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Teaching Children with Down Syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries & Sexuality: A Guide for Parents & Professionals Paperback – 1 September 2007

by Terri Couwenhoven (Author)

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Drawing on her unique background as both a sexual educator and mother of a child with Down syndrome, author Terri Couwenhoven blends factual information and practical ideas for teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, puberty, and sexuality. This book gives parents the confidence to speak comfortably about these sometimes difficult subjects. It also explains why it’s so important to begin early in the life of a child to deal with issues such as hygiene, emotional and physical boundaries, privacy, and what makes for healthy relationships.In a friendly conversational style, the author covers relevant issues and concerns for children of all ages, such as: • Labeling & explaining private body parts • Identifying & expressing emotions • Respecting personal space • Teaching self-care & hygiene • Understanding norms of privacy • Understanding gender identity • Showing appropriate levels of affection She also covers later issues that affect teenagers and young adults, including: • Anticipating and understanding puberty • Dealing with periods, bras for girls • Experiencing erections, wet dreams for boys • Relating to the opposite sex • Sharing parental values about sexuality • Explaining sexual relationships • Preventing sexual abuse • Understanding how Down syndrome affects puberty & fertility rates Each chapter provides parents with loads of practical tips, including dozens of anecdotes and sidebars. “Key Messages” outline important points to teach a child about a particular topic, such as expressing feelings or how to problem-solve issues related to relationships. “Teaching Activities” suggest things parents can do to teach concepts by reading specific books, making visual aids, role playing, or using materials and illustrations provided in the book. (The book includes some sexually explicit illustrations for teaching purposes.) “Parental Pauses” invite parents to consider their own values regarding relationships or sexuality so they can decide how they want to discuss the topic with their child.This comprehensive guide has a wealth of authoritative advice and sensitive insight that is invaluable to parents as well as caregivers and professionals.

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331 pages
Language

English
Publication date

1 September 2007
ISBN-10

189062733X
ISBN-13

978-1890627331
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About the Author

Terri Couwenhoven, M.S., is an ASSECT certified sexuality educator who specializes in working with people with intellectual disabilities, their families, and the professionals who support them. Previous publications include Beginnings: A Parent/Child Sexuality Program for Families with Puberty-Aged Children with Developmental Disabilities and Teen-to-Teen. When she is not teaching, she is Clinic Coordinator for the Down Syndrome Clinic of Wisconsin at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Terri has two daughters, her oldest has Down syndrome.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 331 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 189062733X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1890627331

Best Sellers Rank: 118,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 153 in Sex
- 168 in Family & Lifestyle Paediatrics
- 269 in Parenting Hyperactive Children & Children with Disabilities

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Coldstream1963

Well written useful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 January 2014

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As a professional working with young people with Down Syndrome it's great to find a sensible informative book that I can use in my work but also suggest to parents that they buy it. This is a book that can be dipped in and out of when needed. It covers topics in a practical way and gives useable suggestions to help deal with common (and sometimes difficult) issues that may arise.
I especially like the use of social stories and pictures in supporting people to develop skills and and this book uses both.

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jaycee

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 October 2009

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THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER.FOR TEENAGE CHILDREN WITH DOWNS SYNDROME,Ive leart more out of this book,than any thing i have been told or read before.it is honest and frank .it has so many tips on how to help your child through puberty.and growing into a adult.im so glad i found this book;every parent with a teenager with downs syndrome , should own a copy of this ,you wont regret buying this one.its great for refering to different things when you need to.it answers all the things we wonder and worry about.its just excellent.and i have brought loads of books on downs syndrome.THIS IS MY BEST.

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Vicky P

Very informative book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 May 2016

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This book is going to be very helpful for a very long time to come. May even get another copy so we as grandparents can have one to refer to as well as the parents.

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Lila

A resource for parents and teachers

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 15 June 2013

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I picked this book out as a resource for teaching students about personal health, hygiene and boundaries. It contains great information, but another book I bought at the same time contained more practical, social story-like content that one could easily use to create stories for teaching children the proper social rules. The reason I didn't rate this higher is, because I was looking for a book that had some practical implementation ideas for the information.

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Colleen Moriarty

Must have for parents with a child with Down Syndrome

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 15 February 2021

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Must have if you have a child with Down Syndrome.

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