Residential Treatment For The Juvenile Sex Offender

The Juvenile Sex Offender Program is a secure unit that provides intensive treatment for moderate to high risk juvenile sex offenders.

Multi-modal treatment components provide the therapeutic framework for residents to gain control over abusive sexual behaviors and to facilitate prosocial interactions in the community.

The average length of stay is 12 to 18 months; however, other factors such as the resident's effort and amenability to treatment may influence client discharge.

Residential Treatment For The Young Adult Sex Offender

The Young Adult Sex Offender Program is a secure unit that provides intensive treatment for moderate to high risk juvenile sex offenders, ages 18-20.

Multi-modal treatment components provide the therapeutic framework for residents to gain control over abusive sexual behaviors and to facilitate prosocial interactions in the community.

The average length of stay is 12 to 18 months; however, other factors such as the resident's effort and amenability to treatment may influence client discharge.

Residential Treatment For The Developmentally Delayed Juvenile Sex Offender

The Developmentally Delayed Sex Offender Program is a secure unit that provides intensive treatment for moderate to high risk intellectually challenged juvenile sex offenders. Implementation of specialized sex offender treatment processes and interventions have been redesigned to accommodate the specific cognitive, behavioral, and emotional abilities of the intellectually challenged juvenile.

Residential Treatment For Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Youth

Behavioral Program

The Behavioral Programs are designed to treat adolescents with histories of anger management, impulse control, substance abuse, and other conduct disorder related behaviors. There are two separate units available to serve this population:

Group Home Services

Program History

In 1995, Briarwood Treatment Services established a Therapeutic Group Home program for male juvenile sex offenders that offered sex offense specific treatment in a residential home-like setting. In response to the need to enhance the continuum of care that exists in the community, the Independent Living Program was developed. This program promotes life skills to assist the individual in preparing for a safe and full transition into the community. For the developmentally delayed population, Briarwood provides and additional treatment setting that addresses the specific needs of the adolescent with behavioral and sex offending issues.

All three of these programs are designed to intervene early on in a child's life when sexual behavior problems first begin occurring.

Through the wide range of program components that make up Briarwood Treatment Services, our chief concern is the individual. We are committed to developing young people who can return to society and lead normal, productive lives.

Sex Offender Treatment

Briarwood's Sex Offender Treatment program is designed to provide sex offense specific treatment to juveniles who have sex offense backgrounds or who engage in sexually acting out behaviors.

This program provides intensive treatment services, structure, and security which assist in the individual's safe integration and gradual transition into varied community-based settings upon completion of the program. Specialized treatment modules address:

• Sexual Aggression
• Empathy Development
• Healthy Relationships
• Relapse Prevention

In addition, the program provides psychoeducational courses on anger management, prosocial skills, and independent living skills.

This program is appropriate for youth who:

1. have never received sex offense specific treatment;
2. have started treatment, but due to interruption, need to complete the program, or;
3. have completed treatment but continue to require intensive supervision.

Admission Criteria

• Adolescent males between the ages of 13 and 18 and young adult males between the ages of 18 and 20 with an IQ over 70
• Identified need for sex offender specific treatment along with a history of sexual offenses or other acute sexual problems.
• Adjudicated or Non-Adjudicated.
• Amenable to treatment.
• Ready for community reintegration thereby requiring a less restrictive environment.
• Low to moderate risk for re-offense.

Developmentally Delayed Program

Briarwood's Developmentally Delayed Treatment program provides specialized behavioral as well as sex offender specific treatment. Program components accommodate the specific cognitive, behavioral, and emotional abilities of this population. This program stresses a full spectrum of multi-modal components to assist the residents in gaining success in relapse prevention skills and facilitates pro-social interactions in the community.

Program components will provide:

• a focus on the activities of daily living skills and training to decrease institutional dependency;
• preparation for an independent setting and safe integration into the community through experiential opportunities;
• comprehensive discharge and transitional planning;
• vocational skill-building to foster independence.

Admission Criteria

• Adolescent males between the ages of 13 and 18 and young adult males between the ages of 18 and 20.
• Apparent borderline intellectual functioning IQ range 55-84 with consideration provided to special cases.
• Identified need for sex offender specific treatment along with a history of sexual offenses or other acute sexual problems.
• Adjudicated or Non Adjudicated.
• Ready for community reintegration thereby requiring a less restrictive environment.
• Low to moderate risk for re-offense.

Independent Living Program

Briarwood's Independent Living program is a structured therapeutic environment that promotes independence, self-respect, self control, and personal dignity. This program is designed for youth who have successfully completed a sex offense specific treatment program and who are preparing for full transition into the community.

Through individual and group therapy, and in an experiential format, activities target:

• Personal care and hygiene
• Organizational skills
• Use of city transportation/map reading
• Nutrition, meal planning, grocery shopping
• Basic house maintenance, cleaning, laundry
• Career planning
• Identifying community resources
• Self assessment of skills
• Employment skills to maintain a job
• Managing conflicts and stress management
• Interpersonal and relationship skills
• Grievance procedures and communication skills

Admission Criteria

• Adolescent males between the ages of 13 and 18 and young adult males between the ages of 18 and 20 with and IQ over 70.
• Completion of a sex offense specific program required.
• Ready for community reintegration thereby requiring a less restrictive environment.
• Low to moderate risk for re-offense.