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ERIC Number: EJ553909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Sex Education Programs for People with Intellectual Disability: How Effective Are They?.
Whitehouse, Michele A.; McCabe, Marita P.
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v32 n3 p229-40 Sep 1997
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)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Educational Strategies, Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness, Sex Education, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Definitional Issues in Mental Retardation.