The Importance of Talkin' & Teachin' about Sex is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In The Importance of Talkin' & Teachin' about Sex, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Women in Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →Sexual education can be a tricky topic of discussion, particularly when it comes to those who have diagnoses of intellectual or developmental disabilities. Much of the previous research has been correlational studies on parents or staff's opinions regarding the necessity for sexual education for these populations, and much of this research is decades old. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in this area and some behavior analysts have begun to address the gaps in previous teaching materials. Although there are some curricula on the topic, the research on training and teaching the content is still sparse. The current symposium includes data from two projects on the social validity of sexual education and the training of staff in how to address sexual education.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Kelly King is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst working in Louisiana. She is currently a doctoral student at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology studying ways to teach and increase empathy in adults who provide services for individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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