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Good sexual health and relationships
- Author:
- DE LA FEUNTE Miguel Tudela
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(9), November 2010, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In 2009, the City of Westminster and the local NHS set up the Good Sexual Health and Relationships project in order to provide support and information on sex and relationships to people with learning disabilities. The project is being run by the sexual health charity, the Family Planning Association (FPA). The initiative develops people’s sexuality and sexual identity and supports them to take part in adult relationships in a safe environment. This is achieved through individual and group programmes. The project also trains staff working to support the sexual needs of their clients with learning disabilities. In addition, it gives information and support to the parents and carers of adults attending, or thinking of attending, the course. Education about sexuality, sexual health and relationships makes people feel more empowered to make decisions and give consent to sexual relationships as they have a better understanding about what they are able to consent to and with whom. Other benefits are that it makes people less vulnerable to abuse, less in danger of abusing others, and less likely to have unwanted pregnancies or contract sexually transmitted infections.
Target: focusing on the sexual and emotional needs of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BURTON Lorraine, VALENTI Izzy, WARREN Sally
- Publisher:
- Family Planning Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
TARGET is a group set up in the London Borough of Wandsworth to look at issues around relationships and sexuality for people with learning disabilities. This report describes how TARGET was formed; the thinking behind it, the process, the difficulties and the cost implications. A structured step-by-step guide illustrates the stages of the setting-up process, which could be replicated in other areas.
Sexuality and profound and multiple impairment
- Authors:
- DOWNS Caroline, CRAFT Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(4), October 1996, pp.17-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article addresses issues of concerns relating to the group whose needs in relation to sexuality have for too long been ignored, namely those with profound and multiple disabilities. Outlines the development of a specialist project to meet those needs and some of the difficulties and dilemmas faced along the way. Emphasises the importance of staff training and support for staff to explore their own values and feelings towards the sexuality of this client group.
Learning capers
- Author:
- RUSHTON Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.4.95, 1995, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes workshops developed to help people with learning difficulties to increase their knowledge and understanding of sexuality.
Learning together
- Author:
- RUSHTON Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.3.94, 1994, pp.44-46.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on a study to identify the success of a group work approach in teaching people with learning disabilities about sexuality.
Client attitudes towards relationships: changes following a sex education programme
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(2), 1994, pp.70-73.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports findings from a sex education programme run over three years, in which an experimental group was compared to a control group in terms of acquisition of sexual knowledge and the effectiveness of the service is established in those terms. An analysis of changes in attitude in clients following the sex education is made.
Whose body is it anyway?
- Author:
- RYAN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.5.92, 1992, pp.iii-iv.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the work of Lewisham SSD's Special Needs Sexuality Project in working with young people with learning difficulties.
Sex education for students with learning disabilities: a resources list
- Authors:
- CRAFT Ann, comp
- Publisher:
- University of Nottingham. Department of Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Listing of books, articles and audio visual materials. Divided into the following sections: adult choices and consequences; emotions; group building; personal health and safety; relationships; and sociosexual skills.
Sexuality and mental handicap: an educators resource book
- Author:
- DIXON Hilary
- Publisher:
- Learning Development Aids
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 135p., list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Wisbech
An educators' manual of methods, materials and additional resources, intended primarily for professionals who are providing a programme of sex education for people with learning difficulties.
Sex and masturbation in easy words and pictures
- Author:
- CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Change
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Sex and Masturbation is one of a series of five accessible booklets about sex and relationships produced for young people with learning disabilities. It covers deciding when to have sex, using contraception, oral sex, anal sex, privacy, and consent. It also explains what sex and masturbation are. The booklet uses easy words and drawings and can be used to support open discussion about sex and masturbation. The topics in the series are based on research conducted by CHANGE with the Centre for Disability Studies at Leeds University. They have been developed by young people with learning disabilities. Contains explicit pictures.