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Program Contents: 76 page soft covered, spiral bound book.

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This is a manual designed to help direct care staff overcome their discomfort with the sexual behavior of individuals with mental retardation. The manual is the outgrowth of workshops presented by the authors and is designed to be used for individual rather than group work. In this way, each staff member can work through their own discomfort using the exercises in the manual.

The anual begins with a discussion of why not providing sexual training to individuals with mental retardation is unethical and then addresses the barriers to comfort with giving that training. The main issues covered are the speedbumps on the road to sexual satisfaction, these same speedbumps from the perspective of individuals with mental retardation, and methods for overcoming those speedbumps. The second section of the manual is devoted to relationships and includes many helpful ideas about how to help individuals begin and build healthy relationships.