Abstract: A review of research on sex education for people with mental retardation finds a need for sex education due to a number of factors, such as deinstitutionalization, the increased incidence of sexual abuse, the advent of AIDS, and interest people with mental retardation have expressed in learning about sexuality. (CR)

Title: Sex Education Programs for People with Intellectual Disability: How Effective Are They?.
Author: Whitehouse, Michele A.; McCabe, Marita P.
Journal Citation: Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v32 n3 p229-40 Sep 1997
ISSN: 1079-3917
Publication Year: 1997
Document Type: Review Literature (070); Journal Article (080)
Target Audience: Practitioners and Teachers
ERIC Identifier: EJ553909
Clearinghouse Identifier: EC617488
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Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Deinstitutionalization [of Disabled]; Educational Strategies; * Mental Retardation; Program Effectiveness; * Sex Education; Sexual Abuse; * Sexuality; * Social Attitudes

Identifiers: Attitudes toward Disabled