Children and Adolescents Engaging in Problematic Sexual Behaviors

October 22–23, 2024 | Marlborough, Mass.

This conference is designed for professionals to gather together to share new ideas, refresh current practices, network with other providers, and welcome new professionals to the specialized field of working with children and adolescents engaging in problematic sexual behavior.

Online registration is now closed. If you have any questions, contact registration@masoc.net.

 

CE CREDITS: 

  • The pre-conference has been approved for 6.0 CE credits for LMHCs and MSWs. And the main conference has been approved for 5.5 CE credits for LMHCs and MSWs by the MA Mental Health Counselors Association (MCEAP Authorization 24-0631) and NASW-MA (Authorization D92883-1 and D92883-2).
  • This program is sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA). MPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Please contact us at registration@masoc.net for the status of any other CE credits.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Sexual Wellbeing:
Critical for Success in Treating Teens Engaging In PSB

Jane Fleishman, PhD, MEd, MS, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator

Treating adolescents engaging in problem sexual behaviors requires clinicians, educators, and administrators to be well-versed in many areas of sexuality that the general public finds challenging to discuss. Historically, sex education for adolescents has been limited to an understanding of biology. There is so much more that teens want to know and need to know as they are exposed to a wider range of materials, ideas, and evolving sexual norms. How to bridge that gap? Dr. Fleishman offers a refreshing sexuality educator’s perspective suffused with hope. This keynote will cover the latest research on what adolescents want out of their sexuality education and introduce you to a variety of accessible resources to integrate into your work with any adolescent including those engaging in PSB.

Workshop Offerings

Registrants will choose 1 session in each workshop series.

Series A

A1. Supporting Children Engaged in PSB: Recommendations for a Trauma-Responsive and Coordinated System of Response

A2. Porn Literacy for Adolescents

A3. Rising Acuity in Residential Treatment: Why is it happening and what do we do about it?

A4. Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations: Lessons from Disability Services and Adaptive Sports

A5. What do we really know about professional development? How can we get better at our work?

Series B

B1. What have we learned and how can we use it: Examining the ATSA Children with Sexual Behavior Problems, 2nd Edition

B2. How Relationships Enhance Self-Regulation

B3. Putting the Pieces Together: Enhancing Prevention & Treatment for Youth with Developmental Disabilities and on the Autism Spectrum

B4. Unique Considerations When Children and Adolescents Sexually Harm Siblings

B5. The Role of Creativity in Clinical Treatment

Series C

C1. It is not as Simple as 1, 2, 3: A look inside the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) process towards adolescents

C2. Sexual Wellness for Adolescents with Problem Sexual Behaviors: Activities You Can Use for Your Clients and Groups

C3. The Hashtag Generation: Youth and Digital Health

C4. Don’t Take the Bait: Working with Reluctant Clients

C5. Identifying and Intervening on PSB with Young Children and their Families

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Conference Tracks

These workshops are recommended for participants with particular experience levels or interests.

Newcomer Track
For clinicians new to this specialty area

A5. What do we really know about professional development? How can we get better at our work?

B1. What have we learned and how can we use it: Examining the ATSA Children with Sexual Behavior Problems, 2nd Edition

B3. Putting the Pieces Together: Enhancing Prevention & Treatment for Youth with Developmental Disabilities and on the Autism Spectrum

B4. Unique Considerations: When Children and Adolescents Sexually Harm Siblings

C3. The Hashtag Generation: Youth and Digital Health

C4. Don’t Take the Bait: Working with Reluctant Clients

Policy Track
For those with a particular interest in policy and structural interventions

A1. Supporting Children Engaged in PSB: Recommendations for a Trauma-Responsive and Coordinated System of Response

B1. What have we learned and how can we use it: Examining the ATSA Children with Sexual Behavior Problems, 2nd Edition

C1. It is not as Simple as 1, 2, 3: A look inside the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) process towards adolescents

School Track
For clinicians and allied professionals working in schools and youth-serving organizations

A2. Porn Literacy for Adolescents

A4. Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations: Lessons from Disability Services and Adaptive Sports

B2. How Relationships Enhance Self-Regulation

B3. Putting the Pieces Together: Enhancing Prevention & Treatment for Youth with Developmental Disabilities and on the Autism Spectrum

B5. The Role of Creativity in Clinical Treatment

C2. Sexual Wellness for Adolescents with Problem Sexual Behaviors: Activities You Can Use for Your Clients and Groups

C3. The Hashtag Generation: Youth and Digital Health

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Pre-Conference Intensive: October 22

Considering the Whole Child: Introducing the MA Child and Adolescent Assessment Protocol (M-CAAP)

with Kevin Creeden, MA, LMHC and Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD

The M-CAAP is designed to guide clinicians in their understanding of a youth’s problematic sexual behaviors by considering that behavior in the context of their broader individual and social development. This optional full-day intensive will lay out the M-CAAP tool as an assessment protocol, and discuss how to use the M-CAAP framework as an opportunity to build connections between clinicians and systems, and a means to explore effective interventions in the whole ecosystem surrounding the young person.

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Venue: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center

181 Boston Post Rd W, Marlborough, MA 01752

The conference will be at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough, Mass.

The hotel block at the Best Western is now full. Other local hotels include: 

Wherever you stay, we recommend booking for Monday, Oct. 21 through Thursday, Oct. 24 to make the most of the event, networking opportunities and the pre-conference intensive.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS