Sexuality and Students with Mental Retardation.

McClennen, Sandra

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ERIC Number: EJ372131

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Sexuality and Students with Mental Retardation.

McClennen, Sandra

Teaching Exceptional Children, v20 n4 p59-61 Sum 1988

Strategies useful in teaching moderately and severely retarded students appropriate sexual behaviors include showing respect for privacy; asking permission before touching a student; teaching appropriate social interaction; and providing sex education concerning anatomy, physiology, sexual feelings, public and private behavior, expressing affection, sexual intercourse, etc. (JDD)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction, Moderate Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation, Sex Education, Sexuality, Social Behavior, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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