Recognizing the individual needs and problems of children and youth with sexual behavior problems, Stetson School has developed specialized groupings within the larger juvenile sexual abuser programming, allowing more effective care for target populations. These diverse services are:

90 Day Psychosocial/Psychosexual Assessment: Serves children and youth who display inappropriate sexual behaviors but undetermined treatment/placement needs. Psychosocial and Psychosexual Assessments are completed to address these issues and recommendations are offered. An initial treatment plan is developed for students who are recommended for continued placement at Stetson.  Typical assessment duration is 90 days.

Juvenile Sexual Abuser Service:  Serves adolescent males who have a history of sexually abusive behavior toward others. Goals of this treatment service are to prevent further sexual victimization, and to prevent further coercive, aggressive or abusive behaviors. In addition, treatment services teach and develop pro-social behaviors and replacement skills.  When appropriate, treatment helps resolve personal victimization, trauma or the negative impact of disrupted development.

Healthy Sexuality Service (Sexual Misconduct): Serves adolescents who are assessed to have a history of problem sexual behaviors such as sexual harassment and impulsive sexualized actions which may not be classified as sexually abusive, however, which may be coupled with a pattern of conduct problems and oppositional behaviors. Specialized group content focuses on social norms for sexualized behaviors, and aligning behaviors and attitudes with those norms.

Sexually Reactive Latency Service: Serves younger boys, ages 9-13, with history of sexual victimization or trauma and subsequent sexually abusive behaviors toward others may be appropriate for this service.  Special residential structure addresses the developmental needs of this population including: behavioral incentive plans, specialized groups, and a focus on general behavioral stabilization and trust-building vs emphasis on disclosure of offending behaviors.  Staff receives special training and practice working with attachment issues, and the unique dependency/nurturing needs of this population.

Youth Extended Services (YES): Serves cognitively impaired young men, ages 17-21, who have mastered the concepts of juvenile sexual abuser treatment and are ready to work on vocational preparedness and community integration activities for a more productive and self-sufficient future may be referred to the YES program. Participants still require a staff secure environment, but can safely manage more frequent routine contacts with the community for shopping, recreation, and community service. In addition, a Rehabilitation Specialist works with each student to map out functional and adaptive behavioral goals such as using a street map, ordering from a menu, and using the telephone appropriately and then provides supervised practice to support mastery of the goals.  This program is provided for a modest additional rate above the standard per diem due to the added costs of specialized rehabilitation, student salaries and work preparedness programming.

Risk Assessment Service: Children and adolescents who have sexual behaviors but undetermined treatment/placement needs.  Psychosexual and Psychosocial Assessments are completed to address these issues and recommendations are offered. An initial treatment plan is developed for students who are recommended for continued placement at Stetson.  Typical duration is 90 days.

Alternative Learning Program Students (ALPS): Serves adolescents with serious learning problems and below average Full Scale IQs of 55 and up. This component shares the treatment goals of the Juvenile Sexual Abuser Program, however, the residential milieu, educational services, and clinical approaches are geared to the special learning needs and care needs of adolescents who function at a lower developmental level.  ALPS clinicians use a specialized risk assessment tool, the CI/J-RAT to evaluate progress.

In closing, Stetson School offers a specialized, competitively priced treatment program for children and youth with sexual behavior problems.  Please feel free to call on our Admissions Office (978-355-4541, ext. 104) with questions or to screen a referral over the phone. Keep in mind that we conduct pre-admissions interviews at the location of your choice and are always available to transport your client to Stetson on admission day