ME: My Body, My Friends, My Life

Course Information

Five week Sexuality Relationships Education course for parents/carers and professionals living and working with children who have Down syndrome. This course runs over 2 hours a week for 5 weeks. Wednesdays, 10am to 12pm, 21st, 28th April, 5th, 12th, 19th May 2027. All family members and school staff are welcome to attend in a bid to provide a consistent approach. This group of people will be called a ‘team around a child’. The workshop will provide knowledge and activities to enable parents and school staff to teach children & young people with Down syndrome about their bodies, keeping safe, privacy, puberty, social boundaries, feelings and self help skills. It will cover: How important such training is for young people with learning disabilities. Names for body parts. Privacy. Public and private body parts, actions, places, touch and conversations Puberty for girls, puberty for boys, Feelings, personal hygiene, self help skills. Touching, hugging, affection, friendships, appropriate greetings Safety in the community. Assertiveness. Abuse prevention strategies. How do we become our own protector? Very good for all people working with young people with learning difficulties Enjoyed meeting other people and being able to talk openly about issues and facts of life It’s given me the confidence to talk about the changes my child will go through and most of all helped me to prepare and be aware of what is to come.