"I'm in their shoes": Experiences of peer educators in sexuality and relationship education
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posted on 2024-06-06, 11:41 authored by P Frawley, C BigbyBackground: Sexuality and relationship education for adults with an intellectual disability has failed to include them in roles other than as learners. This paper reports findings from a study of the experiences of peer educators with an intellectual disability who co-facilitated a respectful relationships education program. Method: Qualitative data were collected about the experiences of 16 peer educators through in-depth interviews and observations of their work in delivering the program. These data were thematically analysed. Findings: Peer educators reported that peer education gave them a sense of empowerment, positioned them as credible sources of information about relationships, enabled them to help others, and gave them an opportunity to learn new knowledge about respectful relationships, community resources and supports, and new skills. Conclusions: This study presents an alternative approach to relationship education that involves people with an intellectual disability as peer educators and that benefits these people. © 2014 © 2014 Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability, Inc.
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Journal of Intellectual and Developmental DisabilityVolume
39Pagination
167-176Location
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1366-8250eISSN
1469-9532Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Informa HealthcareIssue
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