Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour: Volume 9 Issue 2

A community EQUIP treatment group

Shaw Tearle, Rachel R. Holt

There is a pressing need to develop community forensic support for adults with intellectual disabilities and a high risk to others. Equipping youth to help one another (EQUIP) was…

Reflections on introducing a Leavers’ Preparation Group in an intellectual disability secure service

Gareth Hickman, Nicola Booth, Thuy Hoang

The purpose of this paper is to report on the introduction of a Leavers’ Preparation Group in an Intellectual Disability (ID) Secure Service. In the context of reductions in ID…

Examining the utility of the Stages of Change model for working with offenders with learning disabilities

Holly Panting, Charlotte Swift, Wendy Goodman, Cara Davis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Stages of Change (SOC) model can be applied to working with offenders with learning disabilities (LD), and furthermore, to…

Case study illustrations of a psychological treatment pathway in a secure intellectual disability service

Gareth Hickman, Su Thrift, Chénelle Taylor

The purpose of this paper is to describe in detail the treatment pathway utilised in a male medium and low secure intellectual disability (ID) service. Over the preceding five…