SEKSUALNI ODGOJ DJECE S TEŠKOĆAMA U RAZVOJU – TABU TEMA 21. VIJEKA
SEXUAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES – A TABOO OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Author(s): Admira Dedić, Razija Zahirović
Subject(s): Educational Psychology, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU – PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET
Keywords: sexual education; children with disabilities; development needs;
Summary/Abstract: We don't speak a lot about the sexual education of children with disabilities, although there are numerous studies suggesting the importance of a proper approach and raising awareness of the needs of this population. In a research conducted at the level of the Federation of BiH, it has been noticed that sexual education is a taboo both for parents and for teachers involved in that survey. The survey covers 49 parents of children with disabilities from the three associations in the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar, Bugojno, Žepče), 22 parent and 20 teachers/special education teachers/educators/ rehabilitators from the Centre "Vladimir Nazor" in Sarajevo. The results of the research show 568that teachers/educators/special educators-rehabilitators and parents believe that the children with disabilities pass through the same development stages as the children without developmental difficulties do and that they have sexual urges needed to be satisfied.According to this study, both parents and teachers face the problems in sexual behavior with the children having developmental difficulties, most often in the period of puberty, but such conduct is not excluded even with children of the younger ages. Although there is a need for communication and conversations on this topic from an early age, parents usually avoid these kinds of conversations to the period when the child starts to manifest sexual urges. The reason for this is the fact that sexual education is a subject which is very little talk about, both in the family and in educational institutions.

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