The Gaping Hole of Puberty Education (and How We're Filling It)
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
You can’t outgrow puberty—but maybe we can outlearn how we teach it. This week, Jer and Tay explore a topic often overlooked: puberty education for youth with disabilities. Social worker and doctoral student Jennalyn Suda breaks down how trauma-informed frameworks can radically reshape how we approach this formative stage, especially for students who face additional barriers. From the sensory challenges of menstruation to the cultural and cognitive complexities that shape understanding, Jennalyn sheds light on the gaps in traditional education. The boys dive into awkward memories, laugh about the lessons they never learned, and highlight how shifting the conversation from shame to empowerment might just be the change we need.
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| 0:41.7 | Hello, folks. |
| 0:48.1 | This week, Taylor and I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with one Gentlein Suda, who is a licensed social worker based in Rochester, New York. |
| 0:56.3 | That was brutal. |
| 0:57.9 | Rochester, |
| 0:58.9 | Ratchester Fax. |
| 0:59.8 | Anyway, |
| 1:01.0 | and Gentlyne specializes in trauma-informed care, |
| 1:05.1 | social-emotional learning, |
| 1:07.0 | and puberty education for students with disabilities. |
| 1:12.1 | It was a wonderful conversation. |
| 1:14.2 | We talked all about her work with fourth and fifth graders in alternative school settings, |
| 1:19.4 | talking about puberty and her work researching the intersection of trauma, |
| 1:24.9 | mental health, and puberty. |
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