Masturbation, Autism and Learning Disabilities

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Melanie Gadd (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2021
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78775-561-1 (ISBN)

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A guide for parents and professionals dealing with issues around masturbation and intimate self-touch by those in their care. It covers societal, cultural and religious views on the topic, and provides guidance on appropriate public and private behaviour, professional responsibilities and the legal aspects of this topic.

Intimate self-touch and masturbation can pose many difficulties for people with learning disabilities and/or on the autistic spectrum, particularly when it happens in public settings. This frank and thorough guide looks at societal, cultural and religious views of masturbation, how teens develop into sexual beings, the right to be sexual, how to masturbate, appropriate public and private behaviour, professional responsibilities and boundaries, and legal aspects of this topic. It also contains good practice responses providing examples of the issues and solutions in action.

Mel Gadd runs projects and training on sex and relationships, previously for FPA (Family Planning Association) where more than half of their clients had a learning disability and/or were on the autistic spectrum. She delivers trainings in schools, colleges and community settings. She now runs a social enterprise, Sex Education Company. Mel lives in Wales.

Introduction
Language and masturbation
Benefits and harm of masturbation
What else could it be?
Physical and emotional development
How to masturbate
Masturbating if you are transgender
Law and masturbation
Faith and masturbation
Relationships and sex education delivered in school
Teaching about masturbation
Masturbation education activities
Parents and professionals - working together
Sex toys, fetish items, pornography, sexting, sex workers
Common situations and good practice responses
Sexual behaviour and sex education care plan
Developing a masturbation policy
Glossary
References

Erscheinungsdatum	22.07.2021
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 214 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
ISBN-10	1-78775-561-4 / 1787755614
ISBN-13	978-1-78775-561-1 / 9781787755611
Zustand	Neuware