Sexual Abuse in Residential Treatment provides comprehensive
information on behavioral manifestations of sexual abuse in
residential settings and the safety and developmental needs, staff
training, and management strategies necessary to protect both
residents and staff. Chapters containing vivid case studies that
describe problematic episodes, discussions of research projects,
and proposals for agency sexuality policies, safe facility
management, and staff training contribute to a balanced
presentation of the framework in which sexual manifestations are
embedded.Professionals in residential treatment will learn how to
identify the most common sexual, sexualized, and sexually abusive
behaviors and from whence they derive. Sexual Abuse in Residential
Treatment provides specific suggestions for policy and program
design, recommends operational framework for safe management of
treatment facilities, and describes practical staff supervision and
training modules. With an emphasis on clinical practice,
descriptions of common problems and proposed solutions together
with a broad philosophical basis to guide policy setting will
benefit professionals in agencies interested in developing
customized organizational and treatment plans. Practitioners,
policymakers, and decision makers in residential programs,
inpatient psychiatric units, community-based group homes,
court-related youth shelters, and correctional facilities for the
rehabilitation of behaviorally disturbed youth presenting sexual
problems will find a wealth of information on a wide range of
topics such as: normal, pathological, and abusive sexual behavior
in residential treatment staff responses to sexual behavior,
training, and supervision needs frequency and quality of sexual
behaviors of latency-aged children safe management to prevent toxic
manifestations of sexuality management of sex abuse allegations in
the residential program recommendations for agency sexuality
policies selection criteria and program features for specialized
offender treatment the heterogeneity of phenomena classified as
"sex abuse" values conflicts involved in the design of programs and
policiesSexual Abuse in Residential Treatment provides descriptive
commentary concerning sexual behavior of youth in residential
treatment from various points of view including development,
values, therapeutic milieu, safety, training, and clinical
experience. Such a diverse approach makes this a valuable guide for
practitioners, as well as program directors, unit supervisors, case
managers, staff trainers, faculty in child care studies, and child
protective services staff.
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