SEX EDUCATION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

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BOOK • SEXB739W

Price $39.95

Program Contents: 133 page soft-covered, spiral bound book.

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Copyright Date: 2006

This manual gives you much of the information you need to provide your child with sex education and social skills training without any other formal training.

This manual comes as a result of Mark and Shannon’s work with adults who are acting out their sexuality in unacceptable or dangerous ways. The authors are convinced that early sex education can help to alleviate problems that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder wrestle with as they become adults. There are many excellent books on sex education for individuals of all ages. However, there seem to be none that specifically address the education of children from birth to puberty who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. This manual is designed to give parents assistance in their efforts to educate their children about their emerging sexuality in explicit yet sensitive ways.

The manual begins by exploring the hang-ups most parents have about sexuality in general. It then moves to the specific problems faced by parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The manual provides ways of getting beyond the hang-ups so that the parents can feel comfortable with their own sexuality and the sexuality of their children. The manual concludes with practical methods of accomplishing the very important task of giving sex education to the child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The authors have also addressed the difficulties of accomplishing this task within the differing moral boundaries of parents. In this way, it is hoped, the children will have a better chance of a satisfying sexual life within the bounds of ability, safety, and appropriateness.