Stephen Barry, Dominic Smith
Keep Safe - A Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Programme for young people with learning disabilities who have harmed sexually and their parents/carers
Workshop Abstract
Keep Safe is a CBT based prevention/early intervention and/or treatment programme that can be delivered as a group or individual family intervention for young people with learning disabilities who have harmed sexually and their parents/carers, (Malovic, Rossiter & Murphy, 2018, “Keep: the development of a manualised group CBT intervention for adolescents with ID who display harmful sexual behaviours”), incorporating the Good Lives Model (Ward & Fortune, 2015) and Good Way Model (Ayland & West, 2006).
EDI principles are at the heart of the programme. The programme can also be used with a broad range of young people including those with neuro-diversity and can be adapted to be used as a prevention/early intervention programme within a range of settings including specialist HSB provisions and schools. The full programme is delivered over 38 sessions for young people and 16 sessions for parents/carers and as a prevention/early intervention programme can be delivered over 12 to 18 sessions.
Modules:
1: Getting to know each other.
2: Relationships, sexual relationships and boundaries
3: Emotions and Feelings
4: Understanding my behaviour
5: Empathy, respect, consequences
6: Individualised Keep Safe planning, moving on & endings
The programme, developed in collaboration with Kent University Tizard Centre, Safer IDD, the Be Safe Service and the learning disability community (Wake, Davies, Drake, Rowbotham, Smith, and Rossiter, 2020, “Keep Safe: collaborative practice development and research with people with learning disabilities” ) with more than 500 multi-disciplinary practitioners trained in the programme across the UK, Ireland, and Japan.
The programme has a range of resources and activities that can be used with participants and incorporates a strengthen based approach located within the young person’s support network. The workshop will introduce delegates to the programme, give case studies demonstrating the practical use of the programme, and allow opportunities to practice programme activities. To develop practical strategies for embedding young people’s learning and consider creative ways to engage with the young person’s parents/carers and support network.
About the Speakers
Stephen Barry is a social worker, an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor, and Clinical Lead/Manager for the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Partnership Trust Be Safe Service, providing assessments and interventions for children and young people who have displayed problematic/harmful sexual behaviour, their parents/carers, and offers consultation and training to professionals.
Stephen has held a number of advisory roles and is a member of the NOTA EDI Scrutiny Panel. Stephen in collaboration with Kent University Tizard Centre and Safer IDD, supported the development of the Keep Safe Programme for young people with learning disabilities who have harmed sexually. He has two publications in the 2019 Journal of Sexual Aggression relating to children and parents.
Dominic Smith is the Systemic Individual and Family Psychotherapist for the multi-disciplinary Be Safe Service, Bristol. Dom has significant experience in working with children, young people and their parents/carers and families and system around them.
Prior to coming to Be Safe Dom worked in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, a bereavement service, and as youth worker. Dom has a strong interest in Nature Based therapies and working creatively with young people and their families.