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OverviewEducate young adults and build their self-esteem so they can make informed choices! Specially designed for teaching adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, the STARS model focuses on four areas: Understanding Relationships, Social Skills Training, Sexual Awareness, and Assertiveness - with the goals of promoting positive sexuality and preventing sexual abuse. Assessment tools help identify the strengths and needs of each individual, and then the activities can be catered to address specific needs. Goals and activities cover a variety of important skills: building a positive self-image; making choices; learning relationship-appropriate behaviors; engaging in mature relationships; identifying body parts and understanding their functions; understanding public and private behavior; understanding sexual feelings and behaviors; understanding reproduction; health issues related to sexual awareness; recognizing a situation as potentially unsafe learning to say 'No' and using basic self-protection; and, many more! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan M. Heighway , Susan Kidd WebsterPublisher: Future Horizons Incorporated Imprint: Future Horizons Incorporated Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.509kg ISBN: 9781932565256ISBN 10: 1932565256 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 01 November 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSection One: Introduction How to Use This Book Why Sexuality Education? Misbeliefs and Facts About Sexuality and Persons with Developmental Disabilities Section Two: The STARS Model Content Areas and Goals Assessing the Needs of the Individual or Figuring Out What To Teach Guidelines for Trainers Involvement of Significant Others Guidelines for Training Policy Implications for Service Providers Section Three: Understanding Relationships Goal 1: Building a Positive Self-Image Goal 2: Identifying Persons in One's Life as Relatives, Friends, Acquaintances, Community Helpers, and Strangers Goal 3: Learning Behaviors Appropriate for Each Type of Relationship Community or Informal Activities Section Four: Social Interaction Goal 1: Approaching, Responding to, and Conversing with People in Different Settings and Situations Goal 2: Expressing Preferences, Making Choices Goal 3: Building Friendships Goal 4: Engaging in More Mature Relationships Goal 5: Recognizing Options for Relationships into Adulthood Goal 6: Recognizing the Components and Responsibilities of a Positive Intimate Relationship Goal 7: Understanding the Responsibilities of Parenthood and the Pros and Cons of Having Children Community or Informal Activities Section Five: Sexual Awareness Goal 1: Building a Positive Self-Image Goal 2: Identifying Male and Female Goal 3: Identifying Body Parts and Understanding Their Functions Goal 4: Understanding Public and Private Behavior Goal 5: Differentiating Between Inappropriate and Appropriate Touching Goal 6: Understanding the Emotional and Physical Changes of Puberty Goal 7: Understanding Sexual Feelings and Behaviors Goal 8: Understanding Reproduction Goal 9: Examining Societal Norms and Values Regarding Sexuality Goal 10: Learning about Sexually Transmitted Diseases Goal 11: Discussing Other Health Issues Related to Sexual Awareness Community or Informal Activities Section Six: Assertiveness Goal 1: Increasing Self-Empowerment through Words and Actions Goal 2: Recognizing a Situation as Potentially Unsafe Goal 3: Learning to Say No and Using Basic Self-Protection Goal 4: Knowing How and Where to Get Help at Home and in the Community Goal 5: Reporting Sexual Exploitation or Abuse Community or Informal Activities Section Seven: Assessment STARS Participant Information Form Sexual Attitudes and Knowledge (S.A.K.) Assessment Sexual Abuse Risks Assessment (S.A.R.A.) Individual Training Plan Section Eight: Glossary Section Nine: ResourcesReviews<p> I count my lucky stars that my daughter participated in a STARS group. The curriculum promotes self-esteem and self-awareness, creating a foundation from which to teach about sexuality and relationships. It provides tools to help young people with disabilities to make healthy, responsible decisions. <br>Helen Hartman, Parent, Madison, WI<br><br> I count my lucky stars that my daughter participated in a STARS group. The curriculum promotes self-esteem and self-awareness, creating a foundation from which to teach about sexuality and relationships. It provides tools to help young people with disabilities to make healthy, responsible decisions. Helen Hartman, Parent, Madison, WI Author InformationSusan M. Heighway, MS, PNP-BC, APNP is a clinical professor and nurse practitioner with the University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Waisman Center, and a Faculty Associate with the School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the Waisman Center, she works as a nurse practitioner in two outpatient clinics serving people ranging in age from birth to adulthood who have developmental disabilities or genetic/metabolic disorders, along with those individuals' families. She is also the Nursing Discipline Coordinator for a federally funded Maternal and Child Health interdisciplinary leadership training program for graduate students. Susan Kidd Webster, MSSW, LCSW is on the faculty of the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For many years, she worked on capacity-building projects to support people with developmental disabilities in the community as an outreach specialist with the Waisman Center. Currently she teaches courses and coordinates training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate social work students focusing on people with developmental disabilities. She is also the parent of an adult son with cognitive disabilities. Both Ms. Heighway and Ms. Webster have more than twenty years of experience in the area of sexual abuse prevention and sexuality education for people with developmental disabilities. They both served on a task force that was convened by the Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities that addressed issues of sexual abuse of people with developmental disabilities. For several years, they worked together at the Waisman Center. They have provided consultation to community agencies, presented at conferences, gave guest lectures on campus, and conducted workshops on the local, state, and national levels regarding the areas of sexuality and sexual abuse. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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