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Educators' Perceptions of Learners with Intellectual Disabilities' Sexual Knowledge and Behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Chappell, Paul; Johns, Rebecca; Nene, Siphumelele; Hanass-Hancock, Jill – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
Over the past two decades, comprehensive sexuality education has increasingly been recognised as a measure that positively impacts on the sexual behaviour of young people in Africa. Despite this, and a political call to scale-up the use of comprehensive sexuality education in schools in South Africa, learners with disabilities continue to be left…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Intellectual Disability, Sexuality
School Health Education about Human Sexuality. Position Statement. Revised
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Bradley, Beverly J.; Mancuso, Patty; Cagginello, Joan B.; Board, Connie; Clark, Sandra; Harvel, Robin; Kelts, Susan – National Association of School Nurses (NJ1), 2012
It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) that age-appropriate health education about human sexuality should be included as part of a comprehensive school health education program and be accessible to all students in schools. NASN recognizes the role of parents and families as the primary source of education about…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Promotion, Parent Role, Comprehensive School Health Education
Exploring the Development of Existing Sex Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Intervention Mapping Approach
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Schaafsma, Dilana; Stoffelen, Joke M. T.; Kok, Gerjo; Curfs, Leopold M. G. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: People with intellectual disabilities face barriers that affect their sexual health. Sex education programmes have been developed by professionals working in the field of intellectual disabilities with the aim to overcome these barriers. The aim of this study was to explore the development of these programmes. Methods: Sex education…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Mental Retardation, Sexuality, Program Development
Training Peer Educator-Counselors in Sexuality and Disability.
Bullard, David G.; And Others – 1979
In October 1976, under a grant from NIMH to the Human Sexuality Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, the Sex and Disability Training Project began training physically disabled and nondisabled persons as sociosexual educator-counselors for persons with disabilities, their intimates and families, and health…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Microcounseling, Normalization (Handicapped)
Sexuality and Aging.
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Hinkley, Nancy E. – 1976
Literature on sexuality and aging and Maslow's hierarchy of needs (which include physiological needs, safety and security needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and the need for self-actualization) are used in this paper to identify at each level the needs of the aging individual as they derive from his sexuality in order to provide a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society. Fourth Edition.
Gollnick, Donna M.; Chinn, Philip C. – 1994
The complexity of pluralism in this country makes it difficult for the educator to develop expectations of students based on their group memberships. This text examines these group memberships and ways educators can develop educational programs to meet the needs of those groups and the nation. The book provides an overview of the different…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism