Best Practices in the Clinical Supervision of Sex Offender Service Providers
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Training Description
This training examines how to enhance treatment outcomes with sexual offenders through the provision of high-quality supervision of therapists within the best practice principles of Risk, Needs, and Responsivity. ¬is training offers research, theory and techniques of supervision to amend criminogenic needs, enhance client responsivity, and foster an effective therapeutic style. Concepts and case examples highlight the importance of empathy, therapist self-care, interpersonal neurobiological processes, and strength-based collaborative practice.
Trainer Biography
Deirdre D’Orazio, PhD is a licensed psychologist in California with more than 20 years of experience providing clinical and forensic assessment and treatment. She is currently the director of Central Coast Clinical & Forensic Psychological Services and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences, where she presents peer-reviewed research findings. She is one of only two certified trainers on the Structured Risk Assessment-Forensic Version (SRA-FV) risk assessment tool.
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
- Discuss theory and techniques of effective supervision
- Explore common hazards for therapists working with sexual offenders
- Identify how to provide clinical supervision so as to reduce offenders’ criminogenic needs, enhance responsivity to treatment, and mitigate burnout in supervisees