• No results found

An empty arena : Attitudes and Experiences of Sexuality Education Among Special School and Habilitation Service Staff in Sweden

N/A
N/A
Protected

Academic year: 2021

Share "An empty arena : Attitudes and Experiences of Sexuality Education Among Special School and Habilitation Service Staff in Sweden"

Copied!
1
0
0

Loading.... (view fulltext now)

Full text

(1)

Jack Lukkerz Malmö University Malmö Sweden

Abstract Title

An empty arena – on attitudes to and experiences of sexuality education among special school and habilitation service staff in Sweden

Abstract Body:

Young people with intellectual disabilities (ID) grow up in environments strongly Influenced by parents and staff’s values on gender, sexuality and disability. This may create barriers in promoting the youth’s knowledge about their bodies and

possibilities to sexual expression and sexual health. In this study, Swedish special needs school teachers and habilitation staff participated in nine focus group interviews, and shared their views and experiences of working with sexuality education. The data were analyzed using the theory of Social Representations in order to capture the staff´s everyday knowledge on sexuality and sexuality education.

The data points to attitudes expressed both explicitly and implicitly, found on an individual as well as a structural level. E.g. sexuality among people with ID is largely seen as

problematic and risky while pleasurable aspects are made invisible. Young people with ID are expected to take responsibility for possible risks in their surroundings while their sexuality is seen as different from others’. Stereotypes about gender and sexual expression are significant. Non-heterosexual persons with ID are present, although seen as a challenge to the daily work. Parents of the youth are seen as obstacles in the implementation of sexuality education. The professionals also express a lack of

education and practice regarding sexuality education. Furthermore, they emphasize the need for leader support in order to establish professional self-esteem, as well as to allow for creativity and independence in the implementation of sexuality education. A

norm critical (e.g. awareness of own values regarding gender, sexuality and disability, as well as a critical approach to current perceptions among colleagues or in society in

general), more equivalent sexuality education that includes both risk reduction and positive and enjoyable aspects of sexuality, and a clear framework of the subject of

References

Related documents

The venue for this is often work team meetings wherespecial education teachers supervise the teachers at the school-age educare and the school-age educareteachers provide

The effects of the students ’ working memory capacity, language comprehension, reading comprehension, school grade and gender and the intervention were analyzed as a

Eller man kan inte genomföra en viss träning för att barnet har inte fått sina glasögon så att det är inte optimala förutsättningar för att man ska kunna göra

Uppgifter för detta centrum bör vara att (i) sprida kunskap om hur utvinning av metaller och mineral påverkar hållbarhetsmål, (ii) att engagera sig i internationella initiativ som

This project focuses on the possible impact of (collaborative and non-collaborative) R&D grants on technological and industrial diversification in regions, while controlling

MAMTA's work on a curriculum for sexual education for schools combined with Youth Information Centres for non-school going children make them reach as many children and adolescents

30 years – a population based survey in Sweden. Höglund AT, Tydén T, Hannerfors AK, Larsson M. Knowledge of human papillomavirus and attitudes to vaccination among Swedish high

On the other hand, the results show an association (r = -0,316, p=0,003, n=86) between these two symptoms in men; low tinnitus occurrence correlates with high discomfort