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The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Let's Talk About Sex: Session 60 with Sorah Stein

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

As promised, Sorah Stein joins me is Session 60 for a much-anticipated discussion of sex and sex education for individuals with developmental disabilities. In this conversation, we discuss the following: The difference between Stranger Danger and Strange Behavior Basic privacy concepts to teach learners Who can determine a learner's capacity for consent The essential components of sexual consent Distinguishing sexual topography from sexual pleasure We also fielded many listener questions, and managed to touch on a topic that should be familiar to long-time listeners (mainly Precision Teaching, the Standard Celeration Chart, and our friends at Chartlytics). Sorah mentioned numerous articles and resources. I have attempted to list them all here, but please let me know if there are any that I overlooked: Sorah mentioned Dave Hingsburger's materials a few times. He's written quite a lot on this subject, so I've linked his Amazon author's page  The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists' home page Teaching Children with Downs Syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality, The Boys Guide to Growing Up, The Girls Guide to Growing Up, all by Terri Couwenhoven Sexuality Education, by Jason Travers The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States This is a topic we could return to time and time again, so if you want to hear more about this, just let me know! Oh, and I almost forgot the obligatory Salt N' Pepa reference:   This podcast episode is sponsored by the following: Constellations Behavioral Services. CBS believes that everyone can learn, everyone can participate, and everyone can communicate. They provide outstanding ABA services in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and to learn more about career opportunities at CBS, click here. Clinical Behavior Analysis, Kentucky’s leading provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), counseling and direct support services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, acquired brain injury and autism. They are about to open The Center for Behavior Analysis, a 13,000 square foot, state of art facility in Louisville, KY, and they’re looking for a clinical director to lead a highly motivated team of clinicians and technicians. So to learn more, go to cbacares.com/careers and set up your confidential interview today! And while not technically a sponsor, if you're in the midwest and want to check out a cool event, consider attending the Hoosier Association for Behavior Analysis' 10th anniversary conference. I've interviewed almost everyone on the speakers' roster, so I know attendees are bound to hear some good stuff. I'll also be doing my first live, in-person podcast with HABA's keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Normand. It should be a good time had by all, and I hope to see you there!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone. Thanks for joining me in session 60 of the behavioral observations podcast.

0:06.1

This is the much anticipated discussion of sex and sex education for individuals with developmental

0:12.6

disabilities. And my guest today, Soros Stein, is uniquely qualified to speak on this matter.

0:19.5

She being one of the few people, perhaps in the world,

0:23.0

who are duly certified as sexual educators and board certified behavior analysts.

0:29.0

So we cover a lot of ground in this podcast.

0:32.2

Here are a couple of highlights.

0:34.1

We talk about the difference between stranger danger and strange behavior.

0:38.1

We talk about basic privacy concepts to teach your learners, who can determine a learner's capacity for consent, what the essential components are of sexual consent, and distinguishing sexual topography from sexual pleasure.

0:56.8

We also fielded a ton of listener questions and thanks to all of you who took a minute to send those in. We even managed to touch

1:02.0

on some familiar topics to longtime listeners of the show, mainly things like precision teaching,

1:07.7

the standard acceleration chart, and even our old friends, they're at ChartLytics.

1:13.2

So there's a little bit of everything in here for everyone.

1:18.0

I think.

1:19.7

Sora mentioned numerous articles and resources.

1:22.3

I have attempted to catalog all of those in the show notes of today's episode.

1:27.4

You can find those at behavioral observations.com at session 60.

1:32.1

We're going to get right to the conversation here in just a second.

1:35.0

I do want to let you know that this podcast is brought to by Constellations Behavioral Services.

1:40.6

They're looking for folks in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

1:46.4

And what I neglected to say when I talked about them in previous episodes is that if you want to learn more about them,

1:51.8

you can certainly go to their website at constellationsbehavioral.com. But you can also go back

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