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Residential Treatment for Sexually Abusive Youth: An Assessment of Treatment Outcomes

Christopher D. Jones, Ph.D.1*, Laura A. Lowe, Ph.D.2, Edwin A. Risler, Ph.D.3, and Roy Chancey4

1 Hillside, Inc
2 Texas Tech University
3 University of Georgia
4 Hillside, Inc.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cjones{at}hside.org.


  Abstract
Objective: This research study assesses the effectiveness of participation in a multimodal/holistic residential treatment program on changing deviant sexual interests and functional impairment among sexually abusive youth. Method: a one-group pretest posttest design was utilized to examine pretest (intake) and posttest (discharge) scores for 58 youth between the ages of 9 and 18. Outcome measures included Child and adolescent Functional assessment Scale (CaFaS) and the abel assessment for Sexual Interest–adolescent (aaSI). Results: The results indicate significant improvement from pretest to posttest scores. Length of stay was not found to influence these impacts. Conclusions: The applications of these results to understanding the effectiveness of residential treatment for sexually abusive youth and the assessment of treatment outcomes for these youth are explored and discussed.

First published on April 15, 2009
Research on Social Work Practice 2009, doi:10.1177/1049731509333349
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