The Sexual Offender Program of Special Services is designed to meet the treatment needs of boys who have committed sexual offenses, whether adjudicated or not. As with the other parts of Special Services, it provides a highly structured (semi-secure), closely supervised, therapeutic environment for intensive work with the resident upon offender-specific issues, and more generally upon interpersonal relationship problems and behavioral and emotional difficulties, while assisting with the development of more socially appropriate and useful behaviors. It is acknowledged that children in this category are in need of medium to long-term placement. Fostering personal responsibility through self-awareness and relationship is the long-term goal of treatment.