Faculty Articles
Managing Sexually Harmful Behaviour in a Residential Special School
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
ISSN
1354-4187
Publication Date
12-2012
Abstract
Accessible summary
- Children and young people with learning disabilities who present sexually harmful behaviour are often not allowed into the community.
- This study describes the work carried out with a boy with sexually harmful behaviour attending a residential special school.
- The staff helped teach the boy how to behave in social situations and about sex, consent and relationships.
- Afterwards, the boy was able to participate in supervised community activities.
Summary
Children and young people with learning disabilities who present sexually harmful behaviour are marginalised and do not always participate in community activities. This case study describes a multi-component intervention that successfully reduced the sexually harmful behaviour of a 16-year-old boy with a mild learning disability. The intervention was comprised of cognitive behaviour therapy, Social Stories™ and a behavioural programme that reinforced appropriate behaviour with social praise and access to preferred items and a range of community activities. Following the intervention, he was able to participate in a wide range of supervised community activities.
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-3156.2011.00712.x
Volume
40
Issue
4
First Page
302
Last Page
309
NSUWorks Citation
Pritchard, D.,
Graham, N.,
Ikin, A.,
Penney, H.,
Kovacs, L.,
Mercer, D.,
Edwards, R.,
Jones, D.,
Mace, F. C.
(2012). Managing Sexually Harmful Behaviour in a Residential Special School. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(4), 302-309.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/747
