Do you want to supplement the sex education your child is receiving and have more open conversations at home? Does your school or organization need support delivering comprehensive sex education? I work with schools, parents/guardians, and other professionals serving youth and young adults to address these important topics. My services are flexible and tailored to your specific needs.

My Services

What i offer

 All services can be booked by individuals, small groups, or organizations. Reach out about stand-alone programs, or, work with me to build a custom series for deeper learning. Intentionally differentiated lessons are available to support folks with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Youth & Young Adult Programs

Lessons are age- and developmentally-appropriate, multi-sensory, and highly engaging. Students build a positive regard for their bodies and awareness of boundaries in order to build self-advocacy skills and to promote positive, appropriate relationships of all kinds.

parent and guardian programs

Sessions build parents’ confidence in talking to their youth about key sex education topics and reinforcing student learning at home. We work on identifying the values parents want to pass on to their students and communicating those values along with key sex education information.

Curriculum consultation

I review pre-existing curriculum and make recommendations for adjustments and/or develop additional lessons in alignment with SIECUS standards for comprehensive sex education.

Professional Trainings

Sessions are meant to support professionals’ confidence in talking with students or clients about key sex education topics. These can also include teacher trainings to integrate new lessons into pre-existing curriculum.

Topics Offered

This list of topics is my foundation for programming, but it is flexible and non-exhaustive. The scope, sequence, and choice of lesson topics are highly dependent on the needs and learning goals of each group. Each topic can be one or many sessions.

    • Defining physical vs emotional boundaries

    • Differentiating boundaries by relationships

    • Setting & reading boundaries through verbal and nonverbal communication

    • Male and female reproductive organs: identification and function.

    • Physical variation among bodies

    • Managing physical and emotional changes during puberty

    • Define sex assigned at birth and different components of biological sex

    • Learn about gender and sexuality as social and cultural concepts

    • Discuss range of identities and affirm respect for all people

    • Identify sexual feelings as a normal part of human experience

    • Discuss strategies for managing sexual feelings in healthy ways

    • Define consent and identify everyday consent practices

    • Discuss challenges to practicing consent and strategies to overcome

    • What is dating? Why do people date or choose not to? Who is appropriate to date?

    • Strategies for handling rejection

    • Identify qualities of a healthy relationship

    • Discuss and practice communication strategies for problem-solving in a relationship

    • Define abuse and discuss internal and external warning signs

    • Identify ways to seek help and healing

    • Discuss prevalence and cycles of abuse

    • Learn strategies to support survivors

    • Discuss why intimate partners choose to or to not have sex

    • Build skills to practice sexual consent

    • Identify when consent is and is not present

    • Learn safer sex practices

    • Build skills for communicating about sexual health with a partner

    • Discuss sexual and reproductive healthcare across life-span

    • Build self-advocacy in medical settings

    • Learn about the reproduction process

    • Learn about different contraception methods

    • Discuss family-planning decision-making

    • Determine whether a media source is reliable

    • Build skills for critical engagement with media

    • Discuss influence of media on beliefs about sex and sexual behavior

Testimonials

  • “Montana is a remarkable individual who possesses a unique talent for connecting with high school students and skillfully facilitating curriculum. Her innate ability to establish a genuine rapport with students allows her to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment.”

    Deirdre V. , Special Education Teacher & Program Coordinator, Pleasantville, NY

  • “I was lucky enough to have Montana come to my class and present a sex education program designed for my students with Developmental Disabilities. She was hands on, and very approachable for these kids. Her knowledge and expertise of how to present even the hardest to talk about subjects was amazing!!”

    Felicia P., Special Education Teacher, Spring Valley, NY

  • “Montana Bass is an incredible talent whose drive and determination shows through her work in curricula development. Montana creates engaging, age-appropriate, well-researched content that meets individual learning needs while fostering a communal learning space where all youth feel included and accepted. Montana instills concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the content she creates and uses innovative activities to ensure participants always have fun while learning.”

    Michelle G., Vice President Education & Training, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic

  • "Montana is an exceptional educator who is able to connect with her students and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a variety of students. She has an ability to break down complex concepts to make the students feel comfortable discussing and learning about sex education. I HIGHLY recommend Montana."

    Kristen W., Special Education Teacher & Program Coordinator, Valhalla, NY