Diseño de una guía de capacitación en sexualidad para padres de adolescentes con síndrome de down del Instituto Fiscal de Educación Especial “Carlos Garbay M."

Abstract

Through this research the need for sexual education to teenagers with Down Syndrome is demonstrated to the parent’s appropriate approach considering that there are prejudices and taboos. The general objective is to design a Sexuality training fide for Down Syndrome Teenagers Parents in the “Carlos Garbay M” Special Needs Institute. In the research phase a cross sectional descriptive study is formulated and later in the intervention phase the guide is designed and subjected to a validation process with the parents and an experts group. In the training guide previous research results and similar experiences in the National and International level were considered. Once the Guide was valeted and systematized as a training tool, the reproduction and delivery to the authorities were performed. The study group was then teenager’s women and men with Down Syndrome from Eight and Tenth Grade and the Functional Autonomy Program of the Institute and their parents. The adolescent’s participation was remarkable in the study and also the interest and support of their parents, especially mothers. If we are to build a society where we can live together in equality and without discrimination, it is essential to provide a quality sexual and affective education. It cannot be forgotten that wile human emotions and sexuality are closely linked to the private, they are also socially and culturally regulated.