Lee Balser

Clinical Director, Disability Resource Network

Lee Balser

• Provide consulting services and staff training in the areas of behavioral support and sex offender programming and treatment.
• Conduct risk assessments for individuals with sexual offending behaviors.

• Responsible for the daily operations of a supported living organization specializing in servicing individuals with special needs including behavioral challenges.

• Responsible for the operation, including fund raising and grant writing, for not-for-profit agencies providing life enriching opportunities for individuals with challenging behaviors

• Responsible for development activities, providing leadership and coordination for the company’s expansion throughout the United States.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of programming, including residential programming, for individuals with mental retardation and/or mental health issues who have a history of victimizing others.

• Columbus, Ohio Responsible for the development and operation of a 24-bed residential facility for the treatment of adolescent sex offenders with Mental Retardation.

• Responsible for the development and operation of a 24-bed residential facility for the treatment of adolescent sex offenders with Mental Retardation

• Conducted risk assessment for sex offenders, consult with private and public agencies on treatment alternatives, facilitate group and individual therapy.

• National Association for Dual Diagnosis, National Telephone Conference
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Annual Sex Offender Conference, Key Note Speaker, Columbus, Ohio
• 5th International Conference on Violence, Caracas, Venezuela
• ATSA National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Ohio ARC, Columbus, Ohio
• Ohio Association of County Boards of MR/DD, Cleveland, Ohio
• Professional Association for Retardation, Encore Presenter, Columbus, Ohio
• Society for the Scientific Study of Sex National Conference, San Diego, California
• Safer Society Conference on Sex Offenders with Mental Retardation, Burlington, Vermont
• Plus numerous workshops and conferences in Ohio
• Grub-Blubaugh, V.G.; Balser, L.; Shire, B.J., (1994) Behavior Management in Offenders with Mental Retardation: The Jury System, Mental Retardation, 32, (3), 213-217.

• Bachelors of Science, The Ohio State University, 1969 – Psychology
• Masters of Education, New York University, 1979 – Family Life and Human Sexuality
• Thirty years plus experience working with sex offenders with Mental Retardation
• Seven Years experience as Director of residential treatment programs for sex offenders with Mental Retardation

• Ohio Partners in Justice Committee, Project Director
• Sheryl L. Kraner Behavioral Health Services, President, Board of Directors