TEACHERS CONCEPTION ABOUT SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION

Abstract

Sexuality and disability are current and important topics in an inclusive society and are still few studies about teacher performance and their conceptions in sex education for people with disabilities. Sexuality is inherent to human and people with disabilities have the right to live it and to receive sexual education. Whereas the relationship between sexuality and disability is still complex, especially in the school context, and that sexual education should be assumed by the teachers who generally have no training in the area, we intend to study this theme with this qualitative descriptive research that has aimed to investigating the teachers' conceptions about sexuality and sexual education of students with disabilities in the school context . It is estimated the participation 30 teachers, of both sexes, who have in their school context students with disabilities. Data collection will be done through a questionnaire and / or interview for analysis of content. The date obtained may contribute to elucidate how teachers think and act on sexual education in different contexts and subsidize educational proposals in teacher's continuing training in the field of inclusion and sexuality.