The name for the program, RESPECT®, is an
acronym that represents each step a client must take in his profound
and powerful struggle to transcend the scars of his life on the journey
back to trust in himself, and trust received from the community.
RESPECT®
is an easy to use relapse prevention treatment for individuals with
developmental delay, mental illness and physical handicaps who sexually
offend. Documentation and articles by clinician Tom Keating, founder
of the program, has been published in Journal of Psychology and Human
Sexuality, Sex Offender Treatment, Biopsychosocial Perspectives; and
has been presented in 1998, at The World Congress On Violence in Caracas,
Venezuela.
RESPECT®
is a 7-step treatment system that relies on concrete, repetitive interventions
involving kinesthetic actions that can be activated with one word.
The system addresses issues of denial, empathy for the victim, and
low self-esteem through group interaction. It also helps the client
incorporate a plan that helps him dynamically evaluate changes in
behavior as progress and skills are learned. The client gradually
develops an internalized system of responsible behavioral choices
that eventually empower him to trust himself to behave appropriately
out in the community.
The
program is:
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Behavioral-cognitive
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Multi-sensory accelerated learning
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Intrinsic
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Multi-systemic
- Solution
focused
