Everyone deserves to have self-determination, access to information, and healthy relationships.
Whole Person & Whole Kid
According to data from the U.S. Justice Department, persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) are seven times more likely to suffer sexual assault than their neurotypical peers. Whole Person and Whole Kid are empowering and factual relationship, puberty, and sex education courses specially designed for individuals with developmental differences. These courses are perfect for children, teens, and adults with I/DD, learning disabilities, communication barriers, autism, or other related disabilities. Our non-neurotypical loved ones are whole people with needs, desires, and biological function as complex and varied as everybody else’s. Our goal is to fight ableism by providing people with age-appropriate, self-esteem building information to help them make healthy, safe decisions.
Whole Person
The Whole Person course is a one-on-one or group-participation sex and relationship education speaking engagement. Participants will learn about sexuality definition and differences, bodily autonomy, anatomy, private vs public, personal space (ours and others’), love/attraction, relationships, and more. The course is in-person and can accommodate groups up to 15. Purchase of a group course includes a workshop for families and staff.
Whole Kid
The Whole Kid course is a one-on-one or group-participation puberty and relationship education class. It is recommended for individuals ages 9 through 12. Children who participate will learn about anatomy, puberty, healthy relationships, bodily autonomy, private vs public, personal space (ours and others’), and more. Children who participate are taught factual information that empowers them to make healthy decisions throughout their lifetimes. The course is in-person and can accommodate groups up to 15. Purchase of a group course includes a workshop for families and staff.
Staff & Family Workshops
Staff and family workshops are included with Whole Person or Whole Kid group classes. They are available in-person or online via video conference. Topics include communication, breaching sensitive topics, values vs facts, statistics/current research review(s), and more. The family and/or Staff workshop is a very important component of this course. It is essential that participants’ guardians, community, and loved ones (1) are aware of what they’ve learned in the course and (2) have every possible opportunity to remember that participants are whole people, deserving of personal autonomy, respect from self and others, honesty, and access to information.
All styles and levels of communicators are strongly encouraged to attend!
Alternative/Augmentative Communication device users and non-verbal communicators are able to fully participate.
