LOS ANGELES—Everyone Deserves Sex Ed has invited body positive influencer and certified sex educator Elle Chase, ACS, to return to EDSE’s next 25-hour sex educator certification program, scheduled April 18-19 and 25-26 in Los Angeles.
“I love empowering people with accurate and unbiased information about stigmatized topics like these, and this is an incredible opportunity to bring these kinds of conversations into an educational space,” Chase said. “I have known and worked with Anne since 2014 and it is a pleasure to be a part of her EDSE certification program. As a proponent of body acceptance and candid conversations about sex for all bodies, I love helping EDSE attendees learn and shape their perspectives on these deeply personal and important topics.”
Chase facilitates discussions of body image, fat sex, and body acceptance and helps budding educators have confident and informed conversations with their clients.
Known as the founder of the award-winning Tumblr site LadyCheeky.com and the top-rated sex positions book Curvy Girl Sex, Chase is an educator and influencer who specializes in having conversations about the intersection of sexual expression, identity and body image. A graduate of the prestigious San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) sex educator training program, Chase will give EDSE attendees valuable perspective on how to make educational spaces more inclusive and body positive.
EDSE founder and lead educator Anne Hodder-Shipp, ACS, invited Chase to teach this portion of the certification because of her experience and inimitable expertise. Chase has built a loyal following in-person and online as a fierce supporter of maintaining open and honest dialog about sexual pleasure and body image, including its social, cultural personal, and sexual impacts.
“Elle and I have been colleagues and friends for years and it has been a pleasure working with her to build this curriculum for EDSE,” Hodder-Shipp said. “Among other things, Elle is known for her work within the body-pos and body acceptance movements and her work surrounding sexual expression and sensuality has made her a thought leader within the space. I can’t think of a better person to have these conversations with EDSE attendees, which is why I asked her to return for the spring training.”
Ideal for budding sex educators, health and social service workers, and anyone looking to bolster their sex ed knowledge, the EDSE certification program prepares attendees to have informed, inclusive and confident conversations about sex. Over the course of two weekends, EDSE attendees will learn key information about human sexuality, intimate health, consent, and communication skills and be trained to respond to sex-related questions in a concise, intersectional, and nonjudgmental manner. Attendees also will leave with new insight into their own sexuality—a fun side effect of sex education training.
The next EDSE certification will take place April 18-19 and 25-26, in Los Angeles. Individual certification is $2,095, and payment plans are available to those in need.
To apply, fill out the form at EveryoneDeservesSexEd.com/certification/. An EDSE representative will review and be in contact within 48 hours of submission.
More information about Hodder-Shipp can be found at AnneHodder.com, or email her directly at [email protected].
