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Supporting Your Child Through Puberty: Resources and Conversations

Gain confidence in discussing puberty with your child, learn about body changes and social skills, and access valuable resources for guidance.

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Supporting Your Child Through Puberty: Resources and Conversations

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  1. Supporting Your Child Through Puberty Morag Dalrymple Family Support Service Officer

  2. Session Objectives • Increase Your Confidence in Starting the ‘Tricky’ Conversations • Have an Awareness of How Your Values can Influence Your Approach • Gain a Greater Knowledge of the Resources Available

  3. The Tricky Conversation • Find out What they Know • ‘Teachable Moments’ • You know Your Child Best! • Simple language/ Visual Aids • How your Body will Change

  4. The Body • Correct Names for Body Parts • The Functions of Body Parts • How to Care for your Body

  5. Learning About Girls • What happens to your body as you grow • Menstruation • Early Self Discovery • Private/Public

  6. Learning About Boys • What happens to your body as you grow • Early Self Discovery • Private / Public

  7. Social Skills • Identifying Emotions • Independence • Friendships • Appropriate Behaviour/ Boundaries

  8. Resources • Teaching Children with Down’s Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality by Terri Couwenhoven • What about us? Sex education by Craft A & Stewart, D. • People skills for young adults by Csoti M • What’s Happening to Ellie? Kate E. Reynolds • What’s Happening to Tom?Kate E. Reynolds • Personal hygiene by Crissey P , Taking Care of Myself by Wrobel M • All About Us Computer Disc – The Family Planning Association • http://www.bodysense.org.uk/ - Changing Sanitary Towels Pictorial Book • http://www.bodysense.org.uk

  9. Session Objectives • Increase Your Confidence in Starting the ‘Tricky’ Conversations • Have an Awareness of How Your Values can Influence Your Approach • Gain a Greater Knowledge of the Resources Available

  10. Any questions? Morag Dalrymple| Family Support Service Officer Mob: 07808 037 561 | 0131 442 8840 E: morag@dsscotland.org.uk Down’s Syndrome Scotland, Riverside House, 502 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh T: 0131 313 8840

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