Youthtrack
Youthtrack of Utah provides community-based placement, with 24 hour staff, secure supervision, and intensive clinical intervention to male juvenile sex offenders from the ages of 12-17. We address the treatment needs for the full range of sexual offenders. Our program is able to provide services to youth who are typically more predatory and entrenched in sex offender patterns.
Youthtrack of Utah has successfully provided sex-offender treatment to adolescent males since the early 1990’s. Our sixteen bed unit located in Logan houses clients of below average cognitive functioning.
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In order to meet the unique needs of cognitively impaired sexual offenders, Youthtrack has developed a treatment model to help bring about positive change within this population. The Logan facility is a community-based program with 24 hour, staff-secure supervision and intensive clinical intervention for the lower functioning sex offender between the ages of 12-17. Age, maturation, severity of offenses, and other clinical and risk-assessment factors segregate residents. This facility is divided into ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ units, which gives the ability to treat in more homogeneous peer units.
We received our JCAHO accreditation in February of 2001. The program also meets the standards of the Network on Juveniles Offending Sexually (NOJOS) for Utah-based level six treatment. The clinical modality is specifically tailored to meet the needs of the impaired offender. Sexual offender treatment approaches are presented in concrete ways with a slow-paced learning approach. Treatment includes specific behavioral strategies that focus on the clients’ assault cycles and the reduction of their deviant sexual arousal. The program is staffed with 24-hour awake supervision and maintains an average staff-to-client ratio of 1:3 during awake hours and 1:4 during sleep time.
Youthtrack provides individual therapy, group therapy, individual family therapy sessions, and group family therapy sessions. Family therapy sessions are integrated into the treatment plans, and are responsive to low functioning sex-offender specific issues. All services are delivered as defined in the individualized treatment plan. Methods to assure offender accountability are well defined.
Clinical services are provided and supervised by clinically licensed staff who have experience working with impaired sexual offenders. The program also employs a clinical director with experience working with both juvenile and adult sex offenders.A licensed psychiatrist, registered nurse and dietitian are also employed to address the needs of the clients. A variety of modalities are used to include cognitive/behavioral therapy, family systems therapies, and solution focused therapy.
Client staffings are held weekly and all vested parties are encouraged to attend. Plans are developed for clinical therapy services by the licensed practitioner and include a statement of disability, need for treatment, treatment goals, methods, and frequency and duration. The treatment plan is reviewed and updated quarterly. A clinical note is required for each session of individual and family therapy and must relate to the treatment plan. Life skills development classes are also an integral part of the modality. The Logan facility utilizes a supervised ‘unlocked seclusion’ room when a client’s behavior presents a danger to the other residents or to himself. The time-out function is coupled with intensive one-on-one intervention that immediately quells the aggressive behavior and addresses any treatment needs.
Academically, the Logan facility is appropriately accredited through the local school district. The in-house school is staffed with licensed special education teachers and assistants. Each resident operates under a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that is supported with pre and post Woodcock-Johnson testing.
Transition and discharge planning begins when a youth is admitted to the program. This includes an anticipated discharge date and expected progress points. As the youth moves towards discharge, transitional planning becomes more intensive in his treatment continuum.
