April 10, 2024
"But you know I'm just like you, right?"
Exploring Adolescent Dating and Disability
Join Dr. Heidi Rueda as she discusses her research on adolescent dating and disability. She will explore young people with disabilities’ romantic and sexual experiences highlighting the unique challenges and assets across the stages of relationships (initiation, sustainment, and termination). She will also cover dating and sexual violence prevention along with pregnancy and parenting considerations.
She will highlight how, through advocacy, parents and educators can help young people with various types of disabilities obtain sexual citizenship via comprehensive sexual health education plus tailored dating and sexual health resources.
The qualitative data for this webinar came from interviews with social workers who served children and adolescents with disabilities, as well as from interviews with young adults with disabilities and with parents of youth with disabilities.
Objectives: Webinar participants will be able to:
Describe the intimacy desires of youth with disabilities with the aim of advocating for their full sexual citizenship.
Explore youth with disabilities' unique challenges and assets with regard to dating and sexual health.
Promote inclusive and tailored sexual health programming.
Presenters: Heidi Rueda, Ph.D.
John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare
Grace Abbott School of Social Work
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Who should attend: Teen pregnancy prevention staff, healthy relationship facilitators, disability advocates, federal project officers, policy makers, researchers, community-based program managers and administrators, special ed educators and administrators
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 @ 1:00pm Pacific/4:00pm Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: Free!
