Sexuality education for the visually and hearing impaired child in the regular classroom

With more than two million handicapped children being "mainstreamed" into the regular classroom, teachers are confronted for the first time with assisting visual- and hearing-impaired children. Sensory-impaired children usually will demonstrate a deficiency in psychosocial-sexual adjustment, and teachers may doubt their ability to help in this area. These children have the same emotional and social needs as others, and their maladjustment is due usually to a lack of sufficient information concerning their sexuality. With a better understanding and an early recognition of the impediments these individuals experience in acquiring sexuality information, teachers can modify their methods of presentation and provide opportunities and assistance in the child's psychosocial-sexual adjustment.