Assessment, Diagnosis, and Risk Management of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

Blasingame, Gerry D.

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“…CBT has a significant body of research demonstrating its effectiveness for use with adolescent offenders (Latessa, 2006) and with persons who have intellectual disabilities when modified appropriately (Blasingame, 2005(Blasingame, , 2014. CBT has a significant body of research demonstrating its effectiveness for use with adolescent offenders (Latessa, 2006) and with persons who have intellectual disabilities when modified appropriately (Blasingame, 2005(Blasingame, , 2014.…”

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“…Similar to the comments above regarding these youth having a variety of records from being involved with multiple agencies, it is likely that a youth with intellectual disabilities who is referred for treatment related to sexual behavior problems will have a number of professionals or stakeholders participating in their lives (Blasingame, 2014). The Potential Stakeholders Roster is intended to remind clinicians of all the possible resource people in the youth's life.…”

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Practical Strategies for Working with Youth with Intellectual Disabilities who have Sexual Behavior Problems

Blasingame

2014

Toolkit for Working With Juvenile Sex Offenders

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Practical Strategies for Working with Youth with Intellectual Disabilities who have Sexual Behavior Problems

Blasingame

2014

Toolkit for Working With Juvenile Sex Offenders

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“… 12 16–18 Additionally, this lack of knowledge and skills also results in a greater risk of committing sexual abuse themselves. 19 Also, persons with an intellectual disability are often dependent of the care of others and therefore deal with a lack of privacy, which is considered a risk factor for sexual abuse. 15 20 In view of the foregoing, residential settings for people with intellectual disabilities could be considered as a risk-environment for sexual abuse.…”

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Sexual abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings: a 3-year analysis of incidents reported to the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate

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ObjectivesTo explore characteristics of sexual abuse within residential settings for people with an intellectual disability and to map out measures undertaken and improvement plans made by healthcare organisations after sexual abuse.DesignDescriptive analysis of reports about sexual violence against persons with an intellectual disability submitted to the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate by healthcare organisations.SettingResidential settings for people with an intellectual disability in The Netherlands.Selection186 incident reports submitted to the Inspectorate between January 2017 and December 2019 were included.Results125 incident reports concerned sexual abuse by fellow clients and 61 reports concerned sexual abuse by professionals. Client perpetrators were predominantly male whereas almost 30% of the abusing professionals were female. The majority of the perpetrating professionals were unlicensed professionals. Clients who committed sexual abuse were mostly relocated to another residential setting. Most healthcare organisations invested in education and training for employees instead of improving the sexual education programme for clients after an incident of sexual abuse. If there was a strong suspicion of sexual abuse by a professional, resignation followed in most cases. In just two cases, the perpetrating professional was reported to a warning registry.ConclusionsA small amount of the perpetrating professionals held a licensed profession, which makes it challenging to address this form of sexual abuse through healthcare regulation. It raises the question why warning registries are not engaged more often after alleged sexual abuse. Constantly relocating abusing clients might endanger the (sexual) safety of clients in these new environments. Previous literature suggests that adequate sexual education regarding social skills and sexual behaviour is very effective for the majority of clients who commit sexual abuse. Healthcare organisations could take up a more prominent role in this to ensure safety for their own clients and for clients residing elsewhere.

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Issues and Advances in Diagnostic Assessment

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Jankowska

2018

Pediatric Intellectual Disabilities at School

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Assessment, Diagnosis, and Risk Management of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

Cited by 7 publications

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Practical Strategies for Working with Youth with Intellectual Disabilities who have Sexual Behavior Problems

Practical Strategies for Working with Youth with Intellectual Disabilities who have Sexual Behavior Problems

Sexual abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings: a 3-year analysis of incidents reported to the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate

Issues and Advances in Diagnostic Assessment

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