a healthy choice • Covers: The consequences of sex, such as emotions, STIs, pregnancy • Perceptions of virginity and renewed virginity • Media messages, such as self esteem and peer pressure • Smart dating, discussing alcohol, drugs, and refusal skills • Communicating with parents and trusted adults

Sexual Lies: Real Talk, Real Kids, Real Impact, Real Abstinence
Dynamic speaker, Howard Flaherty, urges teenagers to make careful choices in dealing with their sexuality in this persuasive program, which promotes abstinence • Features teens who have never had sex, and those who have experienced sex, but have now chosen celibacy until marriage • Several teens talk about respect for their peers who say “no” to sex

Take a Look in the Mirror
Girls, think of your perfect guy • What kind of man would he be? Now, look at yourself in the mirror • Are you the perfect girl for him? What would he see looking at you? Does your "look" demand respect, or is it distorted by styles of today? This video looks beyond physical beauty and discusses attitude, dress and mannerisms that would be consistent with the outward impression you want to give • Crucial topics such as eating disorders, clothing styles and appearance are reviewed by Pam Stenzel 

Take Charge: Resisting Sexual Pressure
 
This is a comprehensive primer directed at showing teenagers & young adults how to respond to the pressure to have SEX • This video reviews a variety of common sexual pressures and offers effective ways of HOW TO SET THEIR OWN LIMITS and STICK TO THEM • We see students practicing such lines as “Before we go any further, I want to make sure I’ve said this out loud–These Clothes Stay On!”, “Please don’t pressure me...it’s not helping our relationship for you to pressure me!” • Be clear, use body language, accept no excuse, challenge your date to RESPECT YOUR WISHES!

Talking About Sex: Thinking Ahead
Justin & Tara decided not to have sex, and the myth about "everyone having sex" is untrue • Holly & Zach confirm this & debunk other similar myths • They discuss the difference between crushes & relationships and between love and sex, and stress the importance of thinking ahead, of making decisions about sex based on your commitment and values • Includes Teacher’s Guide • Grades 9-12

Teenage Sex: Resisting the Pressure
Emphasizes the importance of setting limits before a situation arises • In several different scenarios, teens under sexual pressure are able to make their decisions stick by using a variety of appropriate assertiveness techniques • Includes Teacher’s Guide • Grades 7-12

Teens, Dating and Abstinence
The decision to begin dating also means that an individual may need to make important decisions about physical intimacy, perhaps even as soon as the first date * After examining the risks that sexual activity poses to a young person's health and emotional well-being, and to the achievement of long-term goals, it becomes apparent that the decision to remain abstinent is a logical one * To abstain means to resist doing something by one's own choice

Teens, Temptations, Troubles
Confronts the confusions adolescents face as they develop and enter the dating age. Covers the myths and misconceptions about sex. Discusses the issue of looking for love in the form of a baby. Includes: Guide and Live Action Video

The Hardest Thing to Say: “You are not my First” (Part 1 of Series)
Eric Geiger presents an upbeat and comical account of his experiences with Pre-Marital Sex • Discusses the untrue messages that influenced him: “It’s just sex!” • “Sex is safe” • “Sex strengthens a relationship” • Eric says – “Don’t Believe the Lies!” • He decided to rededicate himself to Virginity and remained a virgin until his wedding night • Moments before the wedding, Kay, his bride presented a letter to Eric addressed to “Her Future Husband” that she wrote when she was a freshmen in high school

The Naked Truth
Lakita Garth’s message on sexual abstinence has been captured on video • An internationally recognized abstinence expert, Lakita has “edutained” millions of students with her interactive, high-energy presentation emphasizing self-control, self-discipline, and the delay of self-gratification • Lakita confronts the “lies in truth’s clothing” that have deceived a vast majority of American youth culture • Teens, educators, and parents alike will be “edutained” as Lakita takes you on a journey to discover The Naked Truth

The Scars That I Wear: Living Within New Boundaries
Adrienne Green presents a powerful, yet painful account of her experiences with Pre-Marital Sex, Drugs and Alcohol • Discusses the STD’s that she contracted and the reaction of the people in her life • She contemplated suicide and eventually realized that she needed to seek God for help • Includes: the importance of boundaries, getting to know people on a “friendship” level before dating and the realization that God has a purpose and a path for her • Grades 7-12 • Faith Based Referenced

This Ain’t No Dress Rehearsal: Abstinence & Teens
In this program, Dr. John Young speaks very candidly to a group of teens about sexuality and STDs • He explains to the group how sexuality is a powerful gift and a vital part of everything that is unique about yourself • Dr. Young goes on to explain his own personal experiences as a doctor in the ER, and some of the cases of STDs he has seen and treated • But he stresses that not all STDs are curable and that sex before marriage can have a lasting effect on you, your future spouse, and future children • In this program we also hear from different people who have contracted an STD and how it changed their lives forever

Time to Wait for Sex: Abstinence
Created specifically for presentation in public schools, this video is a hard hitting look at the consequences of sexual activity outside of a permanent monogamous relationship • Pam Stenzel speaks about the physical and emotional issues surrounding sexual activity and encourages students to save sex for a lifetime commitment • Grades 6-12

True Love Knows How To Wait
Receive both the VHS and DVD * Before a live audience, Shannon Bragg educates that Abstinence Is An Absolute Truth * Abstinence is for all people at all times until marriage * Shannon teaches and young adults about Relationships and the Physical and Emotional Consequences that come from engaging in premarital sex * She also discusses Contraceptive Failure including condoms and Secondary Virginity and how far, is too far * She gives suggestions on How to Achieve Abstinence Until Marriage, which highlights Making a Commitment, Setting High Standards, Dating People that have the same standards as you and Communicating Your Commitment

Truth About Sex
Immediately captures students attention by showing a horor movie parody called, "What They Gave For Love," which focuses on the body parts (such as brains!) girls have to give up to get a boyfriend . Through interviews with youth, What Do You Want? Emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself to best connect with others.

Truth or Consequences
 Incorporates proven & effective strategies from abstinence education research and is targeted for high school audiences • Formatted for school assemblies & youth organization meetings • It is a follow-up presentation to PROMISES, which has been viewed by tens of thousands of students • 40 min. Live Action Video • Grades 7-12 •

Uneducated Decisions Get Uneducated Results (Part 3 of Series)
 Evan Casey asks the question, “What is Abstinence?” Abstinence can be achieved by creating the right mind set, setting boundaries and educating yourself • Discusses the realistic situations that teens are put in that makes them vulnerable • Gives realistic information in an upbeat style • “Make informed decisions” • Grades 7-12 •

What is Love? What is Sex?
 For young adults, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing that love equals sex • At the same time that many teens are struggling to learn what it means to be in a healthy, intimate relationship, they are also bombarded by messages in the media implying that sex is the pinnacle of love • Explores these simple yet profound issues: How does a person express love? • What is a crush? • What is an obsession? Is a sexual relationship a necessary part of being “in love?” • By following actual teenage relationships as they develop and by interviewing a variety of young people about their feelings and experiences, your students will gain insight into the complex issues of love and sex •

Why Abstinence?
This fast paced and motivating video makes the case that abstinence is the best strategy for teenagers considering sexual choices • The 1st part of the video presents the stories of four real teens, all of whom became pregnant after having unprotected intercourse • The 2nd part details the consequences of sexual activity as it relates to the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases • The 3rd part tells the heart-breaking story of Kelly, who not only contracts HIV and AIDS, but passes along the fatal disease to her newborn baby • Includes: teacher’s resource book & student handouts • Grades 8-12

Why Abstinence?
To have sex, or not to have sex? This is the question that troubles Twenty-first Century teens. While media messages seem to constantly proclaim that everyone everywhere is sexually active, this is simply not the case. It's true that a lot of teens have given in to the pressure to have sex, but many have later regretted doing so. Wiser young people are deciding to put off sexual relationships until they are more mature, at which time they'll be better able to deal with the emotional commitment that should accompany intimacy. Learn about the benefits of abstinence and make decisions about sex that are based upon careful considerations. When you spend time thinking about sexual intimacy before you're confronted with the temptation to dive into such a relationship, you'll be a lot less likely to act on impulse.

Wise Choices: A True Story of Choices, Consequences & Commitment - Combo DVD/VHS
Receive both DVD and VHS * Rick and Barb had been exchanging thoughts of marriage • Rick was a virgin • He had practiced self control with the desire to be a faithful husband once he was married • Barb had a different story • She had given up hope that a good marriage was possible • She did not have clear sexual boundaries • Eventually, she allowed herself to get involved in premarital sex • She really wasn’t looking for sex...she was looking for love • When the results of her HIV test came back positive, Barb began the journey of facing real consequences to earlier choices • In this presentation, Barb emphasizes abstinence ‘til marriage, renewed virginity and hope for marriage • She also provides AIDS education focused on abstinence only • For teens & young adults

Wise Choices: A True Story of Choices, Consequences & Commitment
Rick and Barb had been exchanging thoughts of marriage • Rick was a virgin • He had practiced self control with the desire to be a faithful husband once he was married • Barb had a different story • She had given up hope that a good marriage was possible • She did not have clear sexual boundaries • Eventually, she allowed herself to get involved in premarital sex • She really wasn’t looking for sex...she was looking for love • When the results of her HIV test came back positive, Barb began the journey of facing real consequences to earlier choices • In this presentation, Barb emphasizes abstinence ‘til marriage, renewed virginity and hope for marriage • She also provides AIDS education focused on abstinence only • For teens & young adults, (35 min. Live Action Video)