The Sterling Center

Specialized Treatment Services provides comprehensive specialized evaluations and treatment services to children and adolescents who have been involved in maladaptive sexual behaviors at home or in the community.

Participation may be voluntary, or it may be requested by DCF, DHMAS, DDS, Juveile Probation, or other providers.

We work with those youngsters who acknowledge their behaviors as well as those minimizing or denying them.

Our program is designed to explore behavior and address identified treatment needs.

If the youngster has been identified as exhibiting sexually inappropriate behaviors we work with the assumption that such behaviors may have case specific reasons, and could serve some purpose for the youngster.

A comphrehensive evaluation of each case results in a community risk assessment, and individually tailored treatment plan.