Self-Study: Developmental Disabilities and Sexuality 101

An Engaging Self-Study, Online Course to Help Staff Work One-on-One With This Sensitive Topic

Feel More Confident and Skillful When Discussing Sexuality

When it comes to discussions about sexuality, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often excluded, almost as if they’re incapable of having sexual thoughts, feelings, and needs. In reality, they too are sexual beings who need information and skills to make healthy decisions about sexuality and relationships.

If you are like many professionals who work with people with I/DD, you know sexuality issues need to be addressed, but you may not have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to do so.

That’s about to change …

This six-module, online course offers you a proven, nuts-and-bolts approach to discussing sexuality and responding to behaviors. Like so many other professionals who’ve completed this course, you’ll come away feeling more skillful, comfortable and confident when discussing sexuality with the people you serve.

Developmental Disabilities and Sexuality 101

Benefits of this Online Course

Use With All Your Staff

Enables new hires to begin training immediately. Appropriate for direct support staff as well as management. Assures consistency of training.

Easy Scheduling

Learn when you want, where you want – makes it easy to coordinate training with your staff.

Reduce Training Cost

No travel or extended time out of the office. Buy it once and get unlimited use.

Included in This Course

6 Video Training Modules

High-quality, well-paced learning modules developed by Katherine McLaughlin, an expert in sexuality education.

PDF Downloads of Course Materials

Accompanying PDF versions of training exercises, handouts, and checklists.

Email Support for Your Questions

Email your questions to our support team as you go through the program.

Research Shows Online Learning is More Effective

The U.S. Department of Education recently released a report on the effectiveness of online education. Their meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.

Course Learning Objectives

Define sexuality and sexual self-advocacy and create positive messages for people with developmental disabilities.

Discuss sexual development and explain issues related to sexuality and developmental disabilities.

Recognize and examine how your own values and attitudes impact your ability and effectiveness in teaching this topic.

Discuss ways to teach this topic, answer questions, and respond to behaviors.

Access tools and strategies to answer questions, respond to behaviors, and address sexuality in an effective way.

Identify tools and strategies for working with parents and guardians.

Here’s What You’ll Learn in Each Module

Module 1 – Getting Back to Basics

This module explores what sexuality and sexual self-advocacy mean. It examines messages that we received growing up about sexuality and how those impact our ability to talk about this topic. We will create positive messages to use when working with people with developmental disabilities.

Module 2 – Sexuality 101

This module gets you up to date on Human Sexual Development and the issues regarding sexuality that people with developmental disabilities face. You will gain a better understanding of how to support people with developmental disabilities in their sexual development.

Module 3 – Barriers to Being Effective

This module examines the barriers we face in communicating about this topic. We will explore our own values and attitudes and how these impact our ability to discuss this sensitive topic.

Module 4 – Answering Questions: Practical Tips and Tools

This module is designed to give you the tools to overcome any barriers you have with addressing this topic. We will explore the different types of questions and effective ways to answer questions.

Module 5 – Responding to Behaviors: Practice, Tips and Tools

This module provides a framework for responding to sexual behaviors. We will explore different scenarios involving sexual behaviors and how you might respond to these behaviors in an effective and positive way.

Module 6 – Working With Parents and Guardians

This module will help you learn ways to build your relationship with parents. We will discuss tips for working with parents and guardians and how to relieve their concerns.

Here’s a Brief Sample of the Course Content

To find out what the course is like, watch this short montage video. It compresses nine hours of content into five minutes to give you an idea of what to expect.

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Course Includes

6 Video Training Modules
Downloadable PDF’s
Email Support for Questions

Pay with credit card or check/PO.

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