Psychosexual evaluation including the ABEL assessment.

Comprehensive psychosexual evaluations and assessments for sexual offenses, professional sexual misconduct, sex offender risk-assessment. A psychosexual court evaluation focuses on an individual’s sexual development, sexual history, paraphilia interests, sexual adjustment and recidivism risk level. The psychosexual evaluation includes a full social and family history, employment/school history, case formulation, and specific treatment recommendations. 

Generally speaking, psychosexual evaluations are designed to identify the following: 

• Level of risk for sexual and non–sexual recidivism;

• Recommended types and intensity of interventions including level of care;

• Specific dynamic risk factors needs to be targeted through interventions;

• Amenability to interventions;

• Responsivity factors that may impact engagement in and response to interventions; 

• Strengths and protective factors relative to the individual including family, peer. 

A number of psychological and psychosexual assessments may be administered during the evaluation these include: 

Psychosexual Interview: The client is interviewed regarding their sexual history and family history as related to their current problem. Additional information will be gathered from court records and other sources as needed. 

Psychological and Sexual History Questioner: is a comprehensive assessment of an individual's sexual history. It is specifically created to assess male offenders and help evaluate the offender's risk to others and his potential for rehabilitation by determining his specific sexual experiences. 

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2 (MMPI -2): Is a psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. 

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III): Is an instrument provides a measure of 24 personality disorders and clinical syndromes and assess personality style and coping behaviors. 

Wechster Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI): Is a reliable measuring an individual's intelligence, verbal, nonverbal, and general cognitive functioning 

Multiaxial Diagnostic Inventory: This is a form that lists various problems and symptoms. You are asked to check any of these that apply to you. 

Static-99R: Is a risk assessment used in determining the statistical probability that an offender will commit another sexual offense. 

Multiphasic Sex Inventory II : Is designed to measure the sexual characteristics of an adult male alleged to have committed a sex offense or sexual misconduct and can be used both to do a sex deviance evaluation and also to measure treatment progress. 

The ABEL Assessment for Sexual Interest: is an instrument used to measure sexual interest. The ABEL is a non-invasive computerized test that takes about 2 hours to complete. This instrument will assist in determining various treatment issues including: 

1. Separating those who have no interest in children from those who deny interest. 

2. Dangerousness (sadistic interest in violence vs. opportunistic offending). 

3. Violence to children

4. Arousal to children