Preventing Sexual Violence - Association for the Treatment of

16th Annual
MASOC/MATSA Joint Conference
Preventing Sexual Violence
Through Assessment, Treatment and
Safe Management
APRIL 9, 10 & 11, 2014
Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center
Marlborough, Massachusetts
With Co-Sponsor: Orlando Behavior Health Services, LLC
With Special Thanks to Our Conference Sponsors
Becket Family of Services
Brandon School & Residential Treatment Center
Center for Integrative Psychological Services, Inc.
Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Inc.
Forensic Health Services, Inc.
(a subsidiary of MHM Services)
Hillcrest Educational Centers
Jane Doe, Inc.
Justice Resource Institute
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
NEARI, Inc.
Northeast Center for Youth and Families
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps
Stetson School
(an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation)
Stevens Treatment Programs
Whitney Academy
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Full Day Intensive Agenda
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Conference Registration, Refreshments
Workshop
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors
Workshop (continued)
Luncheon Provided
Workshop (continued)
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors, Refreshments
Workshop (continued)
Pre-Conference Agenda
Thursday, April 10, 2013
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Conference Registration, Refreshments
Workshop AM
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors
Workshop AM (continued)
Luncheon Provided
Workshop PM
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors, Refreshments
Workshop PM (continued)
Conference Agenda
Friday, April 11, 2014
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Conference Registration, Refreshments
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Announcements by Steven M. Bengis, Ed.D., President, MASOC,
and Laurie Guidry, Psy.D., President, MATSA
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Keynote Address: The Canary in the Mineshaft: What Rape Jokes Signal About Our Culture
Gail Stern, Ph.D., Catharsis Productions, LLC
This exciting keynote will highlight what factors support sexual violence within popular, university campus and high school
cultures. Drawing upon research from the fields of moral development education, bystander intervention, and sexual violence
prevention education, the presentation explores the foundation of rape culture in a respectful, humorous and accessible
way. The presentation will also include research data from both the civilian and military environments and will address what
steps—from little to big—will be necessary to meaningfully address the impact of rape culture on our communities.
Dr. Gail Stern is the co-owner and Chief Academic Officer of Catharsis Productions, and is the co-author of the interactive,
non-stranger rape prevention program Sex Signals, which is presented hundreds of times at universities and military installations each year. Dr. Stern serves as a subject matter expert (SME) to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the
U.S Marine Corps, U.S. National Guard, and is co-creator of the Force of Awesome Institute, a training program for violence
prevention educators that incorporates her research on using humor to reduce emotional and cognitive resistance to challenging issues.
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors
Concurrent Workshops—Session A
Luncheon Provided
Concurrent Workshops—Session B
Break, Visit to Book Vendor and Exhibitors, Refreshments
Concurrent Workshops—Session C
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List of Presenters
Timothy F. App, BS, The Counseling and Psychotherapy Centers, Inc., Needham, MA
Kimberly LaFountain, M.Ed., Gateway Healthcare, Inc., Pawtucket, RI
Jack Apsche, Ph.D., Walden University, Shepherdstown, WV
Craig Latham, Ph.D., Latham Consulting Group, LLC, Northampton, MA
Amanda Bechtold, BSW, Mountain Lake Services, Port Henry, NY
Heidi Sue LeBeouf, BA, Pathways for Change, Inc., Worcester, MA
Steven M. Bengis, Ed.D., New England Education, Assessment and Research Institute,
Holyoke, MA
Francyne F. Lefemine, MA, Worcester County Juvenile Court, Worcester, MA
John Bergman, MA, Geese Theatre Company, East Swanzey, NH
Jordanna L’Esperance-Chouinard, Psy.D., Newton Public Schools, Newton, MA
Geral T. Blanchard, MA, Private Practice, DesMoines, IA
Ruth E. Lewis, Ph.D., Ruth E. Lewis, LLC, Arlington, MA
Meg Bossong, MS, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA
Sarah Louer, MSW, Mountain Lake Services, Port Henry, NY
Heather Bowlds, Psy.D., Department of Juvenile Justice, Sacramento, CA
Kayla Malloy, MA, LaSalle School, Albany, NY
Julie F. Brown, MSW, Justice Resource Institute, Warwick, RI
Alyce Malone, MSW, LaSalle School, Albany, NY
Steven Brown, Psy.D., Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain, CT
Genevieve Martin, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
David L. Burton, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA
Terri Maxymillian, Psy.D., Central New York Psychiatric Center, Marcy, NY
Nancy G. Calleja, Ph.D., University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Heather McDaniel, BA, Georgia Governor’s Office for Children and Families, Atlanta, GA
Barbara Cannon, MA, LaSalle School, Albany, NY
Amber McKeen, BS, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Joseph C. Carlton, MMFT, Private Practice, Fisherville, KY
Andrew J. McWhinne, MA, Wilson Psychological Services, LLC, Sarasota, FL
Robin Castle, MA, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Montpelier, VT
Jennifer Meade, Ph.D., Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Katiria Cobian, MSW, Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ
Sara Moore, MA, Institute for Sexual Wellness, Quincy, MA
Kevin Creeden, MA, Whitney Academy, East Freetown, MA
Kerry Nelligan, Psy.D., Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA
Penny Cuninggim, Ed.D., New England Education, Assessment and Research Institute,
Holyoke, MA
Christy Olezeski, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT
Kim L. Dawkins, BFA, Pathways for Change, Inc., Worcester, MA
Jesselly De La Cruz, MSW, Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ
Cheryl DeLuca-Johnson, M.Ed., Street Grace, Norcross, GA
Adam Deming, Psy.D., Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
William L. Donahue, MSW, Behavioral Health Center, Bangor, ME
Monica Ferraro, Ph.D., Dept. of Youth Services, Westboro, MA
Raymond B. Flannery, Jr., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Jane Fleishman, M.Ed., Speaking About Sex, Northampton, MA
Juliet Fortino, MC, Casa de los Ninos – Presidio Counseling, Tucson, AZ
Amy Gaddor, MA, Mountain Lake Services, Port Henry, NY
Melissa Gopnik, MBA, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA
Franklyn J. Graham, MS, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Diana Groener, MA, Sunset Psychological & Counseling Services, LLC, Portland, OR
Laurie L. Guidry, Psy.D., Center for Integrative Psychological Services, Inc., Concord, NH
Hugh Hanlin, Ph.D., Private Practice, Plainfield, IN
Bill Helmeczi, D.Ph., Pathstone Mental Health, Thorold, Ontario, Canada
Richard Hummel, Ph.D., Community Healthlink, Worcester, MA
Sharon Imperato, MS, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA
Deborah Jackson, MSW, Justice Resource Institute, Warwick, RI
Jerry L. Jennings, Ph.D., Liberty Healthcare Corporation, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Brian Johnston, BS, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Decatur, GA
Martin P. Kafka, MD, Clinical Research Practice, Arlington, MA
Thomas P. Keating, CAGS, TK Respect, LLC, Fitchburg, MA
Sean A. Keblen, MS, Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services, Wilmington, DE
Tammy Kiniry, MA, MST Associates, Bow, NH
Robert T. Kinscherff, Ph.D., JD, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Newton, MA
Raymond A. Knight, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
George Leibowitz, Ph.D., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Jacqueline Page, Psy.D., University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Roland Paulauskas, Ph.D., Mykolas Romeris and Siauliai Universities, Siauliai, Lithuania
Eugene Porter, MA, Private Practice, Oakland, CA
Kelly A. Prendergast, MA, Dept. of Children and Families, Worcestor, MA
David S. Prescott, MSW, Becket Programs of Maine, Norridgewock, ME
Phil Rich, Ed.D., Private Practice, Amherst, MA
Carrie A. Robertson, MA, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Christin Santiago-Calling, BS, Whitney Academy, East Freetown, MA
Melissa Santoro, MSW, St. Mary’s Home for Children, North Providence, RI
Steven Sawyer, MSSW, Private Practice, White Bear Lake, MN
Joann Schladale, MS, Resources for Resolving Violence, Inc., Freeport, ME
Barbara K. Schwartz, Ph.D., Maine Correctional Center, Windham, ME
Vanessa Seibald, MSW, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA
Elizabeth J. Shepherd, Ph.D., Adolescent Consultation Services, Lowell, MA
Donald Sherak, MD, Consultant, Brookline, MA
Judith E. Sims-Knight, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Renee M. Sorrentino, MD, The Institute for Sexual Wellness, Quincy, MA
Shannon Stewart Forshee, Psy.D., Central New York Psychiatric Center, Marcy, NY
Johanna Straavaldsen, MSW, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Montpelier, VT
Stephanie Talbot, MSW, LaSalle School, Albany, NY
Stephen M. Thompson, MS, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
William M. Walsh, Jr., MS, Behavioral Health Center, Bangor, ME
Jane Ward, Ph.D., Sunset Psychological & Counseling Srevices, LLC, Portland, OR
Robert Wentworth, MSW, Dept. of Children and Families, Boston, MA
Patricia Wilcox, MSW, Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain, CT
Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D., Wilson Psychological Services, LLC, Sarasota, FL
Carla Zarella, MSW, VA Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services,
Richmond, VA
Sonja Krstic, MA, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Ivan Kruh, Ph.D., Westchester Jewish Community Services, Hartsdale, NY
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Description of Workshop Offerings
Advanced: Assumes a significant background in sex abuser-specific assessment and treatment, but does not assume
knowledge about the specific workshop content. Intermediate: Assumes basic sex abuser-specific background, but does
not assume any knowledge about the specific workshop content. Introductory: Does not assume any knowledge of sex
abuser-specific assessment or treatment. All Levels: The workshop could be valuable to any level of experience in this
field. Adult, Adolescent (Adol), Latency (Lat), and All Ages refer to the clientele that the workshop is geared towards.
Pre-Conference Full Day Intensive Workshops
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
SESSION FD WORKSHOPS
9:00AM – 4:30PM
FD1. A Developmental Approach to Assessment and Treatment Planning for Children and Adolescents who have Problematic Sexual
Behavior: The assessment and treatment of children with problematic sexual behavior has been dominated by metaphors, models, and methods that were borrowed
thirty years ago from work with adult sex offenders. This “one size fits all” approach is gradually giving way to a developmentally informed framework with which to
understand problematic sexual behavior in children. Using detailed case examples, participants in this workshop will analyze the emergence and function of problematic sexual behavior through the lens of developmental psychopathology. Risk assessment techniques based on common elements of threat assessment, guided
professional judgment, and functional behavioral analysis will be presented. Results of the developmental narrative that is the product of these risk assessments will
be used to create individualized treatment plans that are consistent with the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) principle.
Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenters:
Robert T. Kinscherff, Ph.D., JD
Craig Latham, Ph.D.
FD2. Evidenced-Based Practice for Male Juvenile Sexual Abusers: The presenters will go over the extant Evidenced-Based Practices in assessment,
treatment and the understanding of risk and recidivism for male juvenile sexual abusers. Each item will be graded on empirical strength. In addition, iatrogenic
effects, therapeutic alliance, scientific validity and reliability of diverse assessment measures and more will be covered. The skills needed to develop Practice-Based
Evidence on current cases will be offered. This allows knowledge of treatment effectiveness and evidence for contractor agencies and for us on what is working
and what is not.
Intermediate-Advanced/Adol
Presenters:
David L. Burton, Ph.D.
George Leibowitz, Ph.D.
FD3. Good Lives and Beyond: Strengths, Engagement and the Prevention of Treatment Failure: This workshop reviews the very latest trends
in treatment for young adults and adults through middle age. It provides an overview of the Good Lives Model, with an emphasis on awakening motivation to
change. It also reviews methods for monitoring clinical outcomes and warning signs of treatment failure.
Intermediate-Advanced/Adult
Presenter:
David S. Prescott, MSW
FD4. Stable-2007/Acute-2007: Certification Training: Assessment of risk potential has become an important part of community management of persons
who have sexually offended. Not only is a person’s history important to consider, we now know that who they are and how they lead their lives is also important in
building a comprehensive picture for re-entry and case management. As part of the Dynamic Supervision Protocol, the Stable-2007 and Acute-2007 are empirically
derived measures of stable and acute dynamic risk for persons who have sexually offended. In this one-day workshop, participants will receive certification level
training in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the tools.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenter:
Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D.
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NEW Professional Tracks!
This year, the Joint Conference is offering three NEW and different tracks for students or professionals new to this
work. We hope it will help you choose introductory workshops that give an overview of a particular approach to this
work. You can choose just one workshop or sign up for the entire series of five workshops in any track.
The three introductory tracks and their sponsors are:
MASOC
MASOC Sponsored Track:
Sponsored Track
Workshops that focus on adolescents or children who have sexually abused.
MASOC is a coalition of nearly 1000 professionals committed to preventing sexual abuse through early intervention in the lives of children and adolescents
who have sexually abused. It is MASOC’s belief that through appropriate interventions we can protect the community, prevent future incidents of sexual
abuse, and offer children and teens the best opportunity to live abuse-free lives. MASOC believes that professionals trained in the most current age-appropriate research and best practices must administer these interventions. Since its founding in 1986, MASOC has grown to nearly 1000 professional
members who care deeply about children and teens, and keeping our communities safe for everyone. For more information contact MASOC via email at
[email protected] or through the website at www.masoc.net
MATSA
MATSA Sponsored Track:
Sponsored Track
Workshops that focus on adults who perpetrate sexual violence.
The Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Inc. (MATSA) is a non-profit local chapter of the international parent organization,
ATSA. ATSA and MATSA are dedicated to principles that foster research and information exchange, further professional education, and advance professional standards and practice in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment. Both MATSA and ATSA are deeply committed to the prevention of
sexual assault through effective management of sex offenders. MATSA currently has over 90 members in Massachusetts and surrounding states. Contact
MATSA via the website at www.matsa.org or by email at: [email protected]
RCC
Rape Crisis Centers Sponsored Track:
Sponsored Track
Workshops that focus on bringing a victim-centered approach to this work.
The Rape Crisis Center track provides an approach to working with victims and survivors of sexual violence developed by rape crisis centers over the last
40 years. This track will be especially important for professionals working with adults, adolescents or children who have experienced sexual violence
and have also perpetrated sexual harm. The track is jointly sponsored by the two oldest centers in Massachusetts: Pathways for Change, Inc. serving
the central Massachusetts region (www.centralmasspfc.org) and The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center serving the greater Boston area (www.barcc.org).
Both organizations provide services to victims and seek to change social beliefs and institutional responses to sexual violence.
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Preventing Sexual Violence
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AM Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, April 10, 2014
SESSION AM WORKSHOPS
MASOC
Sponsored Track
MATSA
Sponsored Track
RCC
Sponsored Track
9:00AM – 12:15PM
AM1. Best-Practices with Adolescents: An Historical Overview: This workshop explores current practices with adolescents
through a historical overview of the field and the research that has guided it over the past twenty-plus years. Topics will include: differentiating
youth from adults; myths and facts about youth who abuse; individualized whole-child approaches to treatment; differentiated diagnosis; and
risk management versus risk prediction. This workshop is intended for those new to the field or others who may not be current with the latest
research and thinking.
Introductory/Adol
Presenter:
Steven M. Bengis, Ed.D.
AM2. Foundations in Adult Sex Offender-Specific Assessment: This foundation building workshop is designed for those who
are new to the adult sex offender professional practice field or who want a review of the basics. This session will offer an historical overview
of theory and practice with adults who engage in sexual offending behavior. It will also provide a review of current evidenced-based, best
practices in the assessment of sexual offenders relative to their level of risk they present, their indicated treatment needs and the responsivity
issues that may serve to impede the efficacy of treatment.
Introductory/Adult
Presenter:
Laurie L. Guidry, Psy.D.
AM3. Alternative Clinical Interventions for Adult Trauma Victims: Rape crisis centers have been working with victims of
sexual violence for over forty years. During this time they have developed unique clinical interventions that combine: clinical best practices;
trauma informed practices; an empowerment-based and client-focused philosphy; and gender and cultural considerations. In this workshop,
clinicians from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center with 20 years of combined experience will present individual and group interventions
that work ranging from adapting best practices, like DBT and CBT, for victims, to working with male survivors to body-based interventions
to using the arts.
Introductory-Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenters:
Sharon Imperato, MS
Vanessa Seibald, MS
AM4. Treatment Can Be Fun Too: Utilizing Recreational Therapy as Part of the Treatment Model: Recreation Therapy offers a means to
foster positive change within adolescents by providing therapeutic activities and experiences that allow for decision-making, safe risk taking, interpersonal communication and creative coping strategies. The focus will be to explore the possible treatment applications of Recreation Therapy as well as offer realistic ways
to implement techniques as part of the treatment model. Participants will have the opportunity to explore various uses for media and music as well as participate
in the activities to gain confidence to use them as part of their “bag of tricks.”
Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Christin Santiago-Calling, BS
AM5. Promoting Change through Affect Regulation: Applying Research to Practice: Affect regulation is the ability to manage emotions without
causing harm. It is key to stopping sexual harm. This presentation provides a foundation for integrating vital research on affect regulation into a user-friendly
approach for intervening with youth and families.
All Levels/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Joann Schladale, MS
AM6. Being an Adolescent in Today’s World: Developmental, Relationship and Multi-Media Considerations: Adolescence is a crucial
period that encompasses emotional wellbeing as well as social, mental and physical development. Being aware of developmental considerations, aspects of adolescent relationships and the impact of multi-media exposure, strengthens our work and interactions with youth and helps us support their healthy development.
Developmental issues, relationships and multi-media impact from a practical perspective including the impact on our work will be explored.
Introductory/Adol
Presenter:
Jacqueline Page, Psy.D.
AM7. Healthy Sexual Expression: What’s Sex Got to Do With It?: Talking about sex can be a challenge, particularly in the context of clients with
problem sexual behaviors. Bringing discussions of healthy sexuality to our clients necessitates candor and a comprehensive sexuality education approach.
Education about healthy sexuality can bring about the development of positive, non-coercive, and beneficial sexual expression for clients.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenter:
Jane Fleishman, M.Ed.
AM8. EMDR Treatment with Juvenile Sex Offenders: Addressing Trauma: A history of trauma is one of multiple factors that are believed to
contribute to sexual acting out. There can be obstacles to uncovering trauma issues and arriving at a somatic relationship to it that allows healing. EMDR is a
protocol that is designed to resolve traumatic hyperarousal and related reduction in risk for reoffense.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenter:
Eugene Porter, MA
AM9. Transcending Trauma: Post-Traumatic Growth: This workshop will address the theoretical basis and practical application of Post-Traumatic Growth
(PTG) counseling. No longer must PTSD be seen as a dead end diagnosis that leaves patients stuck in a life of survival, but rather it is often a necessary catalytic force
that precedes and propels major psychological and spiritual growth. Thriving and flourishing are realistic outcomes when positive psychology approaches are applied
that identify patients’ character strengths and personal virtues, and open therapeutic landscapes to grander panoramas.
All Levels/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Geral T. Blanchard, MA
AM10. Circles of Support & Accountability: Putting the “Community” Back in Community Risk Management (Part 1): Sexual offenders
released to the community continue to present great challenges to professionals, policymakers, and citizens. Of particular concern are those offenders
who remain at high risk to reoffend; particularly as treatment and aftercare resources continue to be scarce. Circles of Support & Accountability is a grassroots, restorative justice-informed approach to ensuring that released offenders receive prosocial support provided by trained and professionally supported
volunteers – in exchange for being reasonably accountable in the community. The model, and its international proliferation, will be discussed in detail.
All Levels/Adult
Presenters:
Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Andrew J. McWhinnie, MA
AM11. Good Groups Promote Good Lives: Facilitating Group-Centered Treatment Groups for Sex Offenders: Although group treatment
is the predominant modality in the treatment of adult sex abusers, many, if not most, groups fail to capitalize on the unique power of the group itself. When
group therapy is facilitated with group-centered interventions, it can become a vibrant social experience that is flush with meaning and energy and can
directly impact the relationship-based problems and deficits, which characterize sex abusers, e.g., detachment, isolation, lack of empathy, alienation, and
egotism. Groups can have an enhanced therapeutic effect when the group is facilitated in a manner that promotes greater interaction and cohesion among
its members. Group-centered facilitation can not only improve meaningful participation, motivation to change, social bonding, therapeutic process and
positive outcomes for sexual abusers, but it can enhance the job satisfaction and competency of the therapists who apply it.
All Levels/Adult
Presenters:
Jerry L. Jennings, Ph.D.
Steven Sawyer, MSSW
AM12. Building Attachments, Accountability and Life Purpose with Individual, Group and Community Interventions: This workshop will
highlight the value of integrating strategies to build attachment, character, and personal meaning/interests into our work, for individuals of all ages with a
variety of conduct or safety problems, who also suffer from character/attachment difficulties resulting from exposure to significant trauma and neglect.
Intermediate/All Ages
Presenter:
Richard Hummel, Ph.D.
AM13. An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing with Adults and Juveniles: This workshop will provide an overview of the research and
beginning skills in motivational interviewing (MI). Importantly, it also covers recent changes made to MI and first presented by the authors in September
2011. MI is a client-centered counseling method for exploring how and why a person might change, and is based upon a guiding style. Its principles and
techniques match those known to produce positive outcomes with sexual abusers. MI can be very useful for motivating people who are ambivalent about
change and ambivalent about engaging in treatment.
Intermediate/All Ages
Presenter:
David S. Prescott, MSW
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PM Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, April 10, 2014
SESSION PM WORKSHOPS
1:15PM – 4:30PM
PM1. The Neuro-developmental Impact of Trauma and Attachment Difficulties: Implications for Treatment: Children
MASOC
Sponsored Track
with trauma histories and attachment difficulties often present as the most difficult cases within the social service, mental health, and educational systems. Frequently service providers and educators approach these cases without a context for understanding the behaviors
and symptoms associated with trauma and attachment difficulties or a consistent approach for developing clear, effective treatment interventions for these children and their families. Research into the neuro-developmental impact of trauma, a greater appreciation of the importance of stable attachment relationships on child development, and a focus on evidenced-based practice have made it imperative that
professionals who work with children and adolescents re-assess their clinical thinking and treatment approaches in light of this evolving
information.
Introductory/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Kevin Creeden, MA
PM2. Toward the Use of Evidence-Based Practices: The Project for Advancing the Use of EBP’s with Sexual
Abusers: This workshop will provide the attendee with an understanding of how empirical research, clinical expertise, and client charSponsored Track
acteristics unite to inform and enhance sound clinical decision making in the assessment and treatment of sexual abusers. Participants
will be provided information regarding those clinical interventions and treatment targets that should be given greater emphasis in the therapy
room because of their empirical basis and status as evidence-based practices, and will be provided a model for integrating those interventions into their ongoing clinical work.
Introductory-Intermediate/Adult
Presenter:
Adam Deming, Psy.D.
RCC
PM3. No More Drama: Using Poetry with Adolescents to Talk About Sexual Violence: Young people are seeing, experiencing, and engaging in a range of sexual violence, in their own lives and in their communities. Yet, youth often lack the language to articulate their thoughts and feelings about this topic. This workshop will present a curriculum that uses the performances of professional
poets, discussions with youth, and prompts that engage youth to write their own poetry to give youth a way to communicate about the topic.
Youth do not need any experience writing poetry to fully participate. Participants will leave with a curriculum that they can use with youth
in either individual or group settings.
Introductory-Intermediate /Adol
Presenter:
Meg Bossong, MS
MATSA
Sponsored Track
PM4. Play Therapy with the Sexually Acting Out Child: This workshop will familiarize participants with signs and behaviors associated with the
sexually reactive child. Participants will explore differences between juvenile perpetrators and sexually reactive children, as well as explore psychosexual development. Directive play-based activities recommended for use will be explored.
Introductory-Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Juliet Fortino, MC
PM5. Responding to Challenges in Family Therapy: This workshop helps therapists develop decision-making skills during highly challenging family
therapy sessions with adolescents. The workshop asks four participants to engage in scripted role-play of a family session with the presenter acting as the therapist.
The role-play is “frozen” every few minutes and the workshop participants discuss intervention options and provide directions to the therapist (presenter) on the
next step in the family session. The therapist tries the intervention and workshop participants evaluate the outcome in the family session. The family sessions
address issues related to sexually abusive behavior, trauma, and family dynamics.
Intermediate-Advanced/Adol
Presenter:
Hugh Hanlin, Ph.D.
PM6. Effective Comprehensive Strategies to Supervising Juvenile Sex Offenders in the Community: Research has shown that when appropriate, juveniles who commit inappropriate sexual acts (sex offenses) are most effectively treated in the community. The key to this is to utilize effective tools
and supervision strategies in elevating risk and have appropriate community based programming. In doing so, the level of risk for re-offense and to the community
is decreased. This approach not only reduces recidivism and re-offense, but also increases the functioning of the youth and family to foster future outcomes.
Intermediate-Advanced/Adol
Presenter:
Sean A. Keblen, MS
PM7. Sustaining Trauma-Informed Care in a Punitive World: Agencies struggle to implement trauma-informed care only to find that it is difficult to
sustain. Under stress, employees can revert to being punitive. Vicarious traumatization erodes energy. This workshop presents strategies to maintain a committed and hopeful workforce that understands that trauma symptoms are adaptive and healing takes place within relationships.
Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenters:
Patricia Wilcox, MSW
Steven Brown, Psy.D.
PM8. Implementing the New ASAP Tools: Screening, Referral and Risk Assessments: The Massachusetts ASAP statute requires risk assessments for any child placed in out of home care who is known to have engaged in sexually abusive or firesetting behavior. Over the course of the past two years,
DCF and MASOC have collaborated on the development of new tools and guidelines to ensure that these risk assessments conform to the latest research and evidence-based practice. Participants will have the opportunity to review the latest iteration of these tools and discuss the research and rationale that guided their
creation, the anticipated cost structure, and the future training needs with both the DCF Associate Commissioner, MASOC’s President and other MASOC professionals
who helped develop these instruments.
All Levels/Adol
Presenters:
Steven M. Bengis, Ed.D.
Robert Wentworth, MSW
PM9. Theatre Performance as Treatment and Technique: This workshop begins with a staged reading of Child’s Play, a new script by an LPC/play
therapist centered on working with a sexually abused child client’s silence. This rarely produced new 40 minute script will be the basis for exploring compassion
fatigue, applied, educational and therapeutic theatre as change agents, and techniques in treatment with complex clients.
All Levels/All Ages
Presenter:
John Bergman, MA
PM10. Circles of Support & Accountability: Putting the “Community” Back in Community Risk Management (Part 2): Sexual offenders
released to the community continue to present great challenges to professionals, policymakers, and citizens. Of particular concern are those offenders who remain
at high risk to reoffend; particularly as treatment and aftercare resources continue to be scarce. Circles of Support & Accountability is a grass-roots, restorative
justice-informed approach to ensuring that released offenders receive prosocial support provided by trained and professionally supported volunteers – in exchange
for being reasonably accountable in the community. The model, and its international proliferation, will be discussed in detail.
All Levels/Adult
Presenters:
Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Andrew J. McWhinnie, MA
PM11. Effective Group Skills and the Therapeutic Alliance in Working with Adult Sexual Offenders (and how the legal realm complicates this process): This interactive workshop will provide a basic foundation in group theory/dynamics and then outline the skills and characteristics
necessary for a clinician doing this work. The workshop will then offer a wide variety of strategies, approaches and tools for facilitating effective group work with
adult sex offenders. Common difficult situations clinicians encounter with this population will be reviewed and therapeutic responses for managing these treatment
opportunitites will be presented. We will also discuss the skills and strategies needed to develop and maintain a therapeutic alliance given the complications and
intrusions of legal and supervisory issues. We will close with a brief discussion of strategies for clinician self-care.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenters:
Terri Maxymillian, Psy.D.
Shannon Stewart Forshee, Psy.D.
PM12. Internet Sex Offenders: A review of current knowledge of online sexual offending involving child pornography, child solicitation, etiology of offending,
and online offender characters will be presented. How this knowledge informs risk assessment and treatment interventions will be reviewed. The effect of exposure
to pornography on sexual beliefs and behavior will be addressed.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenter:
William L. Donahue, MSW
William M. Walsh, Jr., MS
PM13. A Contemporary Approach to the Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth: A Relational Approach: Treatment for both sexually abusive
youth and adult sexual offenders has become more sophisticated over the past several years, recognizing and embracing elements common to all effective forms
of treatment rather than cognitive behavioral concepts alone, and in which treatment is, perhaps above all, about relationships, social connection, and engagement
in a healthy and safe community. In this more holistic model of rehabilitation, not only is treatment significantly about attachment and connection but treatment
must itself be delivered in a manner that is connective and relational. In this contemporary approach, the role of the clinician, the clinician’s engagement in the
treatment process, and the therapeutic relationship are each central and critical.
All Levels/All Ages
Presenter:
Phil Rich, Ed.D.
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SESSION A WORKSHOPS
10:15AM - 11:45AM
A1. Developmental Aspects of Adolescents Who Abuse Sexually: This workshop explores developmental aspects involved
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in sexual abuse committed by juveniles. It covers topics of interest (and concern) to those entering the field, including resilience
and protective factors, the role of past victimization and trauma, normative sexual development, the development and maintenence
of antisocial behavior, and implications for treatment and prevention.
Introductory/Adol
Presenter:
David Prescott, MSW
A2. What the &^%$# Does that Mean and How the &%#$& Do I Use It?: In this workshop Dr. Burton will humorously and
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painlessly explain how to interpret and apply research from our field with several recent examples. (If you sign up more than 4 weeks
in advance you can send an article or even topic to Dr. Burton to be included.) Dr. Burton will distribute handouts with simple tips on
interpretation and application of research in our field. Myths of current research, misapplication of research and tactics of how to
do your own or contribute to research will all be discussed. Come and have some fun and bring questions!
All Levels/Adult
Presenter:
David Burton, Ph.D.
A3. What to Do When Sexual Violence Hits Close to Home: We all know how common sexual violence is yet we are still
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shocked when it hits close to home. Whether there is an incident at our workplace, where our children go to school or camp, in our
place of worship, or in our town. In this workshop we will share the models that the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center has developed
over 40 years of responding to individuals, companies, organizations, and communities in crisis. These models are informed by the
research on survivors’ healing, perpetrator behavior, and crisis response. We will also present options for what you can do today so
that you never have to use any of these tools by instituting policies that prevent sexual violence from occurring.
All Levels/All Ages
Presenter:
Melissa Gopnik, MBA
A4. The Other Eight Hours: Bridging the Gap Between Treatment Settings and Schools: This presentation will give a brief overview of the
special education eligibility process, the various supports within the school setting available for our clients and how to best communicate and collaborate
with school staff. In addition, we will discuss the various issues of safety, confidentiality and community culture within the school setting.
Introductory/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Jordanna L’Esperance-Chouinard, Psy. D.
A5. Incorporating Mindfulness in the Treatment of Adolescent Sex Abusers: This workshop will present ways of incorporating mindfulness
techniques into any treatment approach for adolescent sex abusers. The presentation will present experiential in vivo demonstrations for participants to
experience. Presenters will offer clinical suggestions and specific mindfulness techniques to address real-life challenges faced by participants treating
adolescents.
All Levels/Adol
Presenters:
Jack Apsche, Ph.D.
Jerry L. Jennings, Ph.D.
A6. The Good Lives Model with Latino Youth Sex Offenders: This workshop will educate mental health professionals on a strengths based, culturally competent and multi-systemic approach in working with Latino youth to address sexually abusive/aggressive behaviors. Working with Latino juvenile
sex offenders can be difficult due to issues of cultural conflict, identification with street culture, and general risk factors often associated with adolescence.
Clinical discussion of the treatment for Latino juvenile sex offenders will include the influence of individual and family traumatic experiences related to immigration and in countries of origin, as well as intergenerational family dynamics. This workshop will include a brief presentation of Project Impact, an intensive outpatient program for sexually abusive adolescents, discussion of The Good Lives Model with Latino youth sexual offenders, case illustrations
and interactive dialogue.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenters:
Jesselly De La Cruz, MSW
Katiria Cobian, MSW
A7. Trauma Informed Care: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adolescent Sexual Aggression: This workshop will discuss the
use of ACEs data to inform and shape adolescent treatment specific to sexual aggression in both residential and outpatient settings. Time will be dedicated to exploring the body of literature relevant to ACEs. Speakers will outline a systematic, integrated approach to the development and delivery of trauma informed treatment
resulting in improved outcomes for adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system.
All Levels/Adol
Presenters:
Barbara Cannon, MA
Kayla Malloy, MA
A8. Family Re-Integration: Reunifying Families of Incestuous Sexual Abuse: This workshop is designed to assist treatment providers in safely
working to re-integrate persons who have sexually abused back into the family in which they have abused. Many in the mental health world, legal system, and
community at large are likely to believe this is not possible, and cannot be done safely. We must recognize that many of these families will resume contact with
or without receiving permission. This workshop recognizes this reality and gives direction on having re-integration proceed with as minimal a risk as possible.
Intermediate-Advanced/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Joseph C. Carlton, MMFT
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A9. True or False? Addressing False Allegations in the Forensic Realm: This workshop will be appropriate for mental health professionals, educators
and attorneys who frequently encounter false allegations in the context of working with juveniles and/or intellectually/developmentally disabled clients. The focus
will be on enhancing the education and training of clinicians and investigators.
Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Elizabeth J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
A10. The Therapeutic Relationship as a Foundation and Vehicle for Effective Sex Offender Treatment: This presentation will be treatment
focused and delve into therapy relationship aspects of implementing treatment for men with problem sexual interests, behavior or offending. From a psychotherapy
theory historical perspective, the therapy relationship will be discussed as a vehicle to enhance client engagement in the therapeutic process. Implications regarding
how to maximize the effectiveness of specialized treatment will be discussed through clinical case examples and potential coordination of various treatment modalities, settings, therapeutic orientations, and providers. Workshop participants are asked to consider how their individual relationship to a client could play a role in
enhancing sexual interest, behavior or offending problem treatment effectiveness and community safety, and will have the opportunity to contribute to what is
hoped to be a lively discussion.
All Levels/Adult
Presenter:
Ruth E. Lewis, Ph.D.
A11. The Role of Developmental Antecedents, Individual Characteristics, and Interpersonal Dispositions in Sexual Offending: Although
experts in sex offending agree that interpersonal relationships or the lack thereof play an important role in the etiology and continuation of sex offending, relatively little
is known about how those variables operate. This workshop will address the issues of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and intimacy deficits in the development
of different types of sex offenders (e.g., callous-hypersexual, opportunistic) and the role they play in offenders’ choices of victims.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenters:
Genevieve Martin, Ph.D.
Judith E. Sims-Knight, Ph.D.
Sonja Krstic, MA
Raymond A. Knight, Ph.D.
A12. Improving Emotion Regulation Skills of Vulnerable Learners: Improving emotional, cognitive, and behavioral regulation skills is an essential
component of sexual offender treatment. The Skills System is a user-friendly emotion regulation skills curriculum that is based on dialectical behavior therapy, yet
is accessible to individuals who experience learning challenges. This workshop will introduce the Skills System concepts and its direct application in treatment.
The Skills System is constructed to support individuals with executive functioning, memory, and attention control challenges who have difficulty generalizing
adaptive skills in their life contexts.
Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenters:
Julie F. Brown, MSW
Deborah Jackson, MSW
A13. Building a Statewide Partnership to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC): This workshop will focus on a public/private partnership developed in Georgia to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The partnership brings together government agencies, law enforcement, healthcare, advocacy organizations and others to work together around seven goals designed to protect children from CSEC. During the session, a
panel of presenters representing various agencies in the partnership will address the building of the task force, challenges to maintaining the work, and how the
task force model can be replicated in other states or local jurisdictions.
Introductory/Adult
Presenters:
Amber McKeen, BS
Heather McDaniel, BA
Cheryl DeLuca-Johnson, M.Ed.
Brian Johnston, BS
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SESSION B WORKSHOPS
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B1. Making Sense of Using Risk Assessments in the Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth: This workshop will focus
on the “end user,” or consumer, of juvenile risk assessments, and the clinicians, case managers, probation officers, and others who rely on
sexual risk assessments to make treatment, placement, and case management decisions regarding sexually abusive youth entering, during,
or discharging from treatment. The presenter will focus on the relevance and value of risk assessments; how to read and understand them;
how to frame questions based upon the risk assessment, and sometimes challenge its results; and how to incorporate the results of the
risk assessment into treatment planning and case management decisions. The workshop will discuss current trends in, and the limitations
of risk assessment in terms of predictive validity, and focus especially on their value and utility as case management and treatment planning
tools, rather than passive instruments that attempt to predict future behavior.
Introductory-Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenter:
Phil Rich, Ed.D.
B2. Current Controversies, Emergent Hot Topics, and Pending Paradigm Shifts: What is the Very Latest in Sex
Offender-Specific Research and Practice: From “locating” pedophilia in the brain, to what online searches can unexpectedly
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reveal about the range of human sexuality, to effective risk communication rather than prediction, to the building paradigmatic pendulum
swing (about time!) toward a focus on PREVENTING sexual abuse, this session will provide a fast-moving, condensed summary of the latest
and greatest hot topic issues in the field.
Introductory/Adult
Presenter:
Laurie L. Guidry, Psy.D.
B3. Understanding Your Client’s Victim (Victimology 101): Sexual violence is one of the most underreported crimes. All too
often victims of sexual violence internalize the same victim blaming beliefs that our culture perpetuates. Why is it that the VICTIM is blamed
for a sexually violent crime that is committed against them? For the past 40 years rape crisis centers have been looking at the larger issues
that perpetuate violence against women and children and puts the focus on the victim rather than the perpetrator. Victimology 101 will
provide an introduction to how society views gender and the media plays a role in desensitizing us to the consequences of sexual violence.
Introductory/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Heidi Sue LeBoeuf, BA
B4. Examining the Relationship Between Trauma and Different Types of Deviant Sexual Arousal with Respect to Factor 1 of Psychopathy: Implications for Assessment & Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth: The current presentation will offer data from a pre-existing data
set of adjudicated JSOs who were incarcerated for sexual offenses at the time data were collected. The relationship(s) between the trauma histories of these
youth and the different types of deviant arousal which they endorsed will be examined with respect to Factor 1 of Psychopathy. From this data, the presenters will
discuss practical implications relevant to assessment and treatment of sexually abusive youth.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenters:
Kerry Nelligan, Psy.D.
David L. Burton, Ph.D.
B5. A Long, Hard Road: The Transformation of a Program for Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems: In November 2004 the State of California
in Farrell v. Allen ordered the implementation of a consent decree that mandated vast changes in the California Youth Authority. This included the development of
a Sexual Behavior Treatment Program. This presentation presents the struggle and eventual success in implementing the Forward-Focused Model.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenters:
Barbara K. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Nancy G. Calleja, Ph.D.
Heather Bowlds, Psy.D.
B6. Heavy Petting: A Clinician’s Guide to Understanding Bestiality: This workshop will review the literature on bestiality including comorbidities,
medical and legal risks, and treatment and evaluation tools. It will also examine a new proposed classification system.
Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenters:
Sara Moore, MA
Renee M. Sorrentino, MD
B7. Teaching, Counseling and Intervening with the Brain-in-Mind: Advances in our understanding of how the brain functions have opened new avenues
to understand how best to approach our clients to ensure they are able to self-regulate and incorporate behavioral/treatment or knowledge. This workshop will provide
participants with an understanding of the most critical brain-based principles that have applicability to their work as well as very practical strategies that can be implemented by direct-care staff, therapists and/or teachers. The workshop will place special emphasis on understanding Laterality and Brain-Dominance.
Introductory-Intermediate/Adol
Presenters:
Penny Cuninggim, Ed.D.
Steven M. Bengis, Ed.D.
B8. Causal Attribution of Sexual Offending and Deviance in JSO Population: Causal reasoning relates to the establishment of causal relationships
between different phenomena. Understanding causation helps us explain, describe and predict certain events. Faulty causal reasoning results in attribution errors
that may serve as internal reinforcers of deviant and offending behaviors. The latter are common in the juvenile sex offender population and should be addressed
in sex education and treatment.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenter:
Roland Paulauskas, Ph.D.
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B9. Engaging Community Partners in the Treatment of Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse: The presenter’s doctoral dissertation focused on
the identification of unique factors that would appear to distinguish the three reoffending levels: low, moderate, and high. These have promoted increased confidence
in risk assessments and in treatment planning. In addition, this information facilitated greater interest and confidence by community partners thereby increasing
their engagement in safety and community reintegration planning. This has been instrumental in establishing quality assurance planning, public education, and
treatment alternatives.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenter:
Bill Helmeczi, D.Ph.D.
B10. Principles of Effective Intervention: One of the more frequently asked questions when speaking about sex offender management is, “Does treatment
for sex offenders work?” Of course the simple answer is “yes”, but conditional. Today, there is a plethora of research supporting “what works” in programming in
criminal justice. At the core of this research are the principles of effective intervention, which, if implemented appropriately, can reduce recidivism by as much as
50%. This workshop will evaluate these principles, discuss their application, and provide practitioners with a blueprint for developing effective programming in the
field of sex offender management.
Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Timothy F. App, BS
B11. From Jane Austen to 50 Shades: Rethinking the Concept of Counter-Therapeutic Media and It’s Application to Female Sex Offenders: This workshop will provide a brief overview of the concept of counter-therapeutic media as it may apply to female offenders. It will review what we
know about common themes in women’s literature, their impact on women in general and specifically the unhealthy beliefs about relationships that media may reinforce for female offenders struggling to develop healthy relationships and self-esteem.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenter:
Carla Zarrella, MSW
B12. Forensic Risks for Clients with Developmental Disabilities: This workshop is designed to give attendees an appreciation of some of the forensic
issues that individuals with developmental disabilities face when (and how) they get involved in the legal system. We will review the legal standards for competency
to stand trial and criminal responsibility (not guilty by reason of insanity) and examine how these issues play out in a number of different case studies. We will
review case studies both publicly known and from the presenter’s clinical work of offenders who have committed sexual acts as well as violent crimes. We will
also examine the unique risks that language impairments bring for these individuals once they are involved in the legal system.
Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Donald Sherak, MD
B13. Violent Youth: Providing Care Safely: Care providers of various disciplines who work with sex offenders are often asked to provide care to clients,
patients, or suspects who are violent or potentially violent, even as the care is being provided. Most care givers are not trained in how to do this safely. This
workshop presents efficacious, cost-effective risk management strategies for providing such services safely so as to avoid harm to client and staff.
All Levels/Adol
Presenter:
Raymond B. Flannery, Jr., Ph.D.
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SESSION C WORKSHOPS
2:30PM – 4:00PM
C1. Alphabet Soup: Understanding the ABC’s of Three State Agencies: Youth with histories of engaging in problematic
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sexual behavior, youth who have been sexually victimized, and the families of these youth are likely to come in contact with at least one
state agency at some point in time. The goal of this workshop is to provide service providers with a basic understanding of the structure of
DCF, DYS, and Juvenile Probation. This will facilitate providers’ ability to support their clients in developing a collaborative (and successful)
working relationship with the agency/agencies.
Monica Ferraro, Ph.D.
Presenters:
Introductory-Intermediate/Adol
Francyne F. Lefemine, MA
Kelly A. Prendergast, MA
C2. Working with Sex Offenders: Professional Development and Career Opportunities: This workshop will provide an
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overview of how to develop an expertise in the treatment of sexual offenders. The panel will discuss training, research and clinical advancement.
Renee M. Sorrentino, MD
Presenters:
Introductory/Adult
Martin P. Kafka, MD
C3. Value of a Feminist Approach when Working with Sexual Offenders: This workshop invites participants to explore the
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importance of understanding and implementing a feminist perspective with regard to societal attitudes about masculinity and the culture
of violence. We will also look at how to apply a feminist framework when working with individuals who have sexually offended. Questions
such as: How are sexism and oppression the root causes of sexual violence? How does this impact the dominant male privilege and assumptions about power and control that perpetuate a “rape culture?” Participants will also learn how to engage with offenders related to
their own potential early victimization and exposure to violence. The impact of this experience will be explored as it relates to their attitudes,
treatment and objectification of the women they perpetrate against. Finally, there will be discussion about how embracing a feminist
approach when working with offenders offers a greater possibility of a reduction in offending behavior through education and awareness
about the life-long trauma and impact that sexual violence has on the survivor/victim.
Kim L. Dawkins, BFA
Presenters:
Introductory-Intermediate/Adult-Adol
Jennifer Meade, Ph.D.
C4. Healing the Whole Family – The Value of a Family Based Approach to Clarification: Many adolescents receive their sex offender specific treat-
ment in group and/or individual settings. The Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problematic Sexual Behavior (MST-PSB) model takes the therapeutic process inhome and looks to the caregivers to take a highly active role in the therapeutic process. This workshop will first provide a brief overview of the MST-PSB model. This
will be followed by an in-depth review of the benefits of a family-based approach to clarification – from accountability to safety planning to family healing.
Tammy Kiniry, MA
Presenter:
Introductory-Intermediate/Adol
C5. A Behavioral Analysis of Familiar Assault: Since the mid 1970s “date/acquaintance rape” has been legally recognized by the courts. Unfortunately,
many myths have been perpetuated concerning the dynamics of familiar assault that have resulted in few reports and even fewer convictions. This workshop addresses the realities of a sexual assault where the offender is known to the survivor. Participants will leave with an understanding of the general characteristics
of men who assault someone they know, and how to use this information to address bystander behavior.
Stephen M. Thompson, MS
Presenter:
Introductory-Intermediate/Adult-Adol
C6. Using Visual Supports in Treatment with Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders Who have Engaged in Sexually Harmful
Behaviors: This workshop will outline the benefits and “how-to” strategies of providing specific treatment for adolescents who have engaged in sexually harmful
behavior who present with cognitive limitations, including Autism Spectrum Disorders. This workshop will focus on how utilizing supports within treatment for this
specific population can enhance an individual’s ability to understand his/her therapeutic goals. Elements of theory, application, treatment curriculum, safety planning,
and reunification planning will be addressed. Additionally, presenters will review and discuss visual tools currently being utilized by this population within the residential
setting.
Alyce Malone, MSW
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All Levels/Adol
Stephanie Talbot, MSW
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C7. The “Cornerstone Program”: A Unique Residential Treatment Model for Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: A workshop
focused on a unique treatment approach to serving individuals with developmental disabilities who have sexually deviant histories. This “triage” approach to
program development will leave workshop attendees with an understanding of what works, and what doesn’t when establishing a treatment model. This is not a
“how to” but rather a “what not to do.” Interesting, intriguing and highly informative.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenters:
Sarah Louer, MSW
Amanda Bechtold, BSW
Amy Gaddor, MA
C8. Group Work with High-Risk Clients: Who Are You in the Room?: High-risk clients present a unique set of challenges for the clinician, and how
clinicians frame their work with high-risk clients affects their internal reactions to the clients and consequently their effectiveness with the clients. This workshop
will focus on the clinician’s responsivity factors (i.e., style, abilities, motivation, and strengths).
Advanced/Adult
Presenters:
Diana Groener, MA
Jane Ward, Ph.D.
C9. A Strengths-Based Approach to Educating and Supporting Non-Offending Parents: While most sexual abuse treatment focuses on the
survivors, caregivers also have special needs. Non-offending parents are often an underserved population and need the necessary resources to cope with the
trauma of sexual abuse within their family. Caretakers of sexually abused children need education regarding impact issues, safety and information regarding sex
offenders. They also need specific strategies to support their child as a survivor of sexual abuse. This workshop will focus on how service providers can support
non-offending parents by providing practical strategies to educate these caretakers and practical information to better support children affected by sexual abuse.
Intermediate/Adol-Lat
Presenters:
Kimberly LaFountain, M.Ed.
Melissa Santoro, MSW
C10. Establishing an Understanding of Psychopathy and Sexual Sadism: From their Developmental Antecedents to their Adult
Manifestations and Covariations: The core components of psychopathy and sadism have been identified as important factors in the prediction of sexual
offending. We will examine the role of childhood abuse in the development of juvenile externalizing behaviors and adult manifestations of psychopathy and sexual
sadism. Relationships among these two constructs and their relevance in violence prediction will be examined. Finally, the covariation of psychopathy and hypersexuality in relation to gender will be discussed.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenters:
Raymond A. Knight, Ph.D.
Carrie A. Robertson, MA
Franklyn J. Graham, MS
Sonja Krstic, MA
C11. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Applied Using the Protective Factors Framework: The Protective Factors Framework of the Strengthening
Families Approach provides an important lens through which to apply research to primary child sexual abuse prevention efforts. Each protective factor will be examined closely through the child sexual abuse prevention lens, including victim and victimizer prevention, trauma-informed practice, developmentally targeted
work with children, and preventing child-to-child sexual abuse.
Intermediate/Adult
Presenters:
Robin Castle, MA
Deborah Jackson, MSW
C12. RESPECT: A Transformative Intervention that Empowers an Individual to Make an Effective and Responsible Decision in
7 Seconds: RESPECT is an action-oriented evidenced-based relapse prevention treatment model using martial art principles. RESPECT is presently being used
to treat adults with cognitive and mental health issues and both male and female adolescents with sexual and conduct disorder challenges.
All Levels/Adult-Adol
Presenter:
Thomas P. Keating, CAGS
C13. Developing a Best Practices Risk Assessment Protocol for Adolescents with Sexual Aggression Problems: Sexual recidivism among
juvenile sex offenders is low, risk assessment meaures designed to assess risk for sexual recidivism among adolescents generally perform poorly, and validated/normed
measures for assessing factors related to adolescent sexual re-offense are few and far between. It is within this context that the Westchester Jewish Community
Services (WJCS) Juveniles Starting Over program set out to develop a best practices protocol for conducting sexual offense risk assessments with adolescents. This
workshop will present the protocol and the rationale for each element, and include an open discussion of the pros and cons of the proposed approach.
Intermediate/Adol
Presenters:
Ivan Kruh, Ph.D.
Christy Olezeski, Ph.D.
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Continuing Education Credits
Psychologists, National Board Certified Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
and Social Workers: This program is co-sponsored by Orlando Behavior Health Services, LLC to offer Continuing Education Credits. Orlando Behavior Health Services,
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Orlando Behavior Health Services, LLC will award Psychologists 6 credits for each of the three days. Six CE credits for the Pre-Conference days and 5 CE credits for
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Special Accommodations
Please note on your registration form if you have any special dietary restrictions. Vegan meals will be provided only if requested at the time of registration or at
least one week prior to the conference date. Please inform us of any disability-related accommodation needs (e.g., sign language interpretation, Braille, or large
print materials). All requests must be made by April 1, 2014. Every effort will be made to accommodate your situation. If you have specific circumstances that you
would prefer to have addressed separately, please email [email protected].
Hotel Accomodations
If you require hotel accommodations, please call the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel directly at (508) 460-0700, or toll free at (888) 543-9500. Ask for the
MASOC/MATSA Conference rate. The rates are $102.00 for Single/Double occupancy and include a full breakfast buffet. Reservations received after Tuesday,
March 25, 2014 will be provided on a space available basis at prevailing rates. The Royal Plaza Hotel is located at 181 Boston Post Road West in Marlborough, MA.
For directions visit the Royal Plaza website at www.rplazahotels.com.
New Student Rates
Student rates are being offered this year at $65.00 per day (multi-day discounts apply).
Registration at the student rate must be made via check with paper registration, or by contacting Diane Langelier
at 413-540-0712 x14 to pay by credit card.
Save time and register online at www.masoc.net
Registration Form
(TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY)
Instructions: Please complete the entire registration form. If applicable, be sure to include your license number and the appropriate type of CE's for
which you are applying. Check the box indicating the appropriate tuition and fees that you are enclosing and fill out the total amount due.
Mail your completed registration form and appropriate fees payable to MASOC to the following address: MASOC, ATTN: Diane Langelier,
70 North Summer Street, Holyoke, MA 01040, or register online at www.masoc.net. For additional information please call 413-540-0712 x14.
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
PHONE
STATE
ZIP
E-MAIL ADDRESS
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VEGAN MEAL OPTION
SPECIAL NEEDS
I am applying for the following CE Credits:
❑ LMFT ($7.50)
❑ LICSW ($7.50)
❑ LCSW ($7.50)
❑ LSW ($7.50)
❑ LMHC ($7.50)
❑ Psychologists/School Psychologists ($25.00)
(MA, RI, or CT only)
❑ NBCC/LPC ($15.00)
Lic #______________________________________________________________________ State License Held________
Please check each box that applies:
(Note: Each CE Fee covers all days)
New Student Rates
$65 per day (multi-day discounts apply).
Academic Affiliation: ___________________
❑ Full Day Intensive $145
❑ Pre-Conference $145
❑ Conference $85
❑ CE Credit Fees
❑ Late Fee for Registration
Postmarked after 3/26/14–$25
❑ Two Day Discount ($15)
❑ Three Day Discount ($35)
❑ Optional Donation to MASOC/MATSA
❑ Please do not add me to the MASOC mailing list
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Total Amount Due: (Payable to MASOC)
Instructions: (Please list your first, second and third choices for each workshop session)
FULL DAY INTENSIVE CHOICES (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)
First Choice
Second Choice
Session FD 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP CHOICES (Thursday, April 10, 2014)
First Choice
Second Choice
Third Choice
Session AM 9:00 am - 12:15 pm
Session PM 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm
CONFERENCE WORKSHOP CHOICES (Friday, April 11, 2014)
First Choice
Session A 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Session B 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Session C 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Second Choice
Third Choice
New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc.
70 North Summer Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit 183
Greenfield, MA
16th Annual
MASOC/MATSA Joint Conference
Preventing Sexual Violence
Through Assessment, Treatment
and Safe Management
April 9, 10, & 11, 2014
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center
Marlborough, MA
Save time and register online at www.masoc.net