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 help clinicians who want to increase their comfort and fluency in having sexual health education talks with their adult clients. These adults might be caregivers of children and youth, adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or neurotypical adults (sometimes they need it, too!). The presenters will highlight five critical foundational talks to have with these groups of adults and how to do so from a behavior analytic framework.
About the Instructors:
- Rachel Benson: is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has been working with the neurodivergent population for over ten years in various settings, including school, home, and clinic locations and water therapy. Rachel is currently under practicum for her Sexual Educator Certificate. Her current work is focused on sexual health, safety, relationships, and empowerment with both neurodivergent and neurotypical populations. Her philosophy is grounded in access to sexual health and sexuality for all and being able to obtain a comprehensive and inclusive sexual education.
- Landa Fox: 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.
- Kayla Raaflaub (Co-Presenter): Student and Practitioner in the field of ABA for 15 years, based out of beautiful rural Ontario, Canada. In this time, she has served clients across the lifespan beginning in early intensive behaviour intervention to direct and mediator model ABA services for neurodivergent adults as part of a multidisciplinary team employing a biopsychosocial approach. Areas of interest for which she continues to receive training and supervision include mediator model coaching via telehealth for remote regions, and education and skill building in sexual health and wellness.
Target Audience: BCBA® and BCaBAs® working in clinical practice; those working with families and caregivers, adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities or neurotypical adults; those who are pursuing the CBS Certificate Program; anyone with interest in learning more about sexual behavior and teaching. Event Level: Intermediate; 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 …
- Recognize conceptually systematic applications of sexual health talks across a variety of adult populations.
- Understand the impact of societal and cultural messages as well as personal biases on the comfort level of giving the talks or helping others to give the talks and the broader implications of these variables.
- Identify at least two relevant ethical code core principles and standards that apply when having the talks with adults.
