Teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, boundaries, and sexuality : a guide for parents and professionals /
Couwenhoven, Terri.
Teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, boundaries, and sexuality : a guide for parents and professionals / Terri Couwenhoven. - 1st ed. - Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007. - xii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Topics in Down syndrome Special needs collection. . - Topics in Down syndrome. Special needs collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-320) and index.
Getting started -- Learning about the body: key information and ideas for teaching -- Teaching about privacy -- Touch and affection -- Teaching your child about the physical changes of puberty -- Masturbation -- Social and emotional development in adolescence -- Caring for the body during puberty -- Social skills for healthy relationships -- Friendships and dating -- Committed partnerships, marriage, and parenthood -- Exploitation prevention -- Sexuality education in schools -- You've postponed this 'til now.
Provides parents and professionals with teaching materials and aids that will give them the background and confidence to speak comfortably with Down Syndrome children about their bodies, personal boundaries, privacy, puberty, sexuality, relationships, and abuse prevention.
9781890627331 189062733X
2007025149
Down syndrome--Patients--Sexual behavior.
Sex instruction for children with mental disabilities.
Illustrated works.
Teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, boundaries, and sexuality : a guide for parents and professionals / Terri Couwenhoven. - 1st ed. - Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007. - xii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Topics in Down syndrome Special needs collection. . - Topics in Down syndrome. Special needs collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-320) and index.
Getting started -- Learning about the body: key information and ideas for teaching -- Teaching about privacy -- Touch and affection -- Teaching your child about the physical changes of puberty -- Masturbation -- Social and emotional development in adolescence -- Caring for the body during puberty -- Social skills for healthy relationships -- Friendships and dating -- Committed partnerships, marriage, and parenthood -- Exploitation prevention -- Sexuality education in schools -- You've postponed this 'til now.
Provides parents and professionals with teaching materials and aids that will give them the background and confidence to speak comfortably with Down Syndrome children about their bodies, personal boundaries, privacy, puberty, sexuality, relationships, and abuse prevention.
9781890627331 189062733X
2007025149
Down syndrome--Patients--Sexual behavior.
Sex instruction for children with mental disabilities.
Illustrated works.