Course Curriculum
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Module 1: Welcome to the Pregnancy Options Workshop
- Welcome!
- Pre-Course Assessment
- Facilitator Introduction: Parker
- An Overview of All-Options
- Course Overview
- Facilitator Introduction: Poonam
- A Note About Language
- The All-Options Approach
- Your Next Steps
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Module 2: Values Clarification
- Values Clarification Intro
- Our Values in This Context
- Liberation - by Innovating Education
- Values Clarification Passage: Decision Assessment and Counseling in Abortion Care
- How Do Our Values Surface in Options Counseling?
- "Look, Spaghetti Arms!"
- Hold the Frame
- Unbiased Information on and Referral for All Pregnancy Options Are Essential to Informed Consent in Reproductive Health Care
- Framing Our Values Clarification Survey
- Values Clarification Survey
- Discussion
- Reflection
- Guided Journaling
- Challenge
- Strategies for Navigating Bias
- What's Next?
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Module 3: Pregnancy Experiences in Context
- Pregnancy Experiences in Context Intro
- Pregnancy In Context
- Reflection
- Factors that Influence Pregnancy & Parenting Decisions
- The History of Reproductive Justice - In Our Own Voices
- What is Reproductive Justice?
- Why and How I Am Choosing to Be a Mother
- What's Next?
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Module 4: Unplanned Pregnancy and Parenting
- Unplanned Pregnancy and Parenting Intro
- Unintended Pregnancy
- Should Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Be Family Planning’s Holy Grail?
- An RJ Lens for Pregnancy Intention
- Reflection
- For Nonbinary Parents, Giving Birth is Especially Fraught
- Gender-Inclusive Pregnancy Care
- Language Practice!
- Six Federal Policies that Fall Short of Protecting Working Families
- Parenting
- Lack of Parenting Supports and Takeaways
- Quiz on Pregnancy and Parenting
- What's Next?
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Module 5: Abortion
- Abortion Intro
- Learning Check-In: Where Are You?
- Abortion Overview
- Demystifying Medication Abortion - We Testify
- Abortion Barriers and Restrictions
- The Dobbs Decision Has Unleashed Legal Chaos for Doctors and Patients
- "We’re a Part of This Movement, Too."
- Abortion by State
- Abortion Continued
- Restrictions on Later Abortions Hurt People of Color the Most
- Reflection
- Abortion Quiz
- What's Next?
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Module 6: Adoption
- Adoption Intro
- Rewriting the Fairy Tale Adoption Narrative
- Guest Speaker Introduction: Susan Dusza Guerra Leksander
- Susan's Presentation
- Reflection
- Ethics Over Economics: Building a Better Adoption System Amid Baby ‘Shortages’
- Adoption Takeaways
- 6 Months Since Roe Ruling, How the Adoption Landscape Has Changed
- Quiz on Adoption
- What's Next?
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Module 7: Language Approach and Tools
- Language Approach & Tools Intro
- Reminder of the All-Options Approach
- The Patient Has The Answer from Innovating Education
- The Approach from Innovating Education
- Counseling for Pregnancy Ambivalence from Innovating Education
- Reflection
- Curiosity: Using Open-Ended Questions
- Reflection
- Some of Our Favorite Phrases
- Reflection
- Journaling
- What's Next?
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Module 8: Practicing Skills
- Practicing Skills Intro
- Unpacking an All-Options Role Play
- Listen: All-Options Role Play
- Getting Comfortable with Crying
- Analyzing Counselor Responses
- When You Have Limited Time
- Revisiting Our Favorite Phrases
- What's Next?
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Module 9: Referrals
- Referrals Intro
- How and When to Make a Referral
- Reflection
- What We're Up Against
- The Fake Abortion Clinics of America
- Inside a Pregnancy Center That’s Revolutionizing Reproductive Care
- What Crisis Pregnancy Centers Really Do
- Constraints and Criteria for Referrals
- Reflection
- What's Next?
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Module 10: Closing
- Closing Information
- Almost There!
- Course Evaluation
- THANK YOU!!
Accompanying Training Workbook
to assist you with your learning journey
Our self-guided Pregnancy Options Workshop comes with an accompanying PDF workbook that includes important course information, links to All-Options handouts and additional resources, and space to complete course activities.
What do our participants say?
"Thank you! This has been such an informative and supportive training! Time very well spent. It’s been a pleasure and I’m excited to apply all that I learned."
“My expectations were met and surpassed! The content, discussion and role-playing was so helpful, and the facilitation and skill building of the sessions were stellar.”
“I honestly enjoyed the entire training, but if I had to choose, my favorite part was working in small groups. It was great to share stories and learn from each other. I want to attend everything All-Options offers!“