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I too work with adults and young adults with special needs. Unfortunately our school systems are only obligated to provide health education, and infromal packets, generally sent home with the child enrolled in the fifth grade. ( This is the age group of when noticable changes start, generally) This packet is to be discussed with the child by the parent and is aslo designed to help parents break the usual bearier of how do I talk to my child about sex. Unfortunately, many parents do not ever have this discussion with the child, because they feel in their minds that the child is not capable of understanding or comprehending the material. By doing this the parent feels they have done the right thing, when in fact all they have done is raised the curiosity level of the child. Since the child does not know how to express their feeling and with the fear that the parent will get upset, they suppress their emotions. As the child reaches adulthood, these feeling and emotion become a literial time bomb. When this happens the young adult/adult generally ends up in trouble or is hit with large amounts of rejection from the opposite sex. This has been known to scar them for life. I wish more people, especially parent of a child with disabilities whould take a beter look at their child and realize that this child, that society has labled special ed, special needs, handicaped, etc would rather look at this child as a child that learns at their own pace and has unique and different learning method and would refuse to let our fast paced school systems determine what is best for any child. As I mentioned in the beginning I work with Special need students, Unfortunately, all my students reside in jail,charged with crimes they had no real understanding was wrong, because their parents and our schools did not educate them. My job is to educate them and help them succeed in our community. I wish more people like yourself would also ask questions. Thanks for caring. Sorry my spelling is off, another long day.
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