Sexually Abusive Youth

Curriculum Development

Title Identification, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies for Sexually Abusive Youth

Grantee(s) Lucinda Rasmussen

School: San Diego State University

Summary: This project is providing instruction in theoretical knowledge and practice skills necessary for social work practice with children and adolescents who have sexual behavior problems.

Gap(s) Addressed: Developmental issues of adolescence and their relationship to foster care

Project Status: Completed

Products: The teaching manual will consist of 8 teaching modules that can be used in the classroom or in a field setting by field instructors. Knowledge and skill areas for the teaching modules are:
1) Effects of child sexual abuse;
2) Identification of characteristics of sexually abusive youth and their families;
3) Sexual development;
4) Assessment of sexually abusive youth;
5) Individual intervention strategies;
6) Family intervention strategies (including foster families);
7) Culture and diversity;
8) Conscious use of self. The project will produce a syllabus, handouts, and a bibliography of research literature and treatment resources.

Last updated: June 16, 2003

	Curriculum Development

Title	Identification, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies for Sexually Abusive Youth
Grantee(s)	Lucinda Rasmussen
School:	San Diego State University
Summary:	This project is providing instruction in theoretical knowledge and practice skills necessary for social work practice with children and adolescents who have sexual behavior problems.
Gap(s) Addressed:	Developmental issues of adolescence and their relationship to foster care
Project Status:	Completed
Products:	The teaching manual will consist of 8 teaching modules that can be used in the classroom or in a field setting by field instructors. Knowledge and skill areas for the teaching modules are: 1) Effects of child sexual abuse; 2) Identification of characteristics of sexually abusive youth and their families; 3) Sexual development; 4) Assessment of sexually abusive youth; 5) Individual intervention strategies; 6) Family intervention strategies (including foster families); 7) Culture and diversity; 8) Conscious use of self. The project will produce a syllabus, handouts, and a bibliography of research literature and treatment resources.