Curriculum: Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities

Newly Designed, Updated, and Revised Edition

• Evidence-Informed. Read our 1-page summary of an independent assessment or the full 32-page report.
• Trauma-Informed.
• Suitable for high school through adult.
• We combined the school and agency versions into one comprehensive, updated edition.
• Includes internet, social media, inclusive language, and all gender identities and expressions.

This one-of-a-kind curriculum has been field-tested and praised by experts and laypeople alike. It’s cognitively accessible and designed for teams of self-advocates, staff, and teachers to co-lead an inspiring and engaging sexuality class.

Included with the curriculum is a comprehensive Instructor Manual that provides tips on how to establish a sexuality education class and how to be an effective, engaging sexuality educator. It also outlines common challenges when teaching this topic and offers innovative strategies to help overcome them.

Free Content Samples

1. Table of Contents (PDF)
2. Sample Lesson Plan (PDF)
3. Sample Handout (PDF)
4. Side-by-Side Comparison of Our Two Curriculum (PDF)

Includes Everything You Need to Get Started

Every lesson includes a script, interactive activities, handouts, and teaching tools-Everything you need to present sexuality education classes in your agency or school.

Inclusive of all Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities

Includes a Gender Identity and Transgender guide with current terminology and ways to support LGBTQIA+ participants or students.

Promotes Sexual Self-Advocacy

It teaches participants about sexual self-advocacy. How to speak up about relationships and sexuality and also within relationships. Throughout the lessons, this term is referenced, and tools are used for practicing.

You Can Start Slow and Add Other Lessons

There are 22 lessons, but you can pick and choose what topics will work in your setting. Once you see how well the curriculum is received, you can add more topics to your class.

Involvement of People with Disabilities

Designed for and by people with developmental disabilities. Having people with disabilities as part of creating the curriculum produced a cognitively accessible resource.

Focus on Abuse Prevention

Comprehensive healthy sexuality content with abuse prevention lessons and techniques

Interactive Opportunities to Practice Skills

Throughout the curriculum, participants have many opportunities to practice skills such as public versus private, meeting new people, and communication skills. These are done through skits, role-plays, and other techniques.

People With Disabilities as Teachers

This curriculum is designed to be team-taught with people with disabilities and staff, but it can also be used just by staff.

22 Well-Scripted Lesson Plans

High-quality, well-paced lesson plans designed by an expert in sexuality education. The lesson plan scripts help you to guide your class through the learning objectives and give you the words to say. The scripts model how to use inclusive language.

Teaching Tools

These accompany the lessons, make the learning more effective, and make your life easier.

Curriculum Slide Deck (sold separately)

Our Curriculum Slide Deck is a companion product to assist people in teaching classes either on or offline.

Handouts

Visually pleasing with graphic representations for learning. Digital handouts and teaching tools in both English and Spanish are available upon request.

Instructor Manual

This manual helps you learn how to be a good sexuality instructor, how to set up classes, and many more practical skills for teaching this topic.

Communication Boards & Cards (sold separately)

Communication boards and cards are assistive devices designed with graphics and words to support communication and assess understanding for people with limited and/or unreliable speech, trauma history, or anxiety.