Sex and Relationships Education Me-and-Us

Sexual Knowledge and Behaviour

An Assessment Tool for Use with Young People with Learning Disabilities

by Jane Fraser

to enable professionals to assess the existing level of knowledge and behaviour of a student

to identify confusion or gaps in understanding

to plan an appropriate programme of teaching

to evaluate the impact of a completed SRE programme

The assessment tool: Sexual Knowledge and Behaviour is a manual for teachers and educators. It enables them to:

find out from a young person’s current behaviour what the young person requires from a programme of SRE

— knowledge of current behaviour is by means of a checklist that can be filled-in either by a parent or carer or by an educator with the parent or carer’s help

find out the level of a young person’s existing knowledge

— this is by means of a questionnaire that the educator fills-in based upon responses from the student, sections are:

• About Me and Others: Families

• About Me and Others: Friendships

• About Me and Others: Body Parts of Boys and Girls

• About Me and Others: Body Parts of Men and Women

• About Me and Others: Girls Growing Up

• About Me and Others: Boys Growing Up

• About Me and Others: Keeping Safe

• Sexual Behaviour: Male Masturbation

• Sexual Behaviour: Female Masturbation

• Sexual Behaviour: Sexual Intercourse

• Looking After Others: Pregnancy

• Sexual Behaviour: Parenting

• Sexual Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Sexual Health: Condom Use

The questionnaire is structured since not all sections will be approriate or relevant to all students.

build a sex and relationships education programme based on the level of the student’s existing knowledge

evaluate the impact of a programme from the use of Before and After responses on the questionnaire

The questionnaire is aided by twenty simple line drawings in an appendix.

Sexual Knowledge and Behaviour is due to go to print in February 2010 for availability during March 2010. The cost will be £40. Please express your interest using the form below and we shall keep you informed of progress.

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