e-branch	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   My Account/Renew Loans   Community Info   KidSearch   New Catalogue!

Search Advanced By Format By Number My Searches Can't Find it? Find Magazine Articles & more Problems?

Search:  Title Starts with...Title Keyword(s)Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)Subject Starts with...Subject Keyword(s)Series Starts with...Series Keyword(s)Anyword/AnywhereList Name Keyword(s)       Refine Search     > You're searching: Halifax Public Libraries

Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Couwenhoven, Terri.     Subjects     Down syndrome -- Patients -- Sexual behavior.     Down syndrome -- Social aspects.     Down syndrome -- Psychological aspects.     Down syndrome.     Sex instruction for children with mental disabilities.     Young adults -- Psychology.     Social adjustment.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Couwenhoven, Terri.       by title:      Teaching children wi...       by call number:      616.858842 C872t     Search the Web     Couwenhoven, Terri.     Down syndrome -- Patients -- Sexual behavior.     Down syndrome -- Social aspects.     Down syndrome -- Psychological aspects.     Down syndrome.     Sex instruction for children with mental disabilities.     Young adults -- Psychology.     Social adjustment.       MARC Display

Teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, boundaries, and sexuality : a guide for parents and professionals / Terri Couwenhoven. by Couwenhoven, Terri. Woodbine House, 2007. Call #: 616.858842 C872t Subjects Down syndrome -- Patients -- Sexual behavior.   Down syndrome -- Social aspects.   Down syndrome -- Psychological aspects.   Down syndrome.   Sex instruction for children with mental disabilities.   Young adults -- Psychology.   Social adjustment. URL856 Table of contents only ISBN:  9781890627331 (pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xii, 331 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Notes:  2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Honors Award. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-320) and index. Contents:  Getting started -- Learning about the body: key information and ideas for teaching -- Teaching about privacy -- Touch and affection -- Teaching your child about the physical changes of puberty -- Masturbation -- Social and emotional development in adolescence -- Caring for the body during puberty -- Social skills for healthy relationships -- Friendships and dating -- Committed partnerships, marriage, and parenthood -- Exploitation prevention -- Sexuality education in schools -- You've postponed this 'til now. Summary:  In an easy-to-read, non-clinical style, the book covers relevant issues and concerns for children of all ages, such as: Labeling & explaining private body parts, Identifying & expressing emotions, Respecting personal space, Teaching self-care & hygiene, Understanding norms of privacy, Understanding gender identity, Showing appropriate levels of affection. It also covers later issues that affect teenagers and young adults, including: Anticipating and understanding puberty, Dealing with periods, bras for girls, Experiencing erections, wet dreams for boys, Relating to the opposite sex, Sharing parental values about sexuality, Explaining sexual relationships, Preventing sexual abuse.--From publisher description. Awards:  NAPPA Honors Award winner. National Parenting Publications Awards, 2008. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.