Specifications include, but are not limited to:Program Philosophy The service provider must clearly describe its program philosophy. This philosophy must clearly reflect the service provider's understanding of the adult sex offender treatment role within the community supervision of the criminal offender. The philosophy must be reflected in the proposed program design and the overall approach should demonstrate the provider’s knowledge and understanding of current modalities in sex offender treatment, such as those outlined in the professional standards for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and the Delaware Sex Offender Management Board standards and guidelines. Methodology: A provider who treats sex offenders under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system must use evidence based sex offense-specific treatment. The preferred method of treatment is usually long-term, comprehensive and offense specific. Providers should develop programs that incorporate these concepts. The content of offense-specific treatment for sex offenders shall be designed to: •Give priority to the safety of an offender's victim(s) and the safety of potential victims and the community. •Reduce offenders' denial and defensiveness; •Decrease and/or manage offenders' deviant sexual urges and recurrent deviant fantasies; •Educate offenders (and individuals who are identified as the offenders' support systems) about the potential for re-offending and an offender's specific risk factors; •Teach offenders self-management methods to avoid a sexual re-offense; • Identify and treat the offenders' thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that facilitate sexual re- offenses or other victimizing or assaultive behaviors; • Identify and correct offenders' cognitive distortions; • Educate offenders about non-abusive, adaptive, legal, and pro-social sexual functioning; • Educate offenders about the impact of sexual offending upon victims, their families, and the community
