The Role of Treatment and Prevention – JJ Peters Institute By Ted Glackmann As the President and CEO of the Joseph J. Peters Institute, I am continuously impressed by the array of agencies and committed staff of the many systems involved in child sexual abuse investigation, evaluation, treatment, and preventions. The Joseph J. Peters Institute (JJPI) continues to provide a wide array of services in response to sexual abuse issues, as it has over the nearly 50 years it’s been in existence. While most of the agency’s activities are focused on providing treatment services to both survivors of sexual abuse and sex offenders, JJPI is also involved in prevention, education, and research. In response to continuing treatment referrals, the Child and Family and the Offender Outpatient Programs have expanded so that we may offer easy access to treatment, when needed.Located on the 17th floor of 100 S. Broad Street (the Land Title Building), you may call 215.701.1560 for an appointment. Plans are underway to open new partial hospital programs for adolescent and adult offenders in Center City Philadelphia. These programs will specifically be designed to accommodate individuals who are developmentally disabled and/or have serious mental illness. JJPI's prevention program, STOP IT NOW! Philadelphia, received new foundation support form the Ms. Foundation for fiscal years '04 and '05. STOP IT NOW! Philadelphia continues to use media marketing campaigns and direct education to achieve a better and more informed response to child sexual abuse from adults who may know or be aware of abusers. Additionally, a parent education targets parents and foster parents who care for children and adolescents who are sexually reactive. In a partnership with Horizon House, which has received funding for this project from The Pew Charitable Trusts, JJPI is providing training and educational services to Horizon House staff and clients. Finally, the Trauma Treatment Program is being offered through a contract with the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Edna Foa of Penn compares "prolonged exposure" therapy with supportive counseling in a community treatment setting. Clients considered for this study include adult women who have been sexually abused. JJPI looks forward to its ongoing involvement with the Philadelphia Children's Alliance Multidisciplinary Team Meetings. This regular inter-systems meeting helps keep the different systems involved in responding to child sexual abuse in touch with each other and more able to coordinate activities in complicated cases.