Teachers’ Perceptions of Barriers to Implementing School-Based Sexual Health Education for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Students with IDD are often excluded from school-based sexual health education (SHE) despite the need. We identified four themes when exploring the teacher-identified barriers to implementing sexual health education for students with IDD: (1) misbeliefs and stigma; (2) parent/caregiver and administration support; (3) teacher preparedness; and (4) lack of evidence-based curricula/materials.

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Faculty: Dr. Ivanka Simić Stanojević and Mika Baugh

Students with IDD are often excluded from school-based sexual health education (SHE) despite the need. We identified four themes when exploring the teacher-identified barriers to implementing sexual health education for students with IDD: (1) misbeliefs and stigma; (2) parent/caregiver and administration support; (3) teacher preparedness; and (4) lack of evidence-based curricula/materials.

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Date

October 22, 2025