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FCIC Webinar: 10/14/2011 - Sexual Health for Individuals with IDD and Autism

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SEXUAL HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHINTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND AUTISM:Why Is It Important & What Can You Do About It?

DATE: Friday, October 14, 2011TIME: 12:00- 1:30 p.m. ESTFEATURED PRESENTERS: Nila Benito & Jackie SelbstMODERATOR: Liz Perkins

This webinar is free but space is limited!To register, visit this link: http://usf.adobeconnect.com/sexualhealthwebinar/event/event_info.html

OBJECTIVES:

Understand how to address sexual health with a person with IDD and Autism.

Learn about the characteristics of a person with an IDD who has been sexually abused.

Understand the risks of neglecting the sexual health of a person with IDD and Autism.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:Parents and caregivers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often have so much on their minds that teaching sexual health falls on the backburner. Unfortunately, lack of proper sexual health education may lead to grave dangers for those individuals, including sexual abuse or inappropriate sexual behaviors. More troubling is the fact that most cases of sexual abuse involving individuals with an IDD are most often perpetrated by someone the individual personally knows such as a paid caregiver or aides. This webinar will include studies, statistics, lessons learned, and suggestions from experts and parents in the IDD and Autism field.TARGET AUDIENCE:Family members & Caregivers. All are welcome.PRESENTERS:Nila Benito is Coordinator of Community Supports at USF’s Florida Center for Inclusive

Communities-University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities. Nila's primary focus is to help her adult young sons with autism be the best they can be. Through her work at USF, she promotes positive outcomes for and a greater understanding of all people with developmental disabilities and their families. Nila's professional journal publications and primary interests are in family/professional collaboration, inclusion, peer supports, transition, customized employment, person centered planning, and positive behavior supports.Jackie Selbst is a second-year medical student at the University of South- Florida College of Medicine. Jackie’s undergraduate years at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL were spent performing research in the field of autism, including designing a new method to diagnose autism at a younger age and study correlating motor and cognitive function. Jackie’s extracurricular activities

include performing HIV testing at Tampa’s free health clinic and promoting healthy lifestyles among her peers.FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact Tanisha e Dobney at ttclarke@... or TO REGISTER, visit this link: http://usf.adobeconnect.com/sexualhealthwebinar/event/event_info.html

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The Autism and Employment Webinar Learning Series: "Real Lives, Real Stories"September 7, 2011Noon-1:00 p.m.Registration:http://tacesoutheast.org/webinars/2011/090711/index.php#content For more information: contact contact Jill Houghton at Jilldh@...

The Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC) is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. The mission of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities is to provide training, technical assistance, research, systems change, and dissemination activities focused on supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to:** Make informed choices and decisions about their lives.** Receive support and services that are based on individual goals and outcomes.** Achieve full

inclusion and participate in society, in an individualized manner, consistent with the unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, and capabilities of each individual.

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