Clinician’s Guide to Sexuality and Autism: A Guide to Sex Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is the first book to provide clinicians with comprehensive curriculum of sexuality education skills for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Starting with the importance of teaching sexuality skills to people with autism, this book provides an outline and overview of the recommended teaching strategies (e.g., Behavioral Skills Training, Cool vs. Not Cool, video modeling). This book also reviews the fourteen skill domains directly related to sexuality, including the key skills one should acquire in each domain. A timeline focusing on what skills should be targeted at what age and what skills to teach across the lifespan are also discussed. The curriculum covers domains that are often neglected in sex education for people with different disabilities in general (e.g. values, types of relationships, gender identity, or preferences). Additionally, this curriculum addresses component skills of sexuality in a way that allows early teaching to build upon areas of learning systematically over time, thus likely to have an improvement in teaching over time. Identifies the importance of sex ed for autistic treatment Provides curriculum for teaching sex education to this clientele Includes skills relating to hygiene, online safety and abuse prevention Covers different teaching methods
Author(s): Jessica Cauchi; Peter Gerhardt; Justin B Leaf; Mary Jane Weiss
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 182
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Clinician’s Guide to Sexuality and Autism
Clinician’s Guide to Sexuality and Autism: A Guide to Sex Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
ONE - Introduction and foundational material
1 - Why is this book necessary?
Sexual abuse, violence, and victimization
Sexual rights and pleasure
Conclusion
2 - How to use this book
When to start teaching sex education?
Who should teach these skills?
How to teach?
Consent and assent
Where should sex education be taught?
Who should receive sex education?
The use of peers
Values and preference
Other resources
Final considerations
3 - Interventions
The interventions
Discrete trial teaching
Cool versus Not Cool
The teaching interaction procedure (TIP)
Behavioral skills training
Video modeling
Parent coaching
Social skills groups
Conclusion
TWO - Curriculum
4 - Age ranges
5 - Body parts
Body parts—bio
Body parts—slang
6 - Menstrual care
Management of sanitary materials
Tracking of cycle
7 - Reproduction and birth control
Reproductive system
Birth control
8 - Health and hygiene
Hygiene
Tolerates medical procedures
Monitors health
Puberty
9 - Sexuality and the law
Laws as a victim
Laws as a Perpetrator
Laws related to pornography
Laws related to public acts
10 - Online activity
Privacy
Social interactions
Online navigation
11 . Sexual acts
Sexual acts
Vocabulary
12 - Consent
Demonstrating consent
Consent and assent recognition
13 - Social skills
Type of interactions
Initiation of interactions
Responding to interactions
Making plans
Communicating preferences
14 - Sexual abuse prevention and reporting
Functional protest
Recall events
Discrimination of people and events
Safety assessment
Abuse
15 - Masturbation
Privacy
Toy and material management and hygiene
Effective masturbation
16 - Sexual orientation
Recognition of sexual orientation
Disclosure of sexual orientation
Vocabulary related to sexual orientation
17 - Gender identity
Recognition of gender identity
Disclosure of gender identity
Vocabulary related to gender identity
18 - Individual preferences
Menstrual care
Birth control
Masturbation aids
Dating activities
Sexual acts
19 - Types of relationships
Types of relationships
Expectations of relationships
20 - Problem solving and critical thinking
Planning ahead
In-the-moment decisions
Resources
THREE - Appendix
21 - Resources
Online resources
Teaching social skills
Books about sex
Books about puberty
22 - Concluding thoughts
References
Further reading
Index
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