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Far Northern Regional Center
P.O. Box 492418
Redding, CA
(530) 222-4791
Sexuality and Disability Resources

Curricula and Testing

 

 

 

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Available for loan through the Area 2 Board


Abuse Prevention

Abuse Prevention Risk Reduction.  Shirley Hesche.  For more information, call
    619-497-0265.
    San Diego City Schools' Project.

Being With People.  Stanfield & Co. 1990. contact 800-421-6534.
    An 8-part video series, including lesson plan, to teach essential social
    skills to special needs students.  Includes Being with Friends, Being With
    Housemates, Being With a Date, and Being With Authority Figures,
    Acquaintance and Strangers.

Briggs, Freda.  Developing Personal Safety Skills in Children with
    Disabilities.  Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. 1995.
    Guide to empowering children with disabilities to avoid injury, abuse, and
    related emotional and psychological problems.
 

Circles Programs.  Stanfield & Co.  Contact: 1-800-421-653412 videos; 2 sets of slides with audio tapes.
     Provides information on developing appropriate social behavior, intimacy
    and relationships, and abuse prevention.

DateSmart. Stanfield & Co.  Contact 800-421-6534.
     A 6-part video series on abstinence and the art of saying "no" and (2)
     Avoiding trouble & listening for "no."

In My Shoes.  The Tool Box, PO Box 7636, Pueblo West, CO 81007.
     Staff training games on person centered supports, friendmaking.

PeopleSmart.  Stanfield & Co. Contact 800-421-6534.
     A 5-part video series focusing on basic friendship skill and trust and   
     gullibility.  Middle school through adulthood.

Personal Safety Training and Abuse Prevention.  SACT Schools, Susan       
     Whaley and Stacey Hoffman.  For more information, call 916-996-6085 or
     916-761-6080.

Personal SPACE (Safety, Planning, Awareness, Choice, Empowerment)
     The ARC of Maryland.  http://www.thearcmd.org

Safe and Strong - Personal Safety Strategies for People with
      Developmental Disabilities.
Tri-counties Regional Center, video and
     curriculum. http://www.disabilitytraining.com

SafetyZone: Cops Talk - Personal Safety and Police Awareness
      Curriculum for Adults with Developmental Disabilities.
Portland
     Police Bureau. Video and curriculum. http://www.portlandpolicebureau.com

STARS: Skills Training for Assertiveness, Relationship-Building and Sexual
      Awareness
. 3rd Edition. Susan Heighway, Susan Kidd Webster, and
     Marsha Shaw. Madison, Wis: Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities. 1992.

Strong and Able:  An Abuse Prevention Program for Children With
      Disabilities. 
Caroline Summer for the Rape Crisis Center of West Contra
     Costa County. 

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Anatomical Models

Anatomical Chart Co., 8221 Kimball Avenue, Skokie, IL 0076-2956, 800-621
     7500, and http://www.anatomical.com

Health EDCO PO Box 21207, Waco, TX 76702-1207, 800-299-3366,and
     http://www.healthedco.com

Jim Jackson & Co., 33 Richdale Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140, 617-864-9063
     Jimjackson@mediaone.net

Teach-A-Bodies, 7 Dons Drive, Mission, TX 78572, 956-581-9959, and
     http://www.valleyonline.com/tabdolls/


 

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Medical Exams

The GYN Exam Handbook and Videos, Maria Oliva Taylor, James Stanfield
    Company, Inc. 1991, 800-421-6534

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Sex Education

Body Talk.   310-533-8888
     Human Sexuality and Socialization Training.

FLASH: Family Life and Sexual Health Curriculums.  Family Life & Sexual
    Health. 1991. ETR Associates, Call 206-296-4672.
    Curriculum adapted for teens (grade 9-12) with developmental disabilities.

Life Horizons Curriculum Module. Geraldine Rodriguez Rouse and Carol Pence Birch.
    Santa Barbara, CA" James Stanfield Co., 1991.

On Being Sexual.  S.I.E.C.C.A.N. 16 booklet series. Sexuality Information and
    Education Council of Canada.  For more information, call 416-466-5304.

Video Relationship Series YAI (Young Adult I Institute) Perry Samowitz.
    series of 9 video tapes exploring issues such as friendship
    boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, and sexuality. For more information, call
    212-273-6127.

Social L.I.F.E. York Behavior Management Services, Angie Nethercott.
     For more information call 905-773-749.

Staff Preparedness for the Sexual Expression of People with Disabilities.
     The Tool Box.  For more information call 310-533-8888.

2nd STEP Training Guide: Sexuality Education Program for Adults with
     Developmental Disabilities
.  Easter Seals of Superior, California.  For more
    information call 916-485-6711.
    Booklet from Easter Seals' of Superior, California training of trainer's
    course. Good outline of teaching topics and basic facts. 

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Testing

Consent Assessments. YAI (Young Adult I Institute) Perry Samowitz. 
     For more information, call 212-273-6527.

 Social Sexual Knowledge & Attitude Test.  Stroelting Co, Jean Edwards.
    For more information call 800-860-9775.
    A comprehensive instrument designed to test knowledge and attitudes of
    people with developmentally disabilities.  Kit contains instruction booklet, test
    manual, and evaluation forms.  Some question and illustration are out of
    date.

 

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Updated Thursday March 11, 2010

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