Assessment of Emotional-Sexual Education Experience for People with Intellectual Disabilities

• Main Authors: Leticia VIZCAINO LUQUE, Ramón ACIEGO DE MENDOZA LUGO
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2016-04-01
• Series: Siglo Cero
• Subjects: intervención psicoeducativa; discapacidad intelectual; educación especial; educación afectivo-sexual.
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0210-1696/article/view/14313

This article responds to the demand for a Special Education Center on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands Spain) to develop training on emotional health and sexuality. The intervention is carried out in two groups. One, consisting of eight members of the Special School of 16-22 years, and other with seven other members of the Occupational Center of between 22-39 years. Intervention is designed with reference to the folders of affective and sex education (Bolaños González Jiménez, Ramos-Rodriguez and Rodriguez, 1994). The evaluation was realized in three levels (users, educators and families), before and after the intervention. Regarding the baseline assessment, these three groups have detected similar levels in all areas of intervention, although they indicated some gaps in the knowledge and skill of different erotic-sex practices. Through the contrasts between pre and post-evaluation significant effects are evident in affective, social skills and sexual areas. That means that users, educators and families believe that after-intervention, users have greater knowledge about the manifestations of affection, enhance positive samples (hugging, touching, etc.) and differentiate between contexts (private / public) and relationships (friends, acquaintances and strangers).