The Management of Sexuality in Residential Treatment

by Northrup; Gordon

• ISBN13: 9781560244837
• ISBN10: 1560244836
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-04-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. The book 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.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors
Foreword
Children and Love	p. 1
Staff Reactions to Young People Who Have Been Sexually Abused	p. 9
Some Medical Implications of Sexuality in Residential Centers	p. 23
The Impact of Sexually-Stimulating Materials and Group Care Residents: A Question of Harm	p. 37
Discovery and Treatment of Adolescent Sexual Offenders in a Residential Treatment Center	p. 57
The Survivors Project: A Multimodal Therapy Program for Adolescents in Residential Treatment Who Have Survived Child Sexual Abuse	p. 65
When Staff Members Sexually Abuse Children in Residential Care	p. 89
Erotic Countertransference Issues in a Residential Treatment Center	p. 107
Index	p. 125
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