Description
**This course will provide the participant with 1.5 General Learning Type BACB® CEUs**
Description of Learning Type CE Event: This workshop is designed to give clinicians who are supporting autistic adults an introduction to helping to support access to sexuality spaces and services. The presentation will take a rights-affirming approach to exploring some of the skills that people may need to develop in order to safely and effectively access sexuality spaces and services. Examples of spaces and services include: sex toy stores; strip clubs; online content sites; BDSM professionals; and full-service sex work.
About the Instructor: Landa Fox (she/her) is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and Certified Sexual Health Educator living and working in lək̓ʷəŋən Territory (Victoria, British Columbia). She has worked in the field of autism and disability support since 2003. Currently, her work focuses on sexual health, relationship, and safety education for autistic and neurodivergent people. Her work often centers around creating and modifying existing sexual health and relationship education to be meaningful, accessible, and inclusive. She also works to create behavior support plans to address contextually inappropriate sexual behavior. All her work is grounded in principles of harm reduction. She trains caregivers, teachers, staff, and communities about sexual health development and inclusive sex ed. Her special interests within the area of sexual health education include how to promote a culture of consent and body autonomy for autistic children and youth, developing affirming and rights-based sex education, and advocating for access to sexuality and sexual health for everyone.
Target Audience: BCBA® and BCaBA®s working in clinical practice; those working with adults; those who are pursuing the CBS Certification; anyone with an interest in learning more about sexual behavior and teaching. For: clinicians with solid clinical backgrounds who may be working with more complex cases.
Learning Objectives for Participants: As a result of this course, participants will be able to …
- Identify a number of sexuality spaces and services that their client may seek help in accessing
- Gain an understanding of some of the skills and behaviours necessary to effectively access sexuality spaces and services and how they may be able to support their clients in their development
- Recognize Core Principles and Code Elements of the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (ECBA) that are relevant to helping clients in accessing sexuality spaces and services
Disclaimer: Always remember that taking a CEU, even a multi-hour CEU is NOT enough to demonstrate competency in the content related to the CEU. It is YOUR responsibility to seek out supervision/consultation with the presenter and/or a subject matter expert (SME). The CBS/CBS-C certification is a SUB-field certification designed for the sub-field of SBA it does NOT lead to licensure of its own. Thus to practice with this certification, you’d have to be a BCBA® or BCaBA® via the BACB® and/or certified in your particular state as a Licensed Behavior Analyst.
