Medically Accurate, Age Appropriate, and Educationally Sound.
Ascend’s Universal Standards for Optimal Sexual Development set clear expectations for attitudes and behaviors that will help students succeed in elementary, middle, and high school, as they journey toward adulthood. Offering a research-based framework for empowering health and wholeness through clearly defined learning objectives during each stage of youth development, these standards are a guide for local and state decision-makers to set responsible sex education policies.