Thistletown safe-t program

Some are victims of familial sexual abuse, some are offenders and others have sexual behaviour problems. In , researchers at SAFE-T, led by James Worling — a clinical and forensic psychologist — developed the first risk assessment tool for adolescents who have sexually offended. An Auckland University professor and clinical psychologist with 22 years of working with adolescent sexual offenders is just as lavish with his praise.

Worling and colleagues have also published follow-up studies on the effectiveness of treatment on youth offenders. Youth who received comprehensive and specialized treatment at SAFE-T have been shown to be significantly less likely to commit further sexual and non-sexual crimes, up to 20 years later.

Worling worries that the unique program will be lost as the province shuts down Thistletown, which treats people with mental health, behavioural and developmental challenges. It is one of only two such facilities in the province directly operated by the government.

Eric Hoskins, minister of Children and Youth Services. The province has not said how long that funding will last or where exactly clients will be transferred, including 13 adults with severe developmental challenges who have lived at Thistletown for decades. There are already too few places where young sexual offenders can turn. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved. To order copies of Toronto Star articles, please go to: www. Mikey learned how to play the piano and found he loved it.

Report an error. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Halton Trauma Centre will soon take over an internationally renowned treatment program for young offenders and victims of family sexual abuse from the provincial Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The program will move this fall. The new location that has yet to be determined, but it will be within 40 kilometres of the current site.

He said all clientele of the SAFE-T program, which will maintain its name, are also welcome to stay and it will continue to be open to residents of the GTA and southern Ontario. The SAFE-T program started in as a pilot project at Thistletown, a provincial facility that offers programs for clients with complex mental health, behavioural and developmental challenges.

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