TEACHERS’ CHALLENGE IN TEACHING THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN DISABILITIES
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Individuals with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable people due to sexual abuse. A recent study found that 31.7% of children with disabilities experience violence, and these children are at twice the risk of being subjected to violence compared to children without disabilities. This alarming disparity underscores the crucial role of educators. Teachers, given their professional roles with special needs students, are uniquely positioned to provide essential sexual education and protective guidance in schools. To explore the challenge faced by teachers in special schools in teaching the prevention of sexual abuse among children with special needs. The methodology used included a qualitative method with a phenomenology approach using in-depth interviews with 11 teachers in special schools and analysis of data was done using qualitative thematic analysis. Four themes emerged summarizing such as type of disabilities, teacher’s competence, environment, and implementation of health reproduction in school. Most teachers revealed that the challenge in teaching sexual abuse prevention is a limitation in a student's ability to learn, teacher’s limited knowledge in handling the students, neglectful parenting, lack of training for teachers, and non-inclusive health reproduction programs. This study showed that the experience of special school teachers in preventing sexual abuse is considered to have been done well but not maximized due to the challenges felt by teachers. Programs should encourage development of skills and knowledge of special school teachers. Sexual abuse prevention education for children with disabilities can be made a special program in special schools.
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