FACULTY FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

27 - 28 APRIL 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE


Professor John Rose

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John Rose is a clinical psychologist with a particular interest in working with people who have Intellectual Disabilities. He is currently working on a research projects examining the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and reducing the use of psychotropic medication with people with Intellectual Disabilities.  He also works for the tribunal service of the HCPC and the CQC.

John was Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Course at the University of Birmingham and Director of the new Forensic Clinical Doctorate until June 2019.  He has also worked as a clinician and psychology manager in Learning Disability Services in the NHS. He has published over 175 articles in academic and professional journals on issues related to cognitive therapy, service design, offenders with intellectual disabilities and staff and organisational issues in intellectual disability services.


Is it possible to treat sex offenders with an intellectual disability effectively?

The efficacy of interventions for men who sexually offend has received considerable attention particularly after a recent study investigating the outcomes of prison based sex offender treatment programmes suggested that programmes do not reduce offending and may have a negative impact on participants.  This result was established using composite data for nondisabled prisoners across a large number of programmes and the results received national coverage in the press for several weeks in 2017.  Subsequently there have been a range of programmes on the TV and Radio that have cast doubt on the efficacy of cognitive interventions for this client group.  A number of changes have been made to prison programmes as a result. 

The sex offender treatment programmes provided to people with an intellectual disability are largely based on adapted mainstream programmes.  The outcome literature specific to men with intellectual disability is modest in comparison however there are now sufficient studies to consider whether these interventions are effective, a recent meta-analysis of the existing studies will be presented.  The nature of the interventions for people with intellectual disabilities will be described and their impact on participants considered.  The data from studies involving men with intellectual disabilities will then be set in the context of what we know from research with nondisabled sex offenders.  By broadening our approach in this way it is possible consider what are likely to be the most effective approaches and to set a clear agenda for research and developing effective treatment in the future.

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