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
- Changing Sanitary Towels Pictorial Book

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
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Down’s Syndrome Scotland, Riverside House, 502 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh T: