My Choice, My Own Choice

Synopsis
Discusses safer sex for people with learning difficulties. A dramatisation shows a girl with learning difficulties and a new boyfriend and is feeling pressured. She recieves conflicting messages from her mother and boyfriend but is supported in making her decisions by her housemates and their support worker. The video emphasises both the factual aspects of safer sex and the importance of self-esteem, trust and assertiveness in the process of maker safer sexual health choices.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min.
Year of production
1992
Availability
out of distribution
Documentation
Accompanying teaching pack.
Uses
People with learning difficulties and their teachers and carers.
Subjects
Social welfare
Keywords
learning disabilities; sex education; special needs education

Credits

Writer
Simon Clarke
Contributor
James Nichols

Production Company

Name

South East London Health Promotion Service

Distributor

Name

Brook Publications

Phone
020 7833 8488
Fax
020 7833 8182
Address
London
WC1X 8UD
Name

Pavilion Publishing Ltd

Email
info@pavpub.com
Web
http://www.pavpub.com External site opens in new window
Phone
01273 623 222
Fax
0844 880 5062
Address
Richmond House
Richmond Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 3RL
Notes
Print and video/DVD-based training materials on topics in health and social care. Areas covered include learning disability, mental health, young people and children, drugs and alcohol, vulnerable adults, and older people.

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