1st Edition

The Management of Sexuality in Residential Treatment

Edited By Gordon Northrup Copyright 1993
    152 Pages
    by Routledge

    148 Pages
    by Routledge

    Here are practical ideas and help for dealing with problems of sexuality in residential treatment settings. On a day-to-day level, difficulties can arise from the need for child care workers to maintain caring and personal relationships with children in the face of the children’s and their own sexuality. Children themselves also may have difficulties in properly expressing their sexuality. The Management of Sexuality in Residential Treatment examines a broad range of problems that often occur and describes several treatment programs and strategies for coping with incidents of abuse or alleged abuse.

    Chapters in the book address issues pertinent for professionals working with children in residential treatment. Authors cover topics such as:

    • residents’needs for love versus sexuality
    • the impact of sexually stimulating materials
    • erotic countertransference in a residential treatment center
    • survey of minor sex problems in the milieu and how to respond to them
    • personal relationships between residents and staff

      The book also describes two treatment programs for abused or abusing children. The first is an eight week multimodal therapeutic program for adolescent girls who have been sexually abused, the other a course for sexually abusive boys that includes counseling, sex education, and journal writing. The Management of Sexuality in Residential Treatment is a valuable resource for the staff of residential treatment centers, group homes, residential schools, and hospital pediatric units who wish to understand how to deal more effectively with issues of sexuality and the children for whom they care.

    Contents Foreword
    • Children and Love
    • Staff Reactions to Young People Who Have Been Sexually Abused
    • Some Medical Implications of Sexuality in Residential Centers
    • The Impact of Sexually Stimulating Materials on Group Care Residents: A Question of Harm
    • Discovery and Treatment of Adolescent Sexual Offenders in a Residential Treatment Center
    • The Survivors Project: A Multimodal Therapy Program for Adolescents in Residential Treatment Who Have Survived Child Sexual Abuse
    • When Staff Members Sexually Abuse Children in Residential Care
    • Erotic Countertransference Issues in a Residential Treatment Center
    • Reference Notes Included
    • Index

    Biography

    Gordon Northrup