Breanne Grasso, OTD, OTR/L discusses how to address sexuality with your clients

On this episode, Breanne Grasso, OTD, OTR/L, founder of Sexuality and Occupational Therapy discusses her mission to educate occupational therapy practitioners on the importance of sexuality, the need to address sexuality, and how to address sexuality with their clients.

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Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Sexuality and Occupational Therapy: Website | instagram
• Instagram Accounts by People with Disabilities who discuss Sexaulity
• • Rachelles_wheels
• • Erinunleashes
• • Sitting_pretty
• • Pansystbattie
• • Carson_tueller
• • Crutches_and_spice
• • Andrewgurza_
• • Wheel.life.in.the.wheel.world
• • Nina_tame
• Walker, B., Otte, K., LeMond, K., Hess, P., Kaizer, K., Faulkner, T., & Christy, D. (2020). Development of the Occupational Performance Inventory of Sexuality and Intimacy (OPISI): Phase One. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(2), 1-18. <https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1694 https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol8/iss2/7/>
• American Occupational Therapy Association. (2013). Sexuality and the role of occupational therapy. Retrieved from https://www.aota.org/About-Occupational-Therapy/Professionals/RDP/Sexuality.aspx
• Eglseder, K., Webb, S., & Rennie, M. (2018). Sexual functioning in occupational therapy education: A survey of programs. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 6. https://www.doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1446
• Khakbazan, Z., Danshfar, F., Behboodi-Moghadam, Z., Nabavi, S.M., Ghasemzadeh, S., & Mehran, A. (2016). The effectiveness of the Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestions, and Intensive Therapy (PLISSIT) model based sexual counseling on the sexual function of women with multiple sclerosis who are sexually active. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 8, 113-119. https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2016.05.007
• McGrath, M., & Sakellariou, D. (2016). The issue is- Why has so little progress been made in the practice of occupational therapy in relation to sexuality? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 1-5.
• Mohammed, Asif. (2017). Addressing Sexuality in Occupational Therapy. OT Practice 22(2).
• Rose, N., & Hughes, C. (2018). Addressing sexuality in occupational therapy: A coconstructed autoethnography. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72, 6-12. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.026005
• Sakellariou, D., & Algado, S.S. (2006). Sexuality and disability: A case of occupational justice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802260606900204 World Health Organization. [WHO] (2010). Developing sexual health programmes: A framework for action. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/sexual_health/rhr_hrp_10_22/en/
• Whitney, R. V., & Fox, W. W. (2017). Using reflective learning opportunities to reveal and transform knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and skills related to the occupation of sexual engagement impaired by disability. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1246
• Books
• • Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
• • If You Really Love Me, Throw Me Off a Mountain by Erin Clark
• • Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
• • The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability by Miriam Kaufmann, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette