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TeenWell is a curated index, not a curriculum vendor. Everything below links to material published by 36 established health organizations. You're pointing students at Nemours, the CDC, and Planned Parenthood, not at us.

Sourcing policy

What this is

  • · A searchable index of 128 vetted resources
  • · 25 lessons across 6 tracks, usable in any order
  • · Every link fetched and verified before publication
  • · No ads, no accounts, no tracking of any kind

What this isn't

  • · Not a medical provider or crisis service
  • · Not a publisher: apart from our own slide decks, every word is a source's
  • · Not monitored; nobody sees what a student searches
  • · Not a substitute for a school counselor or nurse

Before you assign this

Several lessons cover suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and sexual violence. Those pages lead with crisis lines rather than reading, and search shows a help card whenever a query suggests someone is struggling. Even so, a student may surface difficult material in class. Worth knowing which lessons those are (marked below) and having your school's support process ready.

Note also that we deliberately cannot tell you what students searched. That's a feature for them and a limitation for you.

Syllabus

1. Reproductive & Sexual Health

How bodies work, how to prevent pregnancy and STIs, how to get care, and how to talk about all of it.

1.1 Understanding Your Body

What's actually happening to my body, and what counts as normal?

1.2 Contraception & Pregnancy Prevention

What are my options for preventing pregnancy, and how do I actually get them?

1.3 Reproductive Safety

How do I protect myself from STIs, and how do I get tested?

1.4 Consent & Communication crisis-sensitive

What does real consent look like, and how do I talk about what I want and don't want?

2. Substance Use & Awareness

What vapes, alcohol, cannabis and opioids actually do, how overdoses are reversed, and how to handle pressure.

2.1 Vaping, Nicotine & Cannabis

What do vapes and weed actually do to a body that's still developing?

2.2 Alcohol Safety

What happens when teens drink, and what do I do if a friend has had too much?

2.3 Opioids & Overdose Awareness crisis-sensitive

What is fentanyl, and how do I recognize and reverse an overdose?

2.4 Decision-Making & Peer Pressure

How do I make my own call when everyone around me is doing something else?

3. Healthy Relationships

What healthy looks like, what manipulation looks like, and how to stay safe online and off.

3.1 What Makes a Relationship Healthy?

How do I know if what I have is healthy or just familiar?

3.2 Digital Safety & Social Media crisis-sensitive

How do I stay safe and sane online?

3.3 Recognizing Manipulation & Abuse crisis-sensitive

What does manipulation look like when you're the one inside it?

3.4 Mental Health, Stress & Support

Who do I actually talk to when things get heavy?

4. Mental & Emotional Health

Anxiety, depression, stress and sleep, plus how to find help and what therapy is actually like.

4.1 Anxiety, Depression & Mood

How do I tell the difference between a rough patch and something that needs help?

4.2 Stress, Sleep & Burnout

Why am I exhausted all the time, and what actually helps?

4.3 Self-Harm & Suicide Prevention crisis-sensitive

Where do I turn when it feels like too much?

4.4 Identity, LGBTQ+ & Belonging crisis-sensitive

How do I figure out who I am, and where do I find people who get it?

4.5 Getting Help: Therapy & Talking to Adults

What actually happens in therapy, and how do I bring it up at home?

5. Body, Food & Movement

Eating, moving, resting, and the pressure to look a certain way.

5.1 Nutrition & Fueling Your Body

What does eating well actually mean when you're still growing?

5.2 Eating Disorders & Body Image crisis-sensitive

When does worrying about food or my body stop being normal?

5.3 Movement, Sports & Rest

How do I move in a way that feels good and doesn't wreck me?

5.4 Sleep

Why is it so hard to sleep, and how much do I actually need?

6. Everyday & Preventive Health

Puberty, skin, checkups, vaccines, and what you're allowed to do without a parent.

6.1 Puberty, Skin & Hygiene

What's going on with my skin, my smell, and everything else changing?

6.2 Checkups, Vaccines & Seeing a Doctor

What happens at a checkup, and how do I ask a doctor something embarrassing?

6.3 Living With a Chronic Condition

How do I manage a long-term condition while just trying to be a teenager?

6.4 Your Health Rights & Privacy as a Minor

What can I do without a parent, and what stays private?

Slide decks

12 decks · 103 slides. Each one is embedded on its lesson page and downloadable here as a PDF sized for email and school wifi. The slide text is also indexed, so a student's search can surface a classroom slide next to the source articles.

These decks are TeenWell's own material, not aggregated from the organizations listed on this page. They carry the same review expectation as the resource index.

Help us get the curation right

If you teach this material, you'll spot gaps faster than we will. Missing topics, sources that don't land with your students, reading levels that are off: all of it is useful. Get in touch.