Sexuality and Intellectual Disabilities: A Guide for Professionals

Sexuality and Intellectual Disabilities: A Professional Primer provides much-needed guidance on sexuality in clients with intellectual disabilities to a professional audience of social workers, psychotherapists, special educators, and healthcare staff. Accessible enough for students and trainees, but thorough enough for veteran clinicians, this book will explore the complex issues that professionals face in providing competent care—from dating to criminal justice involvement to LGBTQ identities. This easy-to-read primer is backed by the latest research and includes case examples drawn from the author’s own practice and from qualitative interviews with care providers, parents, and clients. Textboxes throughout the book provide setting-specific interventions, and an appendix provides worksheets, questionnaires, and handouts.