As promised, Sorah Stein joins me is Session 60 for a much-anticipated discussion of sex and sex education for individuals with developmental disabilities. In this conversation, we discuss the following:
- The difference between Stranger Danger and Strange Behavior
- Basic privacy concepts to teach learners
- Who can determine a learner's capacity for consent
- The essential components of sexual consent
- Distinguishing sexual topography from sexual pleasure
We also fielded many listener questions, and managed to touch on a topic that should be familiar to long-time listeners (mainly Precision Teaching, the Standard Celeration Chart, and our friends at Chartlytics). Sorah mentioned numerous articles and resources. I have attempted to list them all here, but please let me know if there are any that I overlooked:
- Sorah mentioned Dave Hingsburger's materials a few times. He's written quite a lot on this subject, so I've linked his Amazon author's page
- The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists' home page
- Teaching Children with Down Syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality, The Boys Guide to Growing Up, The Girls Guide to Growing Up, all by Terri Couwenhoven
- The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
This is a topic we could return to time and time again, so if you want to hear more about this, just let me know!
Oh, and I almost forgot the obligatory Salt N' Pepa reference:
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