Understanding Appropriate and Applicable Sex Education Instruction for People With Intellectual Disability

IF 2.3 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Melissa Stoffers, Sarah Curtiss
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Abstract

Although individuals with intellectual disability need sex education, little is known about the instructional practices of sex educators. To fill this gap and explore how instruction is appropriate and applicable to individuals with intellectual disability, we interviewed 58 sex educators about their instruction. Using thematic analysis, we identified four themes: (a) Deciding how to individualize: “A lot of my students have receptive skills, but don’t have a lot of verbal skills. I don’t need them verbal,” (b) Applicability to real life: “I want to teach them behaviors they can use,” (c) Conceptualizations of age: “Depends on the age and how much the person’s going to understand,” and (d) Strategies and challenges of assessing practice: “I don’t know how to measure sexuality.” Study findings elucidate the lived experiences of sex educators so we might learn and better support individuals with intellectual disability.
了解适合智障人士的适当和适用的性教育指导
尽管智障人士需要性教育,但人们对性教育工作者的教学实践却知之甚少。为了填补这一空白,并探索如何进行适合和适用于智障人士的教学,我们采访了 58 位性教育工作者,了解他们的教学情况。通过主题分析,我们确定了四个主题:(a)决定如何个性化:"我的很多学生都有接受能力,但没有很多语言表达能力。我不需要他们用语言表达",(b) 现实生活的适用性:"我想教给他们可以使用的行为",(c) 年龄的概念:"取决于年龄以及他们能理解多少",(d) 评估实践的策略和挑战:"我不知道如何衡量性。研究结果阐明了性教育工作者的生活经历,从而使我们可以学习并更好地支持智障人士。
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Remedial and Special Education
Remedial and Special Education EDUCATION, SPECIAL-
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期刊介绍: Remedial and Special Education (RASE) is devoted to the discussion of issues involving the education of persons for whom typical instruction is not effective. Emphasis is on the interpretation of research literature and recommendations for the practice of remedial and special education. Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to, definition, identification, assessment, characteristics, management, and instruction of underachieving and exceptional children, youth, and adults; related services; family involvement; service delivery systems; legislation; litigation; and professional standards and training.
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