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Risk Assessment With Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended

US$325 Regular Price

-US$25 GIFR Member Price


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CE Credits: 6.5 Credits
Length: 6.5 Hours
Level: Introductory
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, NBCC, NAADAC, CPA
Training Style: Video
Category: ATSA Master Classes - Child/Adolescent
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals

Training Description
Assessing sexual recidivism risk in adolescents provides important direction for intervention and supervision efforts. However, there are a number of significant challenges and potential dangers involved. This ATSA Master Class will provide an overview of the most critical issues impacting sexual recidivism risk assessments for adolescents. First, common erroneous assumptions that have historically directed assessment and treatment will be examined, and those risk and protective factors for sexual recidivism with an empirical basis will be identified. This will be followed by a detailed introduction to three commonly-used risk assessment tools for adolescent sexual recidivism (J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, ERASOR), with a focus on current empirical support and limitations regarding their use. Finally, given the importance of the quality of information used when formulating risk estimates, psychological and physiological testing approaches will be discussed (polygraph, viewing time, penile plethysmograph) and a number of concrete tips and strategies for interviewing youth about sensitive issues will be described.
Trainer Biographies
James Worling, PhD is a clinical and forensic psychologist with over 25 years experience working extensively with adolescents who have sexually offended and their families. During this time, he has presented many workshops internationally, and he has written numerous of professional articles and book chapters regarding the etiology, assessment, and treatment of adolescent sexual offending behaviors. Most recently, he served as a clinician, researcher, and trainer at the Sexual Abuse: Family Education and Treatment (SAFE–T) Program, a specialized, community-based program that provides sexual abuse–specific assessment, treatment, consultation, and long-term support to child victims of incest and their families, children with sexual behavior problems and their families, and adolescent sexual offenders and their families. Developer of the ERASOR, Dr. Worling is currently in full-time private practice, and he serves as an Associate Editor for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment.
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
  • To address the considerable diversity among adolescents who sexually offend, and to underscore the importance of a comprehensive assessment
  • To learn about the common myths that have impacted assessment and treatment approaches for adolescents who have sexually offended
  • To become familiar with three of the commonly-used sexual recidivism risk assessment tools (J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, ERASOR)
  • To discuss the research support and limitations of current risk assessment tools and approaches
  • To learn practical techniques for use when interviewing youth regarding potentially sensitive topics
  • To review the current research literature regarding various physiological assessment methods (polygraph, viewing time, penile plethysmograph)

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.

Note 1: The CPA's approval of an individual, group, or organization as a CE Sponsor or Provider is restricted to the activities described in the approved application or annual report form. The CPA's approval does not extend to any other CE activity the Sponsor or Provider might offer. In granting its approval, the CPA assumes no legal or financial obligations to Sponsors, Providers, or to those individuals who might participate in a Sponsor or Provider's CE activities or programs. Further, responsibility for the content, provision, and delivery of any CE activity approved by the CPA remains that of the CE Sponsor or Provider. The CPA disclaims all legal liability associated with the content, provision, and delivery of the approved CE activity.

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