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Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities
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The Facts of Life...and More
Sexuality and Intimacy for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Edited by Leslie Walker-Hirsch, M.Ed., FAAMR
Making good decisions about sexuality is a critical part of adulthood, but sometimes people with intellectual disabilities don't get the support or education they need to navigate this complex aspect of life.
Professionals will change that with this urgently needed book, which gives social workers, teachers, and direct support professionals the comprehensive information they need to educate people with disabilities about sexuality and help them make the best possible choices across the lifespan.
Blending in-depth examination of legal and clinical issues with sensitive discussion of the emotional side of sexuality, expert contributors from diverse fields help readers
- deliver meaningful, individualized, and culturally sensitive sexuality education
- understand parents' perspectives—and help them provide appropriate information and support to their child throughout life
- assist people with disabilities in managing risks associated with sexual activity
- use behavior interventions to encourage appropriate sexual expression
- help people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender validate their feelings and counter negative messages
- address issues related to medical care and intervention for people with disabilities
Going beyond the facts of life, this book gives professionals candid interviews and personal anecdotes that show how real-life couples with disabilities handle the joys and challenges of their relationships—courtship, sex, parenthood, disagreements, finances, and more.
Readers will also get examples of effective sexuality education techniques and vivid case studies that illustrate key points. With this frank, thorough, and highly readable guide, professionals will better advocate for people with disabilities and help them reap the social and emotional benefits of healthy, responsible, age-appropriate sexuality.
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ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-155766714-4
Paperback
320 pages
6 x 9
2007
$29.95
Stock# 67144
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Table of Contents
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I: SPECIAL EDUCATION MEETS SEXUALITY EDUCATION
1. Sexuality Education and Intellectual Disability Across the Lifespan: A Developmental, Social, and Educational Perspective
Leslie Walker-Hirsch
2. Six Key Components of a Meaningful Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Leslie Walker-Hirsch
3. Foundations in Social Development Education and Sexuality Education Techniques
Leslie Walker-Hirsch
SECTION II: SEXUALITY AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
4. A Parent's Perspective: Supporting Challenges and Strategies
Emily Perl Kingsley and Leslie Walker-Hirsch
5. Social Support Systems for Quality Service Delivery: A Historical View
Amy Gerowitz
6. In Their Own Words: Couples Tell Their Stories
Nancy Parello
7. Cultural Diversity, Sexuality Education, and Intellectual Disability
Ruth Luckasson and Sherry Niccolai
8. Supporting Diversity in Sexual Relationships: On Being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender with an Intellectual Disability
John D. Allen
SECTION III: RISK MANAGEMENT RELATED TO SEXUAL CHOICES
9. Consent to Sexual Activity: Legal and Clinical Considerations
Ruth Luckasson and Leslie Walker-Hirsch
10. Managing the Risks Associated with Sexual Activity
John Rose and Melissa Rennie
SECTION IV: TREATMENT ISSUES
11. OB-GYN Care for Females with Intellectual Disabilities
Mary White and Stuart Lustberg
12. Helping Individuals Recover from Sexual Abuse: One Therapist's Model
Marklyn Champagne
13. Sexuality and Mental Health: Interventions and Treatments
Robert Joseph and John Barisa
Index
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