# 20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.130: Section 1905.130 Risk Reduction and Risk Management in the Community

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- **Citation:** 20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.130
- **Heading:** Section 1905.130 Risk Reduction and Risk Management in the Community
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 20 CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT / CHAPTER VII: SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT BOARD / Part 1905 ADULT SEX OFFENDER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT / Section 1905.130 Risk Reduction and Risk Management in the Community

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Section 1905.130  Risk Reduction and Risk Management in
the Community
a)         Many
adult sexual abusers residing in the community are supervised under the
jurisdiction of the courts, correctional departments, probation or parole
divisions or mental health agencies.  Approaches to reducing and managing risk
in the community may involve imposing various supervision conditions,
expectations and requirements; monitoring and tracking; linking clients to
appropriate programs and services; facilitating successful reentry to and
stability in the community following release from correctional or other
facility custody; promoting continuity of care within and across facility-based
programs and services and community-based services; educating and engaging the
public and communities; using and encouraging other system partners to use
empirically informed assessment information to guide interventions and
strategies; and engaging positive community support networks, which may include
trained volunteers.  Some strategies are explicitly designed to reduce the
recidivism risk of sexual abusers by assisting them with developing and enhancing
prosocial attitudes, skills and behaviors; increasing healthy and appropriate
interests; effectively managing risk factors; developing positive and prosocial
community supports; and enhancing other protective factors.  Other strategies
are primarily designed to promote accountability, deterrence and risk
management.
b)         Research
indicates that focusing supervision activities primarily or exclusively on risk
management is not effective in reducing recidivism, whereas using risk-reducing
interventions, such as treatment and other skill-building interventions, to
complement risk management-based supervision strategies leads to better
outcomes. To support a balance of risk reduction and risk management efforts,
contemporary trends involving sexual abusers in the community often emphasize
multidisciplinary and multi-agency collaborations
g recidivism, whereas using risk-reducing
interventions, such as treatment and other skill-building interventions, to
complement risk management-based supervision strategies leads to better
outcomes. To support a balance of risk reduction and risk management efforts,
contemporary trends involving sexual abusers in the community often emphasize
multidisciplinary and multi-agency collaborations.  These collaborative efforts
are part of contemporary practices in the treatment and supervision of sexual
abusers, as supported by the extant literature.  It may include communication
and partnerships among professionals, such as sexual abuser-specific treatment
providers and other treatment providers (e.g., substance abuse, mental health,
marital and family therapists), probation or parole officers, case managers,
child welfare professionals, victim advocates, law enforcement officials,
polygraph examiners and others.
c)         In
many jurisdictions, collaboration occurs through multidisciplinary case
management teams, the composition of which may vary depending on the risk,
needs and circumstances of a given client.  Key elements of effective
collaboration include a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities,
complementary policies and procedures, ethically sound communication and
information-sharing mechanisms, and a shared community safety goal.  Through
effective partnerships, early intervention can be exercised to reduce the risk
posed by sexual abusers prior to behaviors that are not yet criminal in nature
and to facilitate the exchange of information to develop appropriate treatment
plans, inform risk management decisions, make recommendations regarding victim
contact, and increase the overall stability and success of clients in the
community
ctive partnerships, early intervention can be exercised to reduce the risk
posed by sexual abusers prior to behaviors that are not yet criminal in nature
and to facilitate the exchange of information to develop appropriate treatment
plans, inform risk management decisions, make recommendations regarding victim
contact, and increase the overall stability and success of clients in the
community.
d)         In
cases in which a client will be released from a correctional, inpatient or
other institutional setting, the transition to the community is likely to be
more successful when collaboration exists among professionals with case
management responsibilities in the facility and in the community.  Transition
and reentry planning should be initiated well in advance of the client's
release in order to identify any current and ongoing intervention needs, promote
continuity of care, explore and begin to address potential barriers to reentry
in the community (e.g., housing or employment challenges), clarify any post release
conditions and expectations, and facilitate access to community resources and
services, which may include community-based sexual abuser-specific treatment.
e)         Research
on correctional populations, including sexual abusers, demonstrates that
interventions are most effective when guided by evidence-based principles of
correctional intervention (i.e., risk, need and responsivity).  Therefore,
community-based risk reduction and risk management strategies involving sexual
abusers are ideally matched accordingly and may change over time, based on
current and empirically informed assessment information.  Although higher
risk/higher need clients may require supervision, monitoring and treatment of
greater intensity and dosage, less intensive supervision and other risk
management and risk reduction strategies may be more effective and sufficiently
adequate for sexual abusers with lower recidivism risk, fewer intervention
needs and greater protective factors
lly informed assessment information.  Although higher
risk/higher need clients may require supervision, monitoring and treatment of
greater intensity and dosage, less intensive supervision and other risk
management and risk reduction strategies may be more effective and sufficiently
adequate for sexual abusers with lower recidivism risk, fewer intervention
needs and greater protective factors.
f)         Overarching
Risk Reduction and Risk Management Considerations
1)         Treatment
providers recognize that the community management of sexual abusers generally
involves a variety of interventions, strategies and mechanisms.
2)         Treatment
providers appreciate that sex offender-specific public policies and practices
have varied goals (e.g., deterrence, retribution, risk management, risk
reduction, prevention) and may reflect different interests and priorities for
stakeholders.  Some may complement sexual abuser-specific treatment, other
risk-reducing interventions and prevention strategies; others may not.
3)         Treatment
providers recognize that some interventions and strategies used to promote risk
management and risk reduction with clients have more empirical support than
others.
4)         Treatment
providers remain apprised of the current research pertaining to the impact and
effectiveness of various risk management and risk reduction policies and
strategies utilized with clients in the community.
5)         Treatment
providers are encouraged to work with researchers to assess the impact and
effectiveness of community-based risk management and risk reduction strategies
utilized with clients.
6)         Treatment
providers play a role in educating stakeholders regarding the current empirical
support for various strategies and encourage the use of research-supported
principles and practices to promote effective risk reduction and risk
management with clients in the community
t and
effectiveness of community-based risk management and risk reduction strategies
utilized with clients.
6)         Treatment
providers play a role in educating stakeholders regarding the current empirical
support for various strategies and encourage the use of research-supported
principles and practices to promote effective risk reduction and risk
management with clients in the community.
7)         Treatment
providers appreciate that the application of empirically informed assessments
of risk and need can enhance the potential effectiveness of risk management and
risk reduction strategies for sexual abusers in the community and support the
use of those assessments system-wide.
8)         Treatment
providers strive to ensure that collaborative partners and other stakeholders
have access to current, empirically informed assessments to guide decision making
regarding risk management and risk reduction of sexual abusers in the
community.
g)         Multidisciplinary
Collaboration
1)         Treatment
providers recognize that effectively reducing and managing risk among sexual
abusers in the community often involves collaboration across multiple agencies,
entities and disciplines.
2)         Treatment
providers appreciate that their respective roles and responsibilities with
clients are part of a broader system of community management.
3)         Treatment
providers strive to engage stakeholders, such as the judiciary, treatment
providers, probation and parole officers, correctional staff, victim advocates,
law enforcement agents, employers, landlords and housing officials, civic
organizations, mentors, the faith community, and other community supports, in
contributing to risk reduction, risk management and prevention activities.
4)         Treatment
providers recognize that collaborative partnerships are more effective at
increasing community safety when the various stakeholders are appropriately
trained and knowledgeable about working with sexual abusers
ials, civic
organizations, mentors, the faith community, and other community supports, in
contributing to risk reduction, risk management and prevention activities.
4)         Treatment
providers recognize that collaborative partnerships are more effective at
increasing community safety when the various stakeholders are appropriately
trained and knowledgeable about working with sexual abusers.  Therefore, treatment
providers promote education and training of the involved professionals and nonprofessionals
(e.g., family members, community supports).
5)         Treatment
providers ensure that information-sharing and collaboration occur within the
parameters of confidentiality provisions, informed consent and other ethical
standards.
h)         Collaborating
with Probation/Parole or Other Community Supervision Professionals
1)         Treatment
providers working with sexual abusers shall collaborate with probation and
parole officers, correctional and other facility staff, case managers, and post
release aftercare professions to support successful public safety and client
outcomes.
2)         For
clients who are under court-mandated or other formal supervision in the
community (e.g., probation, parole, aftercare/step-down from an inpatient
treatment facility), treatment providers strive to obtain supervision- and
treatment-related information from the appropriate authorities.  This minimally
includes copies of:
A)        presentence
investigations, prerelease evaluations, previous sexual abuser-specific
evaluations, treatment summaries, and conditions of probation/parole or post release
placement in the community; and
B)        when
possible, documents regarding the investigation of the offenses.
3)         Treatment
providers working with sexual abusers review with the probation officers/parole
agents and other case managers the specific conditions that are designed for
risk reduction and management purposes and discuss the rationale with the
clients
parole or post release
placement in the community; and
B)        when
possible, documents regarding the investigation of the offenses.
3)         Treatment
providers working with sexual abusers review with the probation officers/parole
agents and other case managers the specific conditions that are designed for
risk reduction and management purposes and discuss the rationale with the
clients.  These conditions often include, but are not limited to, the following:
A)        Abstaining
from alcohol and/or illegal drugs, when substance use is a risk factor;
B)        Adhering
to treatment expectations (e.g., participation, compliance with program rules
and individual treatment plans);
C)        Practicing
healthy sexual attitudes and behaviors;
D)        When
appropriate, disclosing offense history, risk factors and effective coping strategies
to professionals who are involved with the client and the client's significant
others;
E)        Making
plans for work, social and leisure activities to enhance quality of life and
reduce possible exposure to cues or situations associated with the client's
risk of reoffending;
F)         Complying
with other conditions of supervision, such as restricted internet access,
employment, volunteering, polygraph examinations and electronic/GPS monitoring;
and
G)        Complying
with restrictions on contact with children or other vulnerable parties (e.g.,
adults with developmental limitations), as deemed necessary for a given
individual.
4)         Treatment
providers working with sexual abusers establish and clarify the appropriate
parameters (e.g., timing, type of content) and mechanisms (e.g., written,
verbal, face-to-face) for reciprocal information-sharing with the
probation/parole officer or other relevant case management professionals in
order to promote well-informed decision making
necessary for a given
individual.
4)         Treatment
providers working with sexual abusers establish and clarify the appropriate
parameters (e.g., timing, type of content) and mechanisms (e.g., written,
verbal, face-to-face) for reciprocal information-sharing with the
probation/parole officer or other relevant case management professionals in
order to promote well-informed decision making.  This minimally includes the
following:
A)        Attendance
in treatment;
B)        Overall
participation in treatment;
C)        Specific
changes in dynamic and protective risk factors;
D)        Progress
toward specific goals in treatment;
E)        Engagement
and compliance with supervision;
F)         Referrals
to and/or participation in additional programs and services; and
G)        Adjustments
to level of supervision or supervision strategies.
5)         Treatment
providers report, to the appropriate professionals with the authority and
responsibility for supervision, in a timely manner, any violations of their
clients' conditions of supervision and significant adverse changes in dynamic
risk factors.
i)          Treatment
providers shall recognize the distinct but potentially complementary roles and
responsibilities of treatment providers and supervision officers, clarify these
roles and responsibilities to clients and other professionals, and actively
strive to maintain these professional boundaries.
1)         Treatment
providers are aware of the ethical concerns related to dual relationships and
adhere to any licensing, discipline-specific, ethical or other credentialing
standards and guidelines regarding dual relationships and conflict of interest
clarify these
roles and responsibilities to clients and other professionals, and actively
strive to maintain these professional boundaries.
1)         Treatment
providers are aware of the ethical concerns related to dual relationships and
adhere to any licensing, discipline-specific, ethical or other credentialing
standards and guidelines regarding dual relationships and conflict of interest.
2)         While
supporting complementary risk reduction and risk management efforts with
clients, treatment providers strive to ensure that:
A)        Sexual
abuser-specific treatment providers limit their role to that of a clinician and
do not attempt to assume the roles of supervision officers or law enforcement
agents, or represent themselves as such.
B)        Probation/parole
officers do not represent themselves as specialized sexual abuser-specific
treatment providers unless they possess the requisite education, training,
supervision, licensure and continuing education;
C)        Probation/parole
officers who deliver "general" cognitive and/or behavioral
interventions to promote skill-building and behavior change among clients are well-trained
and appropriately supervised to deliver those interventions with fidelity; and
D)        Probation/parole
officers do not assume specialized clinical responsibilities within treatment
programs for sexual abusers with clients for whom they have supervision
responsibility.
3)         In
order to promote a collaborative treatment approach, treatment providers are
encouraged, when clinically appropriate, to allow probation/parole officers to
observe clinical treatment sessions in programs for sexual abusers
s do not assume specialized clinical responsibilities within treatment
programs for sexual abusers with clients for whom they have supervision
responsibility.
3)         In
order to promote a collaborative treatment approach, treatment providers are
encouraged, when clinically appropriate, to allow probation/parole officers to
observe clinical treatment sessions in programs for sexual abusers.  However,
the following guidelines should be taken into consideration:
A)        Treatment
providers recognize that these observations can:
i)          help
educate officers about individuals who sexually abuse and the nature and
approach to treatment for sexual abusers; and
ii)          help
officers obtain information that may enhance their supervision of a given
client.
B)        Treatment
providers recognize that these observations can impact client confidentiality,
inhibiting client participation and disclosure; disrupt continuity of the
treatment process; and blur clients' perceptions of officers' roles.
C)        If
allowing these observations, treatment providers:
i)          Ensure
that officers identify themselves by position and work responsibilities and clarify
to session participants their roles and responsibilities as supervision
officers;
ii)          Review
and clarify the purpose and possible impact of having officers present;
iii)         Obtain
appropriate informed and voluntary consent from clients; and
iv)         Ensure
that officers are aware of and adhere to professional ethics, including, but
not limited to, confidentiality limits and boundaries.
j)          Engaging
Community Supports
1)         Treatment
providers shall recognize that an appropriate support person can assist professionals
and clients with risk reduction, risk management and other successful outcomes
for clients, victims and communities
that officers are aware of and adhere to professional ethics, including, but
not limited to, confidentiality limits and boundaries.
j)          Engaging
Community Supports
1)         Treatment
providers shall recognize that an appropriate support person can assist professionals
and clients with risk reduction, risk management and other successful outcomes
for clients, victims and communities.
2)         Treatment
providers collaborate with clients and other professionals to identify and
engage community support persons in the supervision and treatment processes,
when appropriate and feasible.
3)         Treatment
providers acknowledge that appropriate support persons are able and willing to:
A)        Appreciate
that clients are responsible for having engaged in sexually abusive behavior;
B)        Recognize
that recidivism risk can increase and decrease over time;
C)        Maintain
routine contact with the individual who has engaged in sexually abusive
behavior;
D)        Understand,
recognize,  intervene and report when risk factors are present;
E)        Maintain,
model and assist clients with practicing prosocial attitudes and behaviors;
F)         Support
adherence to supervision, treatment and other expectations pertaining to risk
reduction and risk management;
G)        Participate
in the development and implementation of safety plans for victims and other
vulnerable persons as applicable; and
H)        Communicate
routinely and effectively with the professionals responsible for assessing,
supervising and providing treatment to sexual abusers.
4)         Treatment
providers establish and clarify appropriate parameters (e.g., timing, nature,
limits, methods) of reciprocal information-sharing with support persons
afety plans for victims and other
vulnerable persons as applicable; and
H)        Communicate
routinely and effectively with the professionals responsible for assessing,
supervising and providing treatment to sexual abusers.
4)         Treatment
providers establish and clarify appropriate parameters (e.g., timing, nature,
limits, methods) of reciprocal information-sharing with support persons.
5)         Treatment
providers take appropriate steps to ensure that support persons are equipped
with knowledge and skills regarding risk factors for reoffending, strategies
for effectively reducing and managing clients' risk for recidivism, and the
strengths and limitations of strategies in place.
6)         Treatment
providers:
A)        educate
clients and identified support persons regarding the roles, responsibilities,
expectations and risks and benefits associated with serving as part of a
collaborative support network; and
B)        elicit
informed consent accordingly.
k)         Collaborating
with Child Protective/Child Welfare Professionals
This Section pertains to clients
whose sexually abusive behaviors, interests, preferences, or arousal involve
children and the potential for these clients to have planned or unplanned
contact with children (e.g., children in their own families, the children of
new romantic partners, friends, coworkers, or neighbors).  It is important to
note that contact is not limited to the client's close physical proximity with
a child or adolescent, but also includes one-to-one interactions such as
telephone calls, emails, written notes and communications through third
parties.
1)         Treatment
providers shall prioritize the rights, well-being and safety of children when
making decisions about client contact with minors
important to
note that contact is not limited to the client's close physical proximity with
a child or adolescent, but also includes one-to-one interactions such as
telephone calls, emails, written notes and communications through third
parties.
1)         Treatment
providers shall prioritize the rights, well-being and safety of children when
making decisions about client contact with minors.
2)         Treatment
providers take reasonable steps to support a client's adherence to any no
contact orders or other restrictions that have been imposed by the courts or
other entities statutorily authorized to impose restrictions for that client.
3)         When
contact with children is at issue under the terms of any legal disposition
(e.g., court order, probation/parole order), treatment providers may provide
written assessment-driven recommendations regarding an individual client's
acceptable level of contact with children that range from no contact to
supervised or unsupervised contact.
4)         Treatment
providers' recommendations regarding contact with minors should be minimally
informed by the following:
A)        Empirically
informed assessments of recidivism risk and protective factors;
B)        The
client's history of deviant sexual interests, fantasies and behaviors involving
children;
C)        The
nature, extent and duration of the offending behaviors of the client;
D)        The
client's engagement and progress in sexual abuser treatment, particularly with respect
to general and sexual self-regulation, sexual preoccupations and extent of
sexual deviance variables; the abuser-victim relationship; and offense-related
motivations, grooming patterns, attitudes and offense-specific variables;
E)        The
presence of positive prosocial supports for the client who can serve as
chaperones;
F)         The
client's engagement and compliance with supervision expectations and
conditions;
G)        The
ability, skills and willingness of nonoffending parents or guardians to provide
an en
ship; and offense-related
motivations, grooming patterns, attitudes and offense-specific variables;
E)        The
presence of positive prosocial supports for the client who can serve as
chaperones;
F)         The
client's engagement and compliance with supervision expectations and
conditions;
G)        The
ability, skills and willingness of nonoffending parents or guardians to provide
an environment that is appropriately conducive to maintaining the child's
emotional and physical safety;
H)        The
availability and professional opinions of a qualified child advocate, mental
health or child welfare professional to whom the child and family are therapeutically
engaged, and the confidence that the child will be able to articulate interests
and concerns regarding the potential for contact with the client;
I)         The
child's reported interests for contact or no contact, or if contact would not
be in the best interests of the child; and
J)         The
extent to which community strategies are currently in place to provide adequate
mechanisms and resources to ensure adequate child safety plans for victims and
other minors.
5)         Treatment
providers collaborate with the proper authorities or professionals to support
restrictions that prohibit clients from having contact with a child if the
child does not want contact or if contact would not be in the best interests of
the child or other vulnerable persons.
6)         Treatment
providers consider the impact that the client's contact with siblings may have
on the victim and approve contact that minimizes distress to the victim.
7)         Treatment
providers work collaboratively with child welfare/child protection agencies,
victim advocates and others (e.g., treatment providers, probation/parole
officers) to develop safety plans for victims and other vulnerable children
oviders consider the impact that the client's contact with siblings may have
on the victim and approve contact that minimizes distress to the victim.
7)         Treatment
providers work collaboratively with child welfare/child protection agencies,
victim advocates and others (e.g., treatment providers, probation/parole
officers) to develop safety plans for victims and other vulnerable children.
8)         Treatment
providers obtain informed consent from a child's nonoffending parent or legal
guardian before approving a client's contact with that child, while adhering to
the parameters of any legal or other restrictions.
9)         Treatment
providers may support structured and/or supervised contact with children when
the following occur:
A)        the
client is making acceptable progress in treatment and/or supervision;
B)        he/she
is effectively managing dynamic risk;
C)        appropriate
safety precautions are in place; and
D)        contact
is assessed to be in the best interest of the child by the appropriate/designated
professionals working with those responsible for child welfare decisions,
taking into account the expressed interests of the child.
10)        Within
the bounds of confidentiality, treatment providers regularly exchange
information in a timely manner with child welfare workers involved in a client's
case and with child welfare workers involved in monitoring the safety of
children with whom the client is having or considering having contact, unless
otherwise specified by law.  Information may include, but is not limited to,
the following:
A)        Client's
treatment progress;
B)        Significant
changes in dynamic risk factors; and
C)        Significant
barriers and social services agreements in place with goals and objectives that
have to be met by all in order to promote contact or reunification.
11)        Treatment
providers familiarize themselves with restrictions related to client-victim
contact and abide by those restrictions in a therapeutic manner
ress;
B)        Significant
changes in dynamic risk factors; and
C)        Significant
barriers and social services agreements in place with goals and objectives that
have to be met by all in order to promote contact or reunification.
11)        Treatment
providers familiarize themselves with restrictions related to client-victim
contact and abide by those restrictions in a therapeutic manner.
12)        Treatment
providers ensure that, as warranted for a given client, contact with children
is addressed as part of a comprehensive community risk management plan and
should be linked to the client's re-offense risk, progress in treatment, and/or
compliance with supervision, as applicable.
13)        Treatment
providers document all decisions about a client's contact with children,
including whether contact is recommended, the type of contact that is
recommended, the preparations made with children and chaperones, and
information obtained during the ongoing monitoring process.
l)          Addressing
Family Reunification and Visitation
1)         Treatment
providers shall collaborate with child welfare workers to address family
reunification efforts when clients have abused children in their own families
and wish to have contact with them, or they seek to begin relationships with
individuals who have children.
2)         Treatment
providers recognize that family reunification, in many cases, is not an
advisable goal because of the risk and potential for harm that may be
unmanageable (e.g., high risk, lack of appropriate caregiver supervision,
nature of the victimization, impact on family and victim).  However, family
reunification may be one of the many ways that victims and families attempt to
resolve issues generated by the offender's abuse and may be beneficial for
other reasons in some circumstances
because of the risk and potential for harm that may be
unmanageable (e.g., high risk, lack of appropriate caregiver supervision,
nature of the victimization, impact on family and victim).  However, family
reunification may be one of the many ways that victims and families attempt to
resolve issues generated by the offender's abuse and may be beneficial for
other reasons in some circumstances.
3)         Treatment
providers are aware that reunification is a gradual and well-supervised
procedure in which a sexual abuser is allowed to reintegrate into the familial
network where the victims or potential victims are present.
4)         Before
providing recommendations regarding family reunification, treatment providers
collaborate with professionals from a range of disciplines who have different
agency missions and mandates, which may include child welfare professionals,
family therapists, victim services providers or advocates, treatment providers,
supervision officers, and other community supports.
5)         Treatment
providers ensure that any child contact decisions within the context of family
reunification efforts should be informed by a thorough assessment of the client's
risk, the child's safety plan, and consultation with other members of the
community risk management team, such as collaborative partners and
stakeholders.
6)         Treatment
providers ensure that, as appropriate and indicated, contact with the client's
children, his/her current partner's children, or children of family members are
also discussed as part of the reunification process.
7)         Treatment
providers do not recommend the involvement of the victims or potential victims
in family reunification efforts unless that involvement is likely to benefit
the victims or potential victims and unlikely to cause them inordinate levels
of distress
dren, his/her current partner's children, or children of family members are
also discussed as part of the reunification process.
7)         Treatment
providers do not recommend the involvement of the victims or potential victims
in family reunification efforts unless that involvement is likely to benefit
the victims or potential victims and unlikely to cause them inordinate levels
of distress.
8)         Treatment
providers, if necessary, recommend that the client be removed from the
residence of the victims or potential victims rather than removing the victims
or potential victims.
9)         Treatment
providers consider the wishes of the victims or potential victims with regard
to family reunification, taking into account their ability to understand the
ramifications of their decisions.
10)         Treatment
providers ensure that a child has access to a responsible adult chaperone trusted
by that child before recommending the client be allowed to have contact with
that child.
11)         Treatment
providers may make recommendations for a client to have contact with
interfamilial victims and other family members under 18 (or otherwise vulnerable
persons) only when the following are present:
A)        A nonoffending
parent or another responsible adult who is adequately prepared to supervise the
contact;
B)        The
victim or minor is judged to be ready for the contact by a professional who can
monitor the victim's or minor's safety; and
C)        The
client has made acceptable progress in treatment.
12)         Treatment
providers ensure that appropriate safety plans are developed and monitored
during the family reunification process.  Safety plans should include explicit
and nonnegotiable rules and boundaries, as well as the method to address
infractions
by a professional who can
monitor the victim's or minor's safety; and
C)        The
client has made acceptable progress in treatment.
12)         Treatment
providers ensure that appropriate safety plans are developed and monitored
during the family reunification process.  Safety plans should include explicit
and nonnegotiable rules and boundaries, as well as the method to address
infractions.
m)        Engaging
Chaperones and Community Supports
1)         Treatment
providers shall exercise prudence and caution when involved with the selection
and education of responsible adult chaperones for contacts between clients and
children and other vulnerable parties who may be unable to give consent.
2)         Treatment
providers recommend as potential chaperones only adults who:
A)        Accept
and understand the client's history of sexually abusive behavior;
B)        Appreciate
that the client is solely responsible for decisions to act in a sexually
abusive manner (i.e., chaperones do not place responsibility on victims or
external circumstances);
C)        Recognize
the potential for risk and intervention needs to change over time, either
increasing or diminishing;
D)        Appreciate
the need for the client to have prosocial supports; and
E)        Accept
the role and responsibilities of being an effective chaperone.
3)         Treatment
providers ensure that clients educate potential chaperones candidly about the
clients' sexually abusive behaviors, antecedent and ongoing risk factors, and
treatment and/or supervision conditions.
4)         Treatment
providers ensure that chaperones fully understand the safety plan for the children
and appropriate reporting procedures for violations of the safety plan.
5)         Treatment
providers monitor authorized contacts between the client and children through
interviews with the client, the chaperone and/or the child's therapist/support
person, and through other supervision options
Treatment
providers ensure that chaperones fully understand the safety plan for the children
and appropriate reporting procedures for violations of the safety plan.
5)         Treatment
providers monitor authorized contacts between the client and children through
interviews with the client, the chaperone and/or the child's therapist/support
person, and through other supervision options.
n)         Continuity
of Care
1)         Treatment
providers shall recognize that continuity of care is necessary to support
effective risk management and risk reduction of sexual abusers in the
community.
2)         Treatment
providers facilitate, in a timely manner, the seamless access to and provision
of follow-up services for clients who transition from one program to another.
This may include transition from:
A)        Institutional
to community-based treatment;
B)        Community-based
treatment to treatment in a correctional, inpatient or other institutional setting;
C)        Programming
within a facility/institution or within the community, at a lateral level of
transfer; or
D)        The
current jurisdiction/place of residence to a new jurisdiction of residence, due
to relocation or transfer of supervision.
3)         Treatment
providers seek information, through appropriate release of information when
necessary, regarding treatment progress and take this into consideration when
initiating treatment services for a client who has been receiving services
elsewhere or in another setting in order to prevent duplication of efforts and
promote timely, assessment-driven, well-informed treatment planning.
4)         Treatment
providers, to the greatest degree possible, include the client, institutional
caseworker, institutional treatment staff, community supervision staff,
community treatment staff, family members, and support persons in release
planning meetings.  When this is not possible, electronic alternatives, such as
teleconferencing or videoconferencing, may be used
treatment planning.
4)         Treatment
providers, to the greatest degree possible, include the client, institutional
caseworker, institutional treatment staff, community supervision staff,
community treatment staff, family members, and support persons in release
planning meetings.  When this is not possible, electronic alternatives, such as
teleconferencing or videoconferencing, may be used.
5)         Treatment
providers providing services to clients prepare written treatment/discharge
summaries for clients who change programs, transition from an institution to
the community, or transition from the community to an institution (i.e., lesser
level of care or increased level of care/security).  These summaries usually include
the following elements:
A)        Assessment
of risk to sexually harm others, including individualized risk factors and
indicators of imminent risk;
B)        Assessment
of dynamic risk factors and protective factors/client strengths (e.g.,
prosocial support systems);
C)        Description
of offending pattern;
D)        Description
of sexual and nonsexual criminal history;
E)        Identification
of relevant problems and continuing interventions needs (including medication);
F)         Level
of participation in programming; and
G)        Recommendations
for community supervision, treatment and support services to guide post-release
case management decisions.
6)         When
appropriate and within ethical parameters, bounds of confidentiality, and other
information-sharing statutes or professional regulations, treatment providers
working in correctional facilities or inpatient/other institutional settings
provide community-based providers, supervision officers/case managers,
aftercare workers, and other appropriate support persons with information that
can be used to inform appropriate post release or transitional treatment,
supervision and management in the community.

## Nearby sections

- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.30 Section 1905.30  Provider Qualifications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_30.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.40 Section 1905.40  Assessments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_40.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.50 Section 1905.50  Assessment Guidelines](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_50.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.60 Section 1905.60  Risk Assessment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_60.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.70 Section 1905.70  Psychophysiological Assessments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_70.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.80 Section 1905.80  Treatment Interventions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_80.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.90 Section 1905.90  Treatment Guidelines](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_90.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.100 Section 1905.100  Treatment Methods](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_100.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.110 Section 1905.110  Treatment Progress and Completion](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_110.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.120 Section 1905.120  Responsivity Factors and Special Populations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_120.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.130 Section 1905.130  Risk Reduction and Risk Management in the Community](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_130.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.140 Section 1905.140  Pharmacological Interventions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_140.md)
- [20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.150 Section 1905.150  Psychophysiological Tools](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T20_P1905_S1905_150.md)

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