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TRAINING INSTITUTE ADDRESSES ISSUES SURROUNDING YOUTH WHO SEXUALLY ABUSE
DCYF sponsors session for residential care workers on Thursday, January 18.
For Immediate Release: January 17, 2007
Contact: Hugh C. Minor IV
Office: 401-421-4100, ext. 109
Email:
hminor@dayoneri.orgProvidence, RI. (January 17, 2007). The RI Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), in
collaboration with the Continuity of Care Group, is sponsoring a half-day Training Institute on Youth Who Sexually Abuse for residential care workers and others who work directly with this population.
The reason for training on this issue is clear. In the United States, it is estimated that juveniles account for up to 20% of forcible rapes and almost 50% of child molestations committed each year 1. Residential
care workers in juvenile facilities need to be properly prepared to identify and address behaviors related to sexual abuse.
This session is the first of five training sessions serving as the core curriculum for training residential program workers to establish the highest standard of practice for all providers of services for youth who
exhibit sexually abusive behaviors. The Institute, which is not open to the public, will be held in the Student Union Ballroom at Rhode Island
College from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and repeated from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., featuring leading experts on topics including:
- Youth who exhibit sexually abusive behavior
- Characteristics of these juveniles
- Risk factors
- Research and promising practices
- Collaborative approaches to research and management
About the Continuity of Care Group
The Continuity of Care Group is a collaborative effort among residential care facilities providing treatment
for juvenile sex offenders and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Members include programs contracted by DCYF: Communities for People, The Counseling & Psychotherapy Center, Day One, Harmony
Hill School, Ocean Tides, St. Mary's Home for Children, Tides Family Services, Turning the Corner, and Whitmarsh House. Other members of the Continuity of Care Group are the RI Attorney General's Office -
Juvenile Division, RI Training School for Youth, and DCYF Juvenile Probation.
1 Hunter, J.A. (2000). Understanding juvenile sex offenders: research findings & guidelines for effective
management & treatment. Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet. Charlottesville, VA: Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy, University of Virginia. |
