Short Version
Section 1: An Overview of Sex Offender Treatment for a Non–Clinical Audience
The Basics of Sex Offender–Specific Treatment
30 Minutes
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION
Use Slide #3 and Slide #4: Learning
Objectives for Section 1
Refer
to Handouts: Refer participants to the handout “Terms and
Concepts Related to Sex Offender–Specific Treatment” for definitions
of terms used in this curriculum. These documents are included in the participant
materials.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section of the curriculum, participants will be able to:
- Recognize that the overarching goal of sex offender treatment is community protection. This is accomplished by effectively treating sex offenders to reduce their recidivism risk (rather than providing treatment to reduce offenders’ subjective distress);
- Contrast sex offender–specific treatment with other forms of mental health treatment;
- Identify several sex offender treatment methods and adjunctive interventions that typically comprise sex offender–specific treatment; and
- Describe what specialized sex offender assessment is and why it is important in the sex offender–specific treatment process.