Date: 2/3/25 @8:45am-12pm (EST) Cost: $10 Instructor: Tyffani Monford, Psy.D., Psychologist
CE Credit Hours: 3 (general)
Program Description:
This training provides mental health professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to work effectively with adolescents who have caused sexual harm. Participants will explore underlying factors contributing to harmful sexual behaviors, evidence-based practices, strategies for fostering accountability, and strategies for promoting positive behavioral change while supporting the adolescent’s growth within their family and community systems.
Goals:
- Develop a Comprehensive Understanding of Adolescents Who Cause Sexual Harm (AWCSH)
- Enhance Competency in Risk Assessment and Treatment Planning for AWCSH
- Expand Knowledge of Effective Treatment Approaches for AWCSH
Objectives:
- Identify/define Adolescents who Cause Sexual Harm
- Gain understanding of pathways that are prevalent in AWCSH and the role of each of these areas in assessing and establishing treatment needs
- Identify the role of the Risk-Needs-Responsivity principle in the assessment and treatment of AWCSH
- Identify common assessment measures utilized and their role in individualizing treatment
- Explore various treatment modalities/interventions in working with AWCSH
- Address issues of healthy sexuality and intimacy in the treatment of AWCSH
Training Outline:
8:45-9:15 Who are AWCSH-prevalence, definitions
9:15-9:30 Myths/What we have learned
9:30-10 Pathways
10-11 Assessment (15 minute break around 10:30)
11-11:45 Treatment Interventions
11:45-12 Questions and wrap up
Level: Intermediate
Mid-Ohio Psychological Services, Inc. has been approved as a CE provider by the Ohio Psychological Association (#311358292), the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (RCS060502), and as a NBCC ACEPTM No. 7265.
