A pilot sexuality training workshop for staff at an institution for the mentally retarded

R.R. Wilson and B.A. Baldwin

American Journal of Public Health, 1976, vol. 66, issue 1, 77-78

Abstract: With increasing deinstitutionalization and more mentally retarded persons returning to community living, there is a correspondingly greater need for supervisory personnel and institutional staff members to become more informed about, more sensitive to, and better able to work with the sexual needs of this special population. It is imperative that such training begin within the institution where preparation for community living begins. Training programs are needed to help staff members learn to guide and reinforce residents for appropriate sex related behaviors rather than emphasizing control, inhibition, or denial of the sexuality of the retarded. In an effort to develop an effective statewide training model, data collected from a pilot Sexuality Training Workshop for the staff at an institution for the mentally retarded in North Carolina was collected and assessed.

Date: 1976
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1976:66:1:77-78_3

Access Statistics for this article

American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia

More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Christopher F Baum ().