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Sexuality: Dealing with parents

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Parents are an essential part of the team when it comes to providing the sexuality education developmentally disabled individuals require in order to function to their fullest potential as adult human beings. Professionals must make every effort to offer parents the opportunity to examine their own feelings and to learn about issues of sexuality and disability if they hope to gain their support for a sex education program for their children. Understanding the process of desensitizing parents to the issue of sexuality and supporting their concerns related to feelings versus safety will be the keys to gaining this support.

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  1. NY State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, USA

    Betty Pendler (Parent Advocate; Member)

  2. Behavior Management Services, York Central Hospital, Ontario, Canada

    David Hingsburger (Behavioral Therapist)

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This article is reprinted by permission of Psych-Media, Inc. It appeared in the April 1990 issue (Volume 9, Number 4) ofThe Habilitative Mental Healthcare Newsletter.

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Pendler, B., Hingsburger, D. Sexuality: Dealing with parents. Sex Disabil 9, 123–130 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101737

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