The purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of mentally retarded on the equal view of both sexes and provide effective bases through performing sex education programs which are suitable for the characteristic of mentally retarded. It ca...
The purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of mentally retarded on the equal view of both sexes and provide effective bases through performing sex education programs which are suitable for the characteristic of mentally retarded. It carried out five times of sex educations -80 minutes each time, 10 sessions- for mentally retarded attending two special school(middle school, high school) and mentally retarded adult males who is capable of being trained in the workplace. And it found out the effects of sexual knowledge and attitude towards sex before and after carrying out the program. The results of this study were as follows: 1. This research included various levels of age (from 16 to 37 years old), both sexes and various degrees of mentally retarded. Throughout the various education, it is said a proper sex education program for the mentally retarded. 2. This is a very effective program for the mentally retarded who need to prove correct sexual knowledge and positive sexual attitudes. 3. This research inspected the differences between before and after tests of the sex education in the area of the knowledge of sex, it showed statistically significant differences in the structures and skills of body, pregnancy and birth, the body, the mental and sexual state of adolescence, and sexual violence. But there are not differences between the role of sex and friendship dating. 4. The sex education program is not significant difference in degree of mental retardation. sex, and age.