A study of a sexual developmental support program for children with developmental disabilities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593298
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: MIYAHARA Harumi 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 教授 (00209933)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IWANAGA Ryoichirou 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 准教授 (40305389) ; SASAKI Noriko 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 助教 (90315268)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2014
• Keywords: 発達障害 / セクシュアリティ / 性教育 / プログラム / ピア・エデュケーション / 性行動 / 思春期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a program for 16 junior and senior high school students who use day health care services for disabled children. The program included the following topics: Body becoming an adult, Private zone, My personal space vs. your personal space, Love, and Distance that creates a sense of security. This program took about two hours to be completed. It employed peer education. It was useful to use visual aids and role playing. The staff could understand appropriate sex education methods by participating in this program, and continuous learning was planned by distributing a notebook in which the contents of the program were described. For networking to support sexual development in children with developmental disabilities, we established the Nagasaki Education Society for Study of Sex in Disabled Children and Adults in September 2010 and presented its findings on our website and newsletters.

Free Research Field

発達障害看護学　思春期学