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Adult
Outpatient Programs Page 4 |
Department of Corrections Sex
Offender Post-Release Programming and Treatment Groups
| The Minnesota Department of
Corrections (DOC) has authorized funding for Alpha to provide
outpatient post-release sex offender programming for
individuals on supervised release from Minnesota correctional
facilities. |
Supervision/Support Group
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| The Supervision/Support group
addresses issues regarding reintegration into the community
and the implementation of the clients' reoffense prevention
plans, when appropriate. Alpha’s group for these individuals is facilitated by
mental health professionals. Clients attend
post-release programming weekly for approximately four months. |
Supervised Releasee Treatment Group
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| Sex offender treatment groups
are also available for DOC level 3 supervised releasees. Level
1and Level 2 supervised releasees must have DOC approval to be
considered for inclusion in treatment. Potential treatment
clients are screened from those individuals attending the
Supervision/Support group. To be accepted for treatment,
the supervised releasees must admit to their crimes and
demonstrate a level of motivation to participate in treatment.
Funding for treatment will be provided by the DOC for a period
of up to 12 months for each active treatment client. |
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Specialized
Courses
Psychoeducational Course |
Taking responsibility for
perpetrating sexually abusive behavior is an important part of
sex offender treatment. Most programs will not provide
services to offenders who deny or severely minimize having any
problems with their sexual behavior. In addition, few sex
offender programs have services for clients who do not need
in-depth sex offender treatment, but who do need more
information and education about sexuality, appropriate
boundaries, and responsible sexual behavior. Alpha’s
Psychoeducational Course is designed to address these gaps in
traditional sex offender services.
The Psychoeducational Course addresses the
issues of inappropriate sexual behavior and sexual harassment.
It introduces topics that are addressed in traditional sex
offender treatment by means of an educational format. This
approach provides an alternative method for addressing
allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct when there is an
insufficient level of responsibility accepted by the client
for placement in a traditional sex offender therapy group or
when placement in such a group is not warranted. Participants
are not required to disclose to fellow classmates the nature
or reason for their referral to the course. Discussions are,
instead, focused on the topics presented by the facilitators.
Class members are then required to demonstrate proficiency in
the course material through written tests corresponding to the
presented topics.
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