Sex Education

Protocol Assignment # 2

Ken Alfred S. Pedreso

Centennial College

Health Promotion/ Personal Well-being - DSWP 121-201

Instructor: Nicole Martindale Coke

Due Date: November 14, 2021

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Kenneth is a 17 -year-old male who is in the Autism Spectrum Disorder. He

is a high school student who is falling in love with his girl best friend and has felt

the pressure with his guy friend who has a girlfriend. Sex education has been

taught in class but since his parents are conservative Christians, Kenneth has been

avoidant with this kind of topic. Since he is still attending therapy, this should be

one of his focus that lets him knows the importance of having a relationship and a

possibility of sexual intercourse thus reinforcing with sex education that can help

him with safe sex, the use of birth controls, etc.

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It is important that Kenneth is supported and consider the following

conditions:

• Kenneth learns faster with audio visual presentations. For additional

information on the use of birth control, it is helpful that he can have a

return demonstration to evaluate what he learned.

• He gets easily bored. To avoid this, he must be given 15-20 minute

breaks for a snack or using the washroom.

• Though Kenneth doesn’t have consistent eye contact, he does

understand and sometimes repeat the words being said (echolalia). If in

doubt, ask him if he understood the lesson.

• To properly instil him the lessons, he can be taught in different sessions

at the weekend that does not change his routine and activities in school.

Here are some steps to be incorporated with his routine by the weekend that

does not make him disrupted with change:

Before attending to class:

1. Assess Kenneth’s understanding on sex education. After which, we could

curate his lessons from his weaknesses to strengths.

2. With this, it gives us where should we concentrate on teaching him on his

path to intimate relationships.

3. Tell Kenneth that it is important to reiterate sex education so that in an

instance a life event will come to him, he will be able to be prepared for it.

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4. Remind Kenneth to listen attentively and tell him that the program is a

safe place to express his feelings.

5. Tell Kenneth to bring the iPad so that he can input notes on relevant

information and record demonstrations.

During Class:

1. Evaluating Kenneth is a need to ensure he has understood the topic before

going to the next topic.

2. Let the instructor finish the topic before asking a question. Have Kenneth

list all the questions that is related to the certain topic.

3. Let Kenneth have a short breaks in between or every after topic to avoid

bombarding him with information.

4. Ensure that Kenneth is confident and at the same time, comfortable on

making his return demonstrations.

After Class:

1. As he likes to follow a routine, he wants to put his bag in the bedroom.

After that, he wants a warm bath followed by a light snack if not in time for dinner.

2. Ask Kenneth what he learned through the day and how can he apply it

certain situations.

3. Tell Kenneth that is important for him to tell his feelings even if religion

and conservatism is in place.

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4. For a reward system, give Kenneth a treat for dinner and going out to

watch a movie to compensate with the weekend spent in the program.