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The Safer Society Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended

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CE Credits: 24 Credits
Length: 544 Pages
Level: Intermediate
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, CPA
Training Style: Book
Category: Book-Based Trainings
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals

Training Description
The Safer Society Handbook of Assessment and Treatment with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended was designed to not only assist current practitioners (e.g., clinicians, attorneys, juvenile justice personnel and so forth) and policy makers, but also to prepare the next generation (advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of psychology, social work, criminal justice, public policy and so forth) in facilitating developmentally appropriate, safe, and cost-effective interventions when sexual offending by adolescents occurs. The book integrates relevant research that will enable readers to understand the dynamic nature of adolescent development and appreciate that healthy sexual behavior is a natural and normal part of growing up. The book has been widely acclaimed to be scientifically comprehensive, legally relevant, developmentally sensitive, and clinically sophisticated. To write this book, the editors brought together an international team of leading experts on youths who have exhibited sexually harmful behavior to write this single-volume reference on the characteristics of those who offend, best practice in assessment and intervention, community reentry and family reunification, and special issues for professionals working with this population, such as pornography use and public policies.
Please note: GIFR is the sole Continuing Education Credit provider for this CE Program. However, we do not provide the book. The book can be purchased directly from the publisher, Safer Society Press. To purchase this book, visit: https://safersocietypress.org/store/safer-society-handbook-adolescents/
Trainer Biographies
Sue Righthand, PhD, is an associate research professor in psychology at the University of Maine. She is a consultant for the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Child and Family Services, the National Center for Sexual Behavior in Youth, and was a member of the recently concluded Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Adolescent Guidelines Committee. She is the co-author of the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol II and related research publications, as well as Effective Intervention with Adolescents Who Have Offended Sexually: Translating Research into Practice.
William D. Murphy, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center where he was the past director of the APA accredited professional psychology internship program. Dr. Murphy has provided evaluation and treatment for adolescent and adult sex offenders, has served on international accreditation panels for the United Kingdom and Canada and on treatment advisory boards for a number of program in the United States, and is past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
  • Describe an overview of adolescent development which can help us appreciate the differences between youths and adults who sexually offend and the importance of a developmental approach to this problem.
  • Discuss what is known about these adolescents, for example, unique, yet diverse characteristics, patterns of offending, and future pathways, which most often is desistence.
  • Discuss normative sexual behavior in youths which provides a developmental context for understanding adolescent sexual offending.
  • Identify the differences between general and forensic assessment of youths who have offended sexually and important practice guidelines.
  • Identify the strengths and limitations of sex offense-specific risk and needs assessments and the importance of research-informed practices to facilitate high quality assessments.
  • Identify that effective interventions with youths who have offended sexually have diverse characteristics (e.g., gender, cognitive functioning, mental health challenges, nonsexual delinquency) that require individualized, developmentally appropriate, socio-ecological interventions which can facilitate risk reduction and promote healthy, prosocial development.

1 Sponsorship: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts Continuing Education Credit sponsored by the American Psychological Association. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, provider #1371, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Global Institute of Forensic Research maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/8/2022-6/8/2025. Social Workers completing this course receive continuing education credits. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) has been approved by NAADAC as an approved Continuing Education, Provider No. 144308. Programs that do not qualify for NAADAC credit are clearly identified. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education provider. ACEP No.6711. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GIFR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0337. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0036.

2 Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you wish to request a refund on account of technical difficulties, please contact [email protected].

3 Commercial Supports: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) reports no conflicts of interest in the development and sponsorship of this training. MHS receives no commercial support for its Continuing Education programs or from its presenters.

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