title: Evidence-Informed, Individual Treatment of a Child with Sexual Behavior Problems: A Case Study.
abstract: Children with sexual behavior problems pose a significant challenge for community-based mental health clinicians. Very few clinical trials are available to guide intervention and those interventions that are available are based in a group format. The current case study demonstrates the application of evidence-informed treatment techniques during the individual treatment of a 10-year-old boy displaying interpersonal sexual behavior problems. Specifically, the clinician adapts and implements a group-based model developed and tested by Bonner et al. (1999) for use with an individual child and his caregivers. Key points of the case study are discussed within the context of implementing evidence-informed treatments for children with sexual behavior problems.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Protection of Children, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Mail Code H085, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA. ballen1@hmc.psu.edu.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berliner
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Child treatment; Evidence-based treatment; Sexual behavior problems; Treatment implementation