A timely revision and review of the treatment of developmentally disabled sex offenders, the text is a compilation of theory and practical strategies that focuses on shaping professional practice for community-based treatment, management and supervision of this population. This comprehensive revision, now in one volume, includes:
•Current review of literature and research
•Updated strategies for treatment
•Sexuality among the developmentally disabled population
•Recidivism rates in the general population
•Forensic issues involved with developmentally disabled sex offenders
•Comprehensive sexuality specific and mental health evaluations
•Developmental disorders and their impact on sexual development
•Constructing an interagency team for community management and supervision
•Integration of treatment and supervision in both residential and community-based settings
•Treatment failures and successes
•Challenging staffing issues
•Necessary program forms:
Request and Consent Forms
Avoid It! Contract
Learning about Danger Zones
The Ladder to Trouble
Wrong Way Thinking
and many more
•Blasingame’s Clinical Assessment Tools:
PCI/R: Parental Concern Inventory/Revised
FVI/O: Family Violence Inventory/Offender Version
FVI/VW: Family Violence Inventory/Victim/Witness Version
ABCI: Adult Behavioral Concern Inventory
SHOES: Sexual Habits, Obsessions & Experiences Survey
--- from the publisher About the Author
Gerry D. Blasingame, MA is the Executive and Clinical Director of a program dedicated to the treatment of developmentally disabled offenders. He is an accomplished presenter regarding many forms of family violence. Mr. Blasingame has been treating children, teens and adults impacted by family violence since 1985. He has presented numerous trainings on the treatment of mainstream and developmentally delayed clients. | 
