Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1910 - JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 1910.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Accountability: Accurate attributions of responsibility,
				  without distortion, minimization or denial. Quality of being responsible for
				  one's conduct; being responsible for causes, motives, actions and
				  outcomes.
Act: Illinois Sex Offender Management Board Act [20 ILCS 4026
				  ]
Aftercare: Placement, services and monitoring that commence
				  at the point when the multidisciplinary team approves completion of primary
				  treatment and readiness for accountability through a less restrictive
				  supervision plan. Aftercare requires continued input by members of the
				  multidisciplinary team. The aftercare plan is developed by the
				  multidisciplinary team prior to the juvenile's completion of treatment and
				  addresses strengths, risks, deficits relative to treatment completion,
				  follow-up, placement, and supervision.
Assessment: Standardized measurements, developed and normed
				  for juvenile populations, and clinical interviews used to evaluate various
				  domains of functioning and development, including cognitive, psychological,
				  emotional, memory and learning, social stability, family dynamics, academics,
				  vocational/career and accountability.
Board: Sex Offender Management Board.
Completion of Treatment: A series of accomplishments,
				  demonstrated competence, and mastery of both constructs and improved results on
				  instruments used in treatment, as determined by the treatment provider in
				  consultation with the multidisciplinary team. Specifically, the completion of
				  treatment is defined by the offender's accomplishment of the following:
demonstrated accountability for and disclosure of all
				  offenses to ensure that there are no unreported victims;
elimination of offending behavior;
acceptance of the presence and management of deviant thinking
				  and impulses;
development of pro-social attitudes and behaviors;
increase in situational skills, i.e., communication, problem
				  solving, and decision making; and
establishment of safety plans for school and home.
Contact: Any verbal, physical or electronic communication,
				  whether direct or indirect, between a juvenile who has committed a sexual
				  offense and a victim or a potential victim.
Purposeful: A planned experience with an identifiable
				  potential outcome.
Incidental: Unplanned or accidental; by chance.
Dispositional Behavior: As a direct result of the successful
				  completion of treatment, changes in the behavior, attitude and personality of
				  the juvenile who committed the sex offense and in those elements of his/her
				  behavior, attitude and personality that were present at the time of the offense
				  and supported the offending behavior as a result of successful completion of
				  treatment.
Evaluation: A sex-offender specific evaluation that
				  systematically uses a variety of standardized measurements, assessments and
				  information gathered collaterally and through face-to-face interviews.
				  Sex-offender specific evaluations assess risk to the community; identify and
				  document treatment and developmental needs, including safe and appropriate
				  placement settings; determine amenability to treatment; and are the foundation
				  of treatment, supervision, and placement recommendations.
Informed Assent: Assent means compliance; a willingness to do
				  something in compliance with a request. The use of the word "assent" rather
				  than "consent" recognizes that juveniles who have committed sexual offenses are
				  not voluntary clients and that their choices are, therefore, more limited.
				  Informed means a person's assent is based on a full disclosure of the facts
				  needed to make the decision intelligently, e.g., knowledge of risks involved
				  and the alternatives.
Informed Consent: Agreement including all of the
				  following:
understanding what is proposed, based on age, maturity,
				  developmental level, functioning, and experience, and mental status;
knowledge of societal standards for what is being
				  proposed;
awareness of potential consequences and alternatives;
assumption that agreement or disagreement will be respected
				  equally; and
voluntary decision to comply with recommendations.
Informed Supervision: Informed supervision is the ongoing,
				  daily supervision and monitoring of a juvenile who has committed a sexual
				  offense by an adult who:
is approved by the treatment provider;
is aware of the juvenile's history of sexually offending
				  behavior;
does not deny or minimize the juvenile's responsibility for,
				  or the seriousness of the sexual offense;
can define all types of abusive behaviors and can recognize
				  abusive behaviors in daily functioning;
is aware of the laws relevant to the sexual behaviors of
				  juveniles;
is aware of the dynamic patterns associated with abusive
				  behaviors and is able to recognize such patterns in daily functioning;
understands the conditions of community supervision and
				  treatment;
can design, implement, and monitor safety plans for daily
				  activities;
is able to hold the juvenile accountable for his/her
				  behavior;
has the skills to intervene in and interrupt high risk
				  patterns or behaviors;
can share accurate observations of daily functioning;
communicates regularly with members of the multidisciplinary
				  team;
is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs or under
				  professional care for mental health or substance abuse problems;
has not been convicted of or had any type of sexual abuse or
				  offense allegations or charges substantiated by an official organization,
				  agency or jurisdiction.
Juvenile: Any minor adjudicated for a sex offense under the
				  jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Milieu Therapy: A residential or day treatment program where
				  employees interact with juveniles in a therapeutic manner regarding day-to-day
				  living.
Multidisciplinary Team or MDT: The multidisciplinary team has
				  primary responsibility for management and supervision of the juvenile through
				  shared information and for monitoring the juvenile's progress in treatment and
				  overall functioning in the various situations and environments that the youth
				  encounters. The consensus of the MDT guides the development of recommendations
				  regarding treatment, placement, and supervision. Members of the MDT should
				  include the treatment provider, the supervising agent or officer, members of
				  the juvenile's family, the caregiver, victim representative or advocate, school
				  personnel, caseworker, law enforcement, coaches, employers or others who have
				  relevant information about the juvenile.
Needs: Interpersonal issues to be addressed therapeutically
				  or by specific intervention through treatment and the supervision plan.
Overall Health: Consists of personal and ecological aspects
				  of a juvenile's life including physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
				  relational, spiritual, educational, and vocational.
Potential Victim: A person who cannot reliably repel the
				  unwanted sexual advances of the juvenile.
Recidivism: Return to sex offending after some period of
				  abstinence or restraint. Recidivism may be measured by re-offenses that are
				  self-reported or reported by a reliable informant, or by adjudication for
				  subsequent sexual offenses.
Relapse Prevention: An element of treatment designed to
				  address behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and fantasies that were present in the
				  juvenile's instant offense, abuse cycle, and, consequently, relapse cycle.
				  Relapse prevention is directly related to community safety. Evaluation of the
				  individual's risk to re-offend shall be the basis of the safety plan and
				  determine the level of supervision required.
Safety Planning: The purposeful planning of individualized,
				  preventive interventions that the juvenile and others can use to moderate risks
				  in specific situations and in day-to-day environments. The treatment provider
				  shall develop the safety plan in consultation with the MDT. (Sample safety
				  plans are available from the Board.)
Secondary or Indirect Victim: A family member or other person
				  closely involved with the primary victim who is impacted emotionally and/or
				  physically by the trauma suffered by the primary victim.
Sex Offense: An offense listed in Section 10(c) of the Sex
				  Offender Management Board Act [20 ILCS
				  4026/10(c) ].
Sex Offense Specific Treatment: A comprehensive set of
				  planned therapeutic interventions and experiences to reduce the risk of further
				  sexual offending and abusive behaviors by the juvenile. Treatment may include
				  adjunct therapies to address the unique needs of the individual, but must
				  include offense specific services by a treatment provider who meets the
				  qualifications described in Section
				  1910.50.
				  Treatment focuses on the situations, thoughts, feelings, and behavior that have
				  preceded and followed past offending (abuse cycles) and promotes change in each
				  area relevant to the risk of continued abusive, offending, and/or deviant
				  sexual behaviors. Due to the heterogeneity of the juveniles who commit sex
				  offenses, treatment is provided based on the individualized evaluation and
				  assessment. Treatment is designed to stop sex offending and abusive behavior,
				  while increasing the juvenile's ability to function as a healthy, pro-social
				  member of the community. Progress in treatment is measured by change rather
				  than the passage of time.
Sexual Abuse Cycle: A theoretical model of understanding the
				  thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and events that fuel sex offending and abusive
				  behavior.
Supervising Officer/Agent: A professional in the employ of
				  State or county probation or parole, or the Departments of Corrections, Human
				  Services, or Children and Family Services, who is responsible for community
				  monitoring and case management.
Termination of Treatment: Removal from or stopping sex
				  offense specific treatment due to changes in the juvenile's treatment needs,
				  including but not limited to completion, lack of participation, increased risk,
				  re-offense, or cessation of treatment that was mandated by the court for a
				  specific period of time without successful completion of treatment.
Transition Point: Planned movement from one level of
				  treatment and/or supervision to another.