What is it about?
The foundations of relationships and sex education for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) develop at home. This paper explores how health visitors can enable parents to structure the home environment to support learning about puberty and other relationship/sexuality issues.
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Why is it important?
Legislation will be introduced in England in 2020 to make relationships and sex education (RSE) mandatory across all schools. Liaison with families is one key element of addressing RSE, the foundations of which are established informally at home. Some unique issues for families of children and young people with SEND are broached in this paper.
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This page is a summary of: Relationships and sexuality education for children with special educational needs and disabilities, Journal of Health Visiting, February 2019, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/johv.2019.7.2.78.
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