In 2001, "DVD Talk" reviewed the Fantoma Films "Educational Archives" series, "Sex & Drugs", and noted "The ABCs of Sex Education for Trainables" as among those included, writing the film had the "impact of "Freaks"" and that it was intended to "guide teachers in mental institutions, who must try to train (not teach) those patients considered 'trainable', to know enough about their bodies and sex to neither be anti-social nor victimized in public." They commented upon the film addressing the issues directly by its showing "some very dedicated teachers taking on a really tough job." When they reviewed the DVD compilation "Educational Archives" "School Locker" in 2006, they made note that collections of educational films from Fantoma "included the best of the best in educational films", and that it was "hard to top marvels like "The ABCs of Sex Education for Trainables"," and that while this later compilation was not without merit, "it pales in comparison with the earlier releases."