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.
1. Part One: Introduction and foundational material - p. iii 2. Chapter 1. Why is this book necessary? - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. How to use this book - p. 9 4. Chapter 3. Interventions - p. 17 5. Part Two: Curriculum - p. 32 6. Chapter 4. Age ranges - p. 32 7. Chapter 5. Body parts - p. 37 8. Chapter 6. Menstrual care - p. 43 9. Chapter 7. Reproduction and birth control - p. 49 10. Chapter 8. Health and hygiene - p. 53 11. Chapter 9. Sexuality and the law - p. 61 12. Chapter 10. Online activity - p. 65 13. Chapter 11. Sexual acts - p. 71 14. Chapter 12. Consent - p. 79 15. Chapter 13. Social skills - p. 87 16. Chapter 14. Sexual abuse prevention and reporting - p. 97 17. Chapter 15. Masturbation - p. 109 18. Chapter 16. Sexual orientation - p. 115 19. Chapter 17. Gender identity - p. 121 20. Chapter 18. Individual preferences - p. 127 21. Chapter 19. Types of relationships - p. 135 22. Chapter 20. Problem solving and critical thinking - p. 143 23. Appendix - p. 147 24. Chapter 21. Resources - p. 151 25. Chapter 22. Concluding thoughts - p. 155 26. References - p. 159 27. Further reading - p. 164 28. Index - p. 167
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.
1. Part One: Introduction and foundational material - p. iii 2. Chapter 1. Why is this book necessary? - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. How to use this book - p. 9 4. Chapter 3. Interventions - p. 17 5. Part Two: Curriculum - p. 32 6. Chapter 4. Age ranges - p. 32 7. Chapter 5. Body parts - p. 37 8. Chapter 6. Menstrual care - p. 43 9. Chapter 7. Reproduction and birth control - p. 49 10. Chapter 8. Health and hygiene - p. 53 11. Chapter 9. Sexuality and the law - p. 61 12. Chapter 10. Online activity - p. 65 13. Chapter 11. Sexual acts - p. 71 14. Chapter 12. Consent - p. 79 15. Chapter 13. Social skills - p. 87 16. Chapter 14. Sexual abuse prevention and reporting - p. 97 17. Chapter 15. Masturbation - p. 109 18. Chapter 16. Sexual orientation - p. 115 19. Chapter 17. Gender identity - p. 121 20. Chapter 18. Individual preferences - p. 127 21. Chapter 19. Types of relationships - p. 135 22. Chapter 20. Problem solving and critical thinking - p. 143 23. Appendix - p. 147 24. Chapter 21. Resources - p. 151 25. Chapter 22. Concluding thoughts - p. 155 26. References - p. 159 27. Further reading - p. 164 28. Index - p. 167
