Reading Specialists Offender Treatment Services ("RSOTS") maintains that sexual offense
is primarily premeditated, self-reinforcing criminal behavior
that impacts the victim, perpetrator, families and community.
For this reason, our treatment approach emphasizes
comprehensive assessment, family involvement and close
cooperation with the judicial system, child welfare and law
enforcement agencies.
 Our approach to the offender is respectful but firm and therapeutically confrontational when required. Above all, the expectation of personal responsibility and accountability are reinforced and expected in every phase of evaluation and treatment.
Our Interventions with the sexual offender are guided by the following principles:
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Treatment must be directed at preventing further victimization
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Legal accountability for offending behavior must be acknowledged and communicated
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Evaluation must include a thorough assessment conducted by a therapist trained to work with sex offenders
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Treatment in peer groups designed specifically for sex offenders is the preferred mode of intervention
Treatment programs should be staffed by persons trained to provide sex-offense specific interventions
Treatment may include a combination of individual, group and family therapy, depending on the needs and the circumstances of the offense
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Treatment elements must:
Emphasize the exploration of deviant sexual fantasy and it's role in sexual reoffense
Provide anger management and impulse control skills
Provide Basic sex education
Provide Relapse prevention techniques
Provide life skills and strategies to deal with distorted thinking patterns
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The mission of Reading Specialists Offender Treatment Services is to promote community safety and end the cycle of sexual exploitation through direct treatment, education and cooperation with private and public social and law enforcement agencies.
Reading Specialists Offender Treatment Services ascribes to the following core values:
- To be committed to community protection and safety.
- Treat clients with dignity and respect, regardless of the nature of
their crimes or offenses.
- Insure that the client fully understands the scope and limits of
confidentiality, and the relevance of confidentiality to the client's
particular situations.
- Refrain from using professional relationship to further their personal,
religious, political, or economic interest other than accepting customary
fees.
- Fully inform clients of fees associated with services.
- Report unethical, incompetent, and dishonorable treatment or evaluation
practices by other sex offender treatment providers to the appropriate
licensing or regulatory authority.
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