Helping Children With Sexual Behavior Problems
A Guidebook For Professionals And Caregivers
4th Edition Updated 2009
This is a companion booklet to Understanding Children's Sexual
Behaviors - What's Natural and Healthy
This 44-page booklet contains straightforward, easy-to-read
information in the following areas:
- What everyone helping children with
sexual behavior helping problems (CSBP) should know
- Modifying children's problematic sexual behaviors - preparing the
home environment; provide a healthy sexual environment; encourage
healthy boundaries; some guidelines for healthy boundaries; make the
home feel safe for all of the children; be clear regarding acceptable
behaviors
- Working together to decrease the child's problematic sexual
behavior - developing a plan to decrease one problematic sexual
behavior at a time; playing detective - what triggers the selected
problematic sexual behavior?; together the caregiver and child work out
the fine detaiils of the plan and implement it; after implementation,
carefully review and revise when necessary
- Parenting CSBP - talking about sex with children; listen and
respond to the child; parenting with patience and compassion; special
issues for all parents and substitute caregivers; especially for
substitute caregivers
- Assessment and treatment of CSBP and their families - assessment
of CSBP; goals for parents and substitute caregivers of CSBP;
individual therapy for CSBP, parents/caregivers. and other family
members; group therapy for the CSBP, parents/caregivers, and other
family members; family therapy; placement
- Cooperation and communication between all team members -
working with school; day care; after school programs; CPS; Probation
- Helpful resources on children and sexuailty
toni@tcavjohn.com
November 17, 2008