Sex Abuse Intervention

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Our Locations

3410 Healy Drive
Suite 201-H
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Phone: (336) 768-4136
Fax: (336) 768-0082

38 Garfield Street
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: (828) 236-2877
Fax: (828)236-9825

Professional Parenting is a program of:

In 1996, Professional Parenting began a program specializing in the treatment of adolescent sexual offenders. The objectives of the program are to provide a broad range of services to adjudicated youthful offenders to allow these youth to remain in their homes, to promote safety in the community, and to prevent further sexual offending.

Referrals to the program are made through the Buncombe County Department of Juvenile Justice. Our program offers services to adolescents who have been adjudicated for various sexual offenses, and have been ordered by the Court to participate in an evaluation and/or treatment for these problems.

This community-based program is currently funded through the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council and the United Way.

Program Components

  • A nationally certified program model, The Teaching Family Model, that teaches children socially acceptable behaviors.
  • Psychosexual Evaluation (Sex Offender-Specific Evaluation)
  • In-home family therapy
  • Weekly sex offender-specific group therapy
  • Monthly parent education/support group
  • Individual therapy
  • Individualized safety plans in the home, school and community
  • On-going consultation with juvenile court counselors to monitor client’s treatment progress and status in the home/community
  • Family reunification when appropriate
  • Step-down services for clients who are transitioning back into the community from residential placements
  • Training and consultative services related to issues of sexual abuse

Referral Information

To learn more about this program or to refer a youth for services please contact Tammy Deitz at (828) 236-2877 or email her at tammy.deitz@familyinnovations.org.