Becoming a Sexuality Educator: How to Lead Sexuality Education Classes for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Two-Day In-Service Training for Professionals
Help people with I/DD lead sexually healthy lives by providing sexuality education classes.
This training will provide the information and skills to lead sexuality education classes for individuals and address sexuality on a one-on-one basis in your agency or school using the Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities Curriculum.
The first day focuses on participants receiving information on messages, sexual development, disabilities, values, and attitudes, answering questions, responding to behaviors, and working with parents.
The second day focuses on the qualities of a good sexuality educator, challenges in the classroom, reviewing the 22-lesson curriculum, and practicing teaching. After completing this training, participants will leave with all they need to get started.
Learning Objectives:
- Define what sexuality means
- Explore messages we got growing up about sexuality
- Examine what it means to be a good sexuality educator
- Practice skills for being an effective sexuality educator
- Review human sexual development and disability
- Review manual/curriculum
- Explore challenges to teaching sexuality and how to overcome the challenges
- Practice teaching from the curriculum
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Day One
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Day Two
The cost of the training consists of the training fee, cost of curriculum, and travel expenses.
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