SAPROF Assessment of Protective Factors

The adult SAPROF manual was translated in over 15 different languages and is applied worldwide in a range of different settings, such as forensic hospitals, prisons, probation services, supported housing, pre-trial assessments, threat assessments, etc. (link Translations) A revision of the original adult SAPROF is in preparation. New insights from using the tool in practice, particularly from practitioners working with intellectual disabilities and in long-term (inpatient) care settings, have brought forward suggestions for additional protective factors and improvements to existing factors. Based on this a preliminary SAPROF-Extended Version was created, which is tested in different pilot sites. (link SAPROF-EV en Research evidence). For adult individuals with a history of sexual offending, a specific SAPROF-Sexual Offending was created. In fact, this tool was created in two formats: the SAPROF-SO actuarial version (a stand-alone tool including the original SAPROF factors and new SO specific factors), and a SAPROF-SO additional SPJ version, to be used together with the original SAPROF. (link SAPROF-SO) In addition to the professional rated SAPROF, more recently a SAPROF self-assessment version and a SAPROF-network assessment version have also been created.

These highly simplified questionnaires include pictograms for easy understanding of each protective factor. Experience from clinical practice shows the self-assessment is particularly useful as interview tool, which invites the service user to contemplate on their on protective factors and tell their story. Feedback from service users and service providers is very positive regarding the application of the self-assessment as a means to converse about protective factors and collectively formulate positive treatment goals. (link Self-assessment and Network-assessment)