Informed Adolescence: Supporting Teen Resiliency and Wellness

Join experienced educator Heidi Sproull, LMSW, CST as she shares factual information for middle- and high-school students, teachers, and caregivers that supports development of self-awareness, healthy sexuality, relationship capacity, consent, and community building. We’re excited to partner with Heidi to offer this vital information through our Community Classes. 

Heidi’s new book, Informed Adolescence, is a comprehensive middle-school curriculum comprising age appropriate lessons on teen resilience, sexual health, and boundary-setting. The lessons are affirming of intersectional identities, include suggested scripted language for teachers and outlines for interactive discussions, and are designed to support adolescents as they lean into this stage of development, minimizing their vulnerability to harm, confusion, and misinformation.

This curriculum is specifically designed to provide content for teachers, social workers, and others to meet middle-school students “where they are” without overwhelming them with “too much, too fast, or too soon,” as they develop an expanding lens through which to understand their world.

In this Community Class, Heidi will share wisdom from her book and years of experience working with youth. 

*Please note: in alignment with the Alma Partners core value of Centering Relationship, we do not record our sessions! Please plan to attend live.

About the presenter:

Heidi says, “I have written and developed the INFORMED ADOLESCENCE® curriculum to meet the need for factual information for middle-and-high-school students and parents, as well as for college students, that supports development of self awareness, healthy sexuality, relationship capacity, consent and boundary-setting, communication clarity, and community building. I teach these lessons in-person locally in SE Michigan and train teachers in the curriculum nationwide.”

Heidi is a Psychotherapist and Masters-level Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Sex Therapist. She maintains a private practice serving the greater Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan areas. Her clinical practice specializes in adult individual and couples therapy, and her areas of expertise include patient-specific comprehensive treatment for Trauma (PTSD and CPTSD), chronic pain and illness, as well as AASECT-certified sex therapy when indicated for pain patients, trauma survivors, and couples or individuals confronting a variety of sexual concerns.