Sexuality and Intellectual Disabilities: A Guide for Professionals

✍ Scribed by Andrew Maxwell Triska

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 171
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a concise overview of sexuality and gender identity in clients with intellectual disabilities for therapists, social workers, educators, and healthcare providers. It captures the social, political, and legal environment of the late 2010s and bridges the gap between research and practice, with engaging case examples drawn from the author’s own practice. Guidance on everyday issues like dating and sex education is juxtaposed with material on complex, current issues in topics like LGBTQ inclusion and sexual offending. User-friendly "toolboxes" provide brief guides to practical issues like using trans-friendly language and providing family interventions. Accessible enough for students and trainees, but thorough enough for veteran clinicians, this book explores issues that professionals face in providing competent care through the lens of justice and inclusion.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Gender Pronouns
A Note on Disability Terminology
Introduction
1 Sex Education
2 Consent and Victimization
3 Sexual Expression and Relationships
4 Parenting
5 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
6 Sexual Offending
7 Disrupting the Language of Sexuality and Intellectual Disability
Conclusion
References
Appendices
A Staff and Student Training and Information Resources
B Educational Materials for Intellectually Disabled Clients
C National Resources for Sexuality and Gender Identity Needs
Index