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Two experiences from the Netherlands: 1. Respect Limits & 2. Website ‘seksindepraktijk.nl’

Two experiences from the Netherlands: 1. Respect Limits & 2. Website ‘seksindepraktijk.nl’. Renske Thalia Poelma (CHOICE). 1. Respect Limits : Intervention for early and adequate guidance for JSO. Juvenile sex offenders (JSO) Boys, 12-18 years ( juvenile court )

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Two experiences from the Netherlands: 1. Respect Limits & 2. Website ‘seksindepraktijk.nl’

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  1. Twoexperiencesfrom the Netherlands:1. Respect Limits& 2. Website ‘seksindepraktijk.nl’ Renske Thalia Poelma (CHOICE)

  2. 1. Respect Limits: Interventionforearly and adequate guidancefor JSO Juvenilesexoffenders (JSO) • Boys, 12-18 years (juvenile court) • First-offenders • No (other) acts of violence • No disorders or addictions and sexualdisfunctions Goal • Prevention of relapse • Encourage to change behaviour, by: • recognizing and respectinglimits • developing a different attitude and adequate skills • Key focus: healthysexualbehaviour

  3. Reasons for sexual offence(according to the participants in the mandatory educational programme of Rutgers WPF, Hoïng et al 2007)

  4. Juvenilesexoffendersin the Netherlands canbesentencedto • Prison • Juvenileinstitution, most of the time includingtreatment • Ambulant treatment • Community service order (working or learning) • Learning: educational training programme(‘Respect limits’) • Responsibility for guidance and surveillance by Child Protection Board

  5. Respect limits;The intervention • Approvedby the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice(Accreditation Panel, 2012) • the programme: • meetsthe establishedqualityrequirements • the programmecouldresults in reducing re-offending of youthoffenders • 10, 15 or 20 individualsessionsof 90 minutes each (face-to-face with a certified trainer) • the amount of sessionsdepends on: • the level of education • personal risk factors • Parents are involved • invited to the first and last session • 1-3 meetings

  6. 2. New! Seksindepraktijk.nlWebsite for professionals

  7. Seksindepraktijk.nl • Tries to activateprofessionals to take up the issue of sexuality at every relevant occasion: • General practitioners • Primary Health Care Nurses • Midwives • Sexual health counselors • Care providers in care for the elderly • Professionals in Youth Care and Child Health Care • Managers of residentialinstitutionsforpeoplewith a disability • We do this in cooperation with the professionals associationsof the addressed professionals

  8. Seksindepraktijk.nl • Offers information on sexualityduring the lifelinefromconceptiontilldeath: • STI/HIV • Pregnancy • Contraception • Sexualviolence • Sexualdysfunctions • Disease and disability • Sexualorientation • Gender diversity

  9. More information • We have submitted a EU/Daphne proposal ‘Wise Guys’, based on Respect Limits. • Involved partner countries: Spain, Ireland, Greece and Poland. • Associate partners from Portugal, Slowakia and Spain. • Respect limits / Wise Guys m.jonker@rutgerswpf.nl • Seksindepraktijk.nl p.vanhaastrecht@rutgerswpf.nl

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