The updated factsheet aims to support staff in special and mainstream schools in developing SRE policy and practice.
It provides teachers with guidance on planning and delivering SRE, as well as on involving children and young people, and working with parents and carers.
"SRE is an essential part of the curriculum for all children and young people, and those with special educational needs are no exception," said Anna Martinez, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum.
The issue of sex education for young people with special needs was also highlighted at a conference chaired by NCB's chief executive Paul Ennals in Birmingham on 10 May. The conference, Excellence and innovation in sex and relationship education: meeting the needs of pupils with special needs/disabilities, was organised by the Teenage Pregnancy Unit, the Department of Health and the DfES.
Vanessa Cooper, PSHE and Citizenship Adviser at NCB, hosted a workshop at the event, sharing examples of good practice from a survey carried out on SRE for lower-attaining pupils in mainstream schools.
