Children and young people who have a learning disability can experience increased challenges before or during puberty, from understanding the changes in their bodies to expressing their feelings and managing the difference between public and private behaviours.
We've produced a set of resources parents and carers can use to explore bodies, behaviours and puberty with children and young people.
There are two guides, sharing advice, guidance and practical tips and a series of symbolised booklets.
There are two guides for adults:
There is a series of symbolised booklets on:
These resources have been created by NSPCC’s Together for Childhood Stoke in collaboration with key local partners. Thank you to Watermill School and the NHS’ Children and Young People’s Community Learning Disability Team from North Staffordshire Combined Health Care Trust for their support in developing these resources..
The symbols and language used in these resources is intentionally simple. These resources have been made accessible for anyone who requires a screen reader by using NVDA.
