Treatment of adolescent sex offenders with intellectual disabilities

The problems of male adolescent sex offenders with intellectual disabilitie s were described and issues for treatment reviewed. A group treatment based on cognitive therapy was offered. Treatment methods and assessment of atti tudes related to commission of sexual offenses were described. Four case st udies of teenage male adolescent sex offenders with intellectual disabiliti es were presented. All subjects responded to treatment. Their individual di fferences related to their responses were discussed in the context of the t ype of denial exhibited by each subject. Ar the time of this study, 3 years had elapsed for 2 subjects and 4 years for the other 2 without a recurrenc e of an offense.