NCJ Number
103799
Date Published
1983
Length
183 pages
Annotation
This curriculum is designed to provide information about sexual abuse and its prevention to hearing impaired, blind, physically disabled, and mentally retarded adolescents and includes lesson plans emphasizing the prevention of sexual abuse for each of these populations.
Abstract
The curriculum is intended for use by professionals who work with disabled persons and can be presented to individuals or groups in various settings. The materials include a discussion of the vulnerability of disabled adolescents to sexual abuse and of sexuality and disability as well as background information on sexual abuse, victims, offenders, reporting sexual abuse, Minnesota laws about sexual abuse, and community resources. Additional sections describe the field testing of the curriculum, give an outline for conducting a parent training session on prevention of sexual abuse, and present guidelines for presenting the curriculum to the students. Modifications are suggested for younger children. Appended sample parent letter, handouts, exercises, teacher guides, and posters. 69 references.