Treating Sexually Abused Children in Adoptive Families

This book presents the "Adoption/Sexual Abuse Treatment Model" (ASAT), an approach designed to integrate sexual abuse treatment and adoption theory into a systemic framework. The treatment progresses through four phases beginning before placement, and at each phase, the roles and tasks of each team member (parents, therapist, case worker, etc.) are spelled out. Although therapists are the intended audience, adoptive parents and adoption workers will also benefit from the insights and structure laid out in this book.