Stacey Kelly
Stacey Kelly
Professor and Coordinator, Visual Disabilities Program Northern Illinois University
Lessons Learned
- Many teachers of blind children do not understand that their students are at high risk for child sex abuse.
- Many teachers of blind children receive little or no training regarding mandated reporting.
- Teachers of blind children do not know how to effectively train their students on how to recognize child sex abuse.
Resources Developed
- https://www.aph.org/product/health-education-for-students-with-visual-i…
- Kelly, S. M. (2014). Guest editor. Forty years in the making: Special issue on sex education. Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments Quarterly, 59(2), 1-70. https://dvidb.exceptionalchildren.org/dvidb-publications/vidbeq-issues
- Kelly, S. M., Kapperman, G., Kalas, R., & Spitz, C. (in press). Methods and tools for decreasing vulnerability to physical and sexual assault among people with visual impairments. The New Review. https://meridian.allenpress.com/the-new-review
Suggested Resources
We are the only ones on the planet actively working on this topic as it relates specifically to children who are blind or have low vision. So, we either look at the general data pertaining with people with disabilities and once in a great while there is a way to parcel out those who report vision loss. Also, we can go way back in the literature and find one or two relevant articles pertaining to people with visual impairments several decades ago, in the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness for example.
FOR EXAMPLE:
- Harrell, E. (2021). Crime against persons with disabilities, 2009-2019-statisical tables. U.S. Department of Justice. Available at https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/crime-against-persons-disabili…
- Pava, W. S. (1994). Visually impaired persons’ vulnerability to sexual and physical assault. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 88(2), 103-112.
Collaborative Areas of Interest
- Making education around this topic accessible and meaningful to children who are blind or have low vision.
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21 August, 2024
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