CHAT Best Practice for Providing Sexuality Education to Students who are Blind, Deafblind, or have Low Vision 1-12-26 Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: Howdy from Rowlett Texas! Deena Recker to Everyone: Iowa Donita Potts to Everyone: Royse City ISD Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: Hello from New Mexico! Allana Pierce to Everyone: Vancouver, Canada Elizabeth Brown to Everyone: Michigan Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: I am here from Texas! Rob Harris to Everyone: Western Colorado Megan Pledger to Everyone: Lubbock, TX! Amy Haecker to Everyone: Texas Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: Hey there, Kaycee! Good to see you. Deena Recker to Everyone: Although I'm working in Iowa, I'm a Texan, so good to see so many Texans! Deena Recker to Everyone: Sexuality is normal. Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: They lack access to information Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: It's okay to have questions Rita Phillips Dunn to Host and panelists: Everyone needs to have the information Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: thinking about how to be sexual, challenging assumptions about knowing how Erica Moore to Everyone: They are like everyone else. Rachel Collins to Everyone: Having information is crucial! Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: People don't think they are sexual beings Judy Alford to Everyone: The needs to express feelings Sareth Garcia to Everyone: Nobody or my parents didn't talk about sexuality. Deena Recker to Everyone: It is very private - keep it to yourself. Huong Vo to Everyone: minimal to none at all Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: It's not to be talked about Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: That is was not really discussed but that everyone should be heterosexual Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: abstinence only Belinda Fayard to Everyone: There was no discussion Judy Alford to Everyone: Single parent mother - saw the loneliness Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: Less acceptable for girls than boys Maria Rivera to Everyone: The message I received about sexuality was that it was considered taboo and not discussed. Deena Recker to Everyone: Exaggerated ideas of sexuality and relationships. Very unrealistic. Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: self-learning attempts through online searching with a lot of dangerous information Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: Knowing when and where it is appropriate to explore your body] Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: A lack of awareness of privacy. Deafblind students exploring their body in front of others that they may or may not know are there. Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: The chat is blocking some words, so if you're getting blocked, swap out the wording until it works :) Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: discomfort among colleagues Deena Recker to Everyone: Getting parent buy in for teaching. Rita Phillips Dunn to Host and panelists: How to present to varied disabilities Erika Fundelius to Everyone: Fear of repercussions from community and job Sareth Garcia to Everyone: I think that it is difficult to explain a Deaf blind person Sareth Garcia to Everyone: specially if it is a male Sareth Garcia to Everyone: about touching in private Candace Vega to Host and panelists: Explaining to a DeafBlind person just has complex layers and it might take longer. Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: Their understanding is very youthful but their acts are adult Allison Hintz to Everyone: Many of my students are multiply disabled and may not have any concept of their sexuality. They are non-verbal. Sareth Garcia to Everyone: Also how many times can they do that Rita Phillips Dunn to Host and panelists: How to handle when student is exploring within classroom? Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: that healthy sexual desires are not indicators of abuse, breaking down fears and worries Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: Props can be challenging to bring into concept development Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: It's old, but still great! Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: That's a good one Erika Fundelius to Everyone: I am super excited to have gotten a ÒtasteÓ of the Elevates training which I signed up for in March. Belinda Fayard to Everyone: Your resources are terrific, thank you! Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: I appreciate all of the resources and will check out the training Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: **applause** Sareth Garcia to Everyone: Can you give your inf please? Sareth Garcia to Everyone: Thank you Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: You do very important work. Thank you for dedicating your career to this <3 Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: Wonderful, thank you so much! Allana Pierce to Everyone: This is fantastic! Thank you presenting Rita Phillips Dunn to Host and panelists: Thank you Brenna Brillhart to Everyone: Generally just try and reduce shame. Candace Vega to Host and panelists: Thank you Jillana Holt-Reuter to Everyone: I want to speak with the family so I can see if they will have the school remove the belt around his pelvis at school Marylouise Kuti to Everyone: Refresher sex ed courses for parents/guardians Sareth Garcia to Everyone: I will talk with the committee of mental health with my city Mayor Allison Hintz to Everyone: Thank you, Katherine! Judy Alford to Host and panelists: Thanks! Awesome!