Foreword by Professor Richard Hastings. 1. A Brief History of Sex. 2. Why Read this Book? Healthy Development and Keeping Safe. 3. Biology, Bodies and Growing Up with Intellectual Disabilities. 4. Bodily Changes. 5. Behaviour. 6. Feelings. 7. Relationships. 8. Sexuality and the Law: What does the law say about sex and young people with learning disabilities/Autism?. 9. Sex Education Programmes.
A sensitive and practical guide that will help families and carers of young people with intellectual disabilities or autism to support and respond to their child's emerging sexuality
Sarah Brown is a clinical psychologist who specialises in
supporting the psychological wellbeing and empowerment of children
and adults with intellectual disabilities in the community. Sarah
has worked with families and education staff in special schools to
promote a social constructionist approach to sexuality, supporting
children through everyday interactions and conversations as well as
through specific educational programmes. She currently works for
the NHS in South Wales with people who have intellectual
disabilities.
Freddy Jackson Brown is a clinical psychologist who works in
Bristol, supporting children and families with a range of
developmental needs, including sexuality and relationships. He has
researched mindfulness and acceptance based interventions that can
be used in home, school and work settings. He has published over 20
research and professional articles in peer reviewed journals and
books. Freddy provides teaching for postgraduate university
training courses on child development, disability and
communication.
Puberty, sex and sexuality challenge many of us as we grow up, and
then again as we parent our own children. Supporting a young person
through puberty who has a diagnosis of intellectual disability or
autism may add layers of complexity associated, for example, with
learning and communication, increased vulnerability, the law and
ethics. The authors of this book combine enormous wisdom with deep
compassion and insight to deliver an uncompromising yet tactful and
sensitively written guide presented in plain terms that almost
everyone will understand.
*Dr Sandy Toogood, Senior Lecturer, Bangor University*
We strongly recommend this book. Perfectly written and structured,
it provides answers to important questions on real life issues that
every parent, carer or practitioner might face today or in the
future. A great read and an important addition to sex education
literature.
*Ioannis Voskopoulos and Labrini Ioannou, Psychologists*
As a parent of a teenage boy with an intellectual disability, this
book is a must read. It will be my go-to guide for many years to
come. With refreshing 'frankness', the book answers questions that
parents and carers may have during their child's journey through
adolescence.If you need any guidance along your journey, this is
the book for you - a powerful dose of encouragement and motivation
to 'keep going'.
*Joanne Morris, parent*
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