Transition staff discuss sex education and support for young men and women with intellectual and developmental disability Wilson, Nathan J. and Frawley, Patricia 2016, Transition staff discuss sex education and support for young men and women with intellectual and developmental disability, Journal of intellectual and developmental disability, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 209-221, doi: 10.3109/13668250.2016.1162771. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Transition staff discuss sex education and support for young men and women with intellectual and developmental disability Author(s) Wilson, Nathan J. Frawley, Patricia orcid.org/0000-0002-7643-4935 Journal name Journal of intellectual and developmental disability Volume number 41 Issue number 3 Start page 209 End page 221 Total pages 13 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1469-9532 Keyword(s) intellectual disability transition gender sex education sexual health staff Summary Background Young people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) get information, education, and support about social and sexual relationships from different sources. Staff are often involved in providing this education and support. We explored if and how this support is offered to young people transitioning to adulthood.Methods Focus groups were conducted with 17 staff from 3 transition services to illicit information about their experiences providing this education and support.Findings A key theme was that staff are “reluctant counsellors.” Although staff provided social and sexual education, they reported being underprepared and relied primarily on their own values as guidance. They did this in full recognition that transition services filled a social gap for participants, blurring the lines between education and social support.Conclusion Further research is needed to inform sexuality and relationship policy and practice during transition to adulthood, as this is a key learning and developmental time for young adults with IDD. Language eng DOI 10.3109/13668250.2016.1162771 Field of Research 160702 Counselling, Welfare and Community Services 1103 Clinical Sciences 1607 Social Work 1608 Sociology Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Australian Society for Intellectual Disability Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082542 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 04 Apr 2016, 12:13:51 EST Tue, 05 Apr 2016, 05:00:37 EST Fri, 08 Jul 2016, 06:09:52 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 11:56:09 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 11:58:43 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 11:59:24 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2017, 09:47:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 14 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 337 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 04 Apr 2016, 12:13:51 EST

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