ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the problem in its broader perspective, academic and vulgar, before considering an approach to helping all adolescents come to terms with their own sexual development. It also considers the way problems are conceptualised, in addition to particular needs of those youngsters who have special sex-related problems. Schools are no longer only for children; half the pupils now in secondary schools are sexually mature. Some girls will start menstruating without any preparation with the attendant fears of bleeding to death, being ill or being punished for playing with themselves. Homosexuality is another one of the topics the children in National Children's Bureau Survey wanted to learn about in school. Being clothed is often infinitely more provocative then being naked. The term sexually transmitted disease includes more than traditional venereal diseases, in particular genital warts and genital herpes which are transmitted by direct sexual contact. The educational psychologist can make a contribution to any school considering introducing such programmes.
