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Sexual Health Education For Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetic Counselor And Pediatrician Perspectives, Mary Catherine Smith
Sexual Health Education For Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetic Counselor And Pediatrician Perspectives, Mary Catherine Smith
Theses and Dissertations
Many barriers prevent individuals with disabilities from receiving appropriate sexual health education (SHE), including deficits in socialcommunication skills and lack of resources and trained educators. There are few guidelines specifically addressing how to accommodate for providing SHE to individuals with disabilities. Healthcare professionals who are trained in working with adolescents with disabilities, such as pediatric genetic counselors, developmental-behavioral pediatricians (DBP), and neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) subspecialty pediatricians, could fill this gap. The purpose of the current study was to assess what informational items pediatric genetic counselors, DBP, and NDD subspecialty pediatricians felt were most essential to include in SHE for children …
Parental Satisfaction And Teacher Perspectives On Inclusive Education Of Students With Asperger Syndrome: An Educational Tool, Hannah Warren
Parental Satisfaction And Teacher Perspectives On Inclusive Education Of Students With Asperger Syndrome: An Educational Tool, Hannah Warren
Theses and Dissertations
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate parental satisfaction and anxiety regarding the high school educational experiences of their child with a previous diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS), as well as educators' understanding of the diagnosis and what information they deemed important to know about the student. The goal of this study was to develop an educational tool that would aid in initiating communication between parents of a student with AS, or with a new diagnosis of high-functioning autism (HFA), and their teachers. This would be an additional resource of use to pediatric genetic counselors that frequently see families regarding a …