Basic Skills To Avoid Risk Situations for Sexual abuse for Adolescent Girls With Intellectual Disability: An Video-based Intervention Programme

Sai Swaroopa

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Basic Skills To Avoid Risk Situations for Sexual abuse for Adolescent Girls With Intellectual Disability: An Video-based Intervention Programme

Sai Swaroopa

Abstract :

The high prevalence rate of sexual abuse among adolescent girls with intellectual disability throws light on the missing links in their sexuality educational programmes. Empirical evidences are scanty in Indian context encompassing these skills to prevent sexual abuse. An effort was made by designing video based intervention package focusing on the crucial factors to train them in achieving skills to avoid risk situations for sexual abuse. Seven adolescent girls with mild Intellectual disability within the age range of 15–18 years were part of this study. All of them received 20 skill training sessions of 30 minutes each over a period of four weeks through videos. The data were collected before and after the intervention using a checklist on skills to avoid risk situations for sexual abuse (SARSA) .The video based intervention programme resulted in enhancing the skills to avoid risk situations for sexual abuse significantly paving a path for safe mobility in their surroundings.