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Do sexual offenders with learning disabilities benefit from sex offender treatment programmes?
- Author:
- HENSON Teresa
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(2), June 2009, pp.98-102.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article discusses some of the clinical and practical issues in relation to sex offender treatment in prisons and compares, through the experience of one offender who has been called Sam, how the experiences may differ between offenders with and without learning disabilities. It gives a brief overview of how programmes have developed in prisons and describes differences between the Sex Offender Treatment Programme and the Adapted Programme. It highlights how offenders with learning disabilities are severely disadvantaged by the programmes and how current sentencing practice will discriminate against this group in terms of not being able to demonstrate reduction of risk, resulting in offenders with learning disability remaining in prison for ever extending periods.
Building bridges with understanding: foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) project
- Author:
- BLACKBURN Carolyn
- Publisher:
- Sunfield
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 49p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clent
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a general umbrella term describing the range of birth defects that can occur in an individual whose mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy. Foetal alcohol exposure is the leading known cause of intellectual disability in the Western world. More than 6000 children are born each year in the United Kingdom with FASD which means 1 in 100 children born are affected. The aim of this project was to enhance practitioner knowledge and understanding of the issues pertaining to FASD and its implications for the child as a lifelong learner. This report does not aim to equip practitioners diagnostically, but rather to give them a repertoire of early interventions to use when working with children they think may be affected by FASD. The report concludes that best practice in supporting children with FASD in their early years would seem to rest on the basic principles of consistency, simplicity, structure, repetition, routine, constant supervision and valuing the child for their achievements and strengths.
The treatment of sex offenders with developmental disabilities: a practice workbook
- Author:
- LINDSAY William R.
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 343p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
This book presents a comprehensive approach to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders with developmental disabilities. It is divided into three sections: background, theory and research; treatment considerations; treatments. It features practical advice on how to develop group dynamics and encourage participant ownership, guidance on setting up role plays and coverage of new initiatives such as self-regulation and Good Lives Model (GLM) as well as cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Contents include: risk assessment; treatment of inappropriate sexual behaviour; theories of offending and intellectual disability; promoting motivation; offence disclosure and accounts; allocating offenders to pathways; cognitive distortions and attitudes; personal physical and sexual abuse; victim awareness and empathy; pornography and sexual fantasy; attachments and relationships; lifestyle change and preventing relapse; evaluation.
Cross dressing and gender dysphoria in people with learning disabilities: a descriptive study
- Authors:
- PARKES Georgina, HALL Ian, WILSON Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(2), June 2009, pp.151-156.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors aimed to determine the characteristics of people with learning disability who cross-dress or who have gender dysphoria. they carried out a retrospective review of anonymised data from clinical records about people referred to a specialist service. All 13 participants cross-dressed and 12 were biological males. Only one person was in a core transsexual group which may do better from sex reassignment surgery. There was a high level of mental health problems and high levels of reported childhood abuse. Three people were unhappy about their homosexual feelings, and two people had capacity issues. People with learning disabilities experience a wide range of gender identity issues similar to those seen in the non-learning disabled population. They would benefit from a more person centred understanding. People with learning disability may need longer assessments and more psychotherapeutic exploration and intervention prior to thinking about hormone and surgical interventions. Deciding treatment in someone's best interests for those lacking capacity presents complex ethical dilemmas.