Sex and the 3 Rs : Rights, risks and responsibilities a sex education pack for working with people with learning disabilities

Introduction to the new edition. - Preface. - Introduction: About the pack. - Rights, risks and responsibilities. - Realities. - Why the need for formal sex education? - Why the need for such explicit material? - Sex education in the face of opposition. - How to use the pack. - Section 1: Contexts. 1.1: The law. - 1.2: Race, culture, ethnicity and religion. - 1.3: The environment and opportunities for relationships. - 1.4: Syndromes, physical disability and medication. - 1.5: Confidentiality. - 1.6: Guidelines, policies and care plans. - 1.7: Staff supervision and safeguards. - Section 2: Individual work. - 2.1: Why do individual work? - 2.2: Who should do the work? - 2.3: The importance of trust. - 2.4: Outside help. - 2.5: Sensitivity to sexual lifestyles. - 2.6: Does the individual want to do the work? - 2.7: Where should individual work take place? - 2.8: Length and time. - 2.9: Communication. - 2.10: The implications pf talking about ourself. - 2.11: Accepting the reality of people's lives. - 2.12: Skills required. - 2.13: Supervision. - 2.14: Limits. - 2.15: Evaluating individual work. - Section 3: Group work. - 3.1 Possibilities and limits. - 3.2: Single-sex or mixed groups? - 3.3: Facilitators and co-facilitators. - 3.4: Group size. - 3.5: Practical arrangements. - 3.6: Time span of group. - 3.7: Finding group members. - 3.8: The abilities of group members. - 3.9: Confidentiality. - 3.10: Methods. - 3.11: Setting the agend. - 3.12: A suggested outline for a 14 week course. - Section 4: Issues. - 4.1: General sex education. - 4.2: Appropriate and inappropriate masturbation. - 4.3: How to masturbate. - 4.4: Menstruation. - 4.5: Menopause. - 4.6: Sensitivity in relationships. - 4.7: Assertiveness and saying no. - 4.8: Consent. - 4.9: Sex between people of different abilities. - 4.10: Men having sex with men. - 4.11: Women having sex with women. - 4,12: Women wanting and having boyfriends. - 4.13: Women having sex with men. - 4.14: Men wanting and having girlfriends. - 4.15: Men having sex with women. - 4.16: People being sexually abused. - 4.17: Men with learning disabilities who sexually abuse. - 4.18: Sexual risk to children. - 4.19: Sexually transmitted diseases and safer sex. - 4.20: Men with learning disabilities having sex with men in public toilets. - 4.21: Sexual and reproductive health screening. - 4.22: Pornography and the internet. - 4.23: Access to sex workers. - 4.24: Reproduction. - 4.25: Contraception. - 4.26: Marriage and civil partnership. - 4.27: Forced marriage. - 4.28: Domestic violence. - 4.29: Mate crime. - 4.30: Parenting. - 4.31: Abortion. - 4.32: Men with learning disabilities cross-dressing. - Section 5: Notes on the pictures. - 5.1: Considerations for using the pictures. - 5.2: Description of each picture and ideas for use. - 5.3: Catalogue of pictures. - Section 6: Resources and organisations.

"Sex and the 3 Rs: Rights, Risks and Responsibilities is a sex education resource that provides a framework for staff to undertake sex education work which acknowledges the realities of sexual relationships for many people with learning disabilities. An extensive range of issues relating to sexuality are discussed with suggestions for assessment, service responses to, and work around the issue. The pack directly tackles difficult subjects, including pornography, sexual abuse of children, consent in relationships and safer sex. This fourth edition is fully revised and updated with additional material covering recent policy and legislative changes. Like its predecessor, this training resource is aimed primarily at those working with adults with learning disabilities, however parts of it can be adapted for use with younger people. Sex and the 3 Rs has been updated as a result of industry changes that are currently impacting upon the sexual lives of people with learning disabilities and the increasing amount of time many people spend online which subsequently, then affects their personal, social and sexual lives. This new fourth edition gives some ideas on how to support people with learning disabilities to safely access online pornography and engage in ‘sexting’.
Fully revised fourth edition; includes photocopiable line drawings and comprehensive guide to teaching sex education to people with learning disabilities." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE