Sexuality: Dealing with parents (original) (raw)

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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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1. Betty Pendler
2. David Hingsburger

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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) of_The 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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• Issue date: June 1991
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101737

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