Teaching Individuals with ASD about Sexuality - Meeting the Challenge Proactively

Teaching Individuals with ASD about Sexuality
An Introduction for School Teams and Parents
Presented by:
Joy Becker, RN, BSN

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This workshop is designed to give parents, caregivers, and profes­sionals a foundation for teaching individuals with ASD and/or other special needs about sexuality. It will include information about the sexual development of children and the information they need at various stages of their development.

The information included is geared to moderate to high functioning individuals with ASD who are able to communicate through words and pictures including line drawings, magazine pictures and photographs.

Please see the registration form for full information. While parents of young teenagers with a variety of special needs will find this particularly relevant, parents of younger children are encour­aged to attend to prepare themselves for the coming years!

Joy Becker is a nurse educator who draws on many years of experience in educating teenagers with special needs. She emphasizes the importance of parents as the primary sexuality educators of their children. In addition to speaking to numerous parent groups, she has delivered courses and workshops to students, teachers, social work­ers, nurses, and special needs individuals of various ages. Ms. Becker has two teenage sons on the autism spectrum and lives in Nanaimo.