Lunch & Learn Series

Spring 2025 Series | MASOC & MACA

Program Overview

CE Credits: 1 credit per session

This Lunch and Learn series is a monthly, 1-hour, high-octane focus on the emerging issues for clinicians and allied professionals working with children and youth engaging in problematic sexual behaviors. This is a collaborative effort between MACA and MASOC.

This series offers CE credits to augment this unique professional development opportunity. Credits are free to MA professionals thanks to the generous support of the Children’s Trust of MA.  If you are from out of state, the cost for CE credits is $10/session.

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Dates & Topics

All sessions are held via Zoom on Tuesdays from 12-1 PM ET. Sessions are also recorded and available on-demand.

Leading the Way: Five Years of Implementing a Collaborative Statewide Initiative on Problematic Sexual Behaviors with Christa M. Collier M.S., LSW, and Christina Paskewicz, MSW, MPA
January 21, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET

Porn Literacy for Adolescents with Jess Alder, MPA and David Goldstajzn, PhD
February 18, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET

Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations: Lessons from Disability Services and Adaptive Sports with Meg Stone, MPH
March 18, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET

When You Offer Help, People Take It: Exploring Help-Seeking by Teens with Problematic Sexual Behaviors and Interests with Jenny Coleman, MA, LMHC; Ryan Shields, Ph.D.
April 15, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET

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May 20, 2025 | 12-1 PM ET

 

January 21, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Leading the Way: Five Years of Implementing a Collaborative Statewide Initiative on Problematic Sexual Behaviors

Presenters: Christa M. Collier M.S., LSW, and Christina Paskewicz, MSW, MPA

Nearly 30% of referrals to Children’s Advocacy Centers in MA involve child-to-child sexual abuse, but for many years, CACs did not serve children with problematic sexual behaviors. In July 2020, the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance (MACA), launched a new pilot program with the Children’s Advocacy Centers in Massachusetts, to lead statewide awareness and interventions in CACs for children exhibiting PSBs. In partnership with the National Center on the
Sexual Behavior of Youth (NCSBY) / University of Oklahoma (OU), nearly 90 clinicians serving eight CACs and their mental health partners have been trained in evidence-based Problematic Sexual Behavior-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB-CBT). 

Christa Collier, MS, LSW and Christina Paskiwecz, MSW, MPA will share the perspective and process of leading this initiative, providing an overview of the initiative’s preliminary data, including the expansion of access to mental health supports for children with PSBs in Massachusetts.

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February 18, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Porn Literacy for Adolescents

Presenters: Jess Alder, MPA and David Goldstajzn, PhD

The Boston Public Health Commission’s Start Strong program is an international leader in utilizing media literacy projects to engender conversations in preventing teen dating violence and promoting healthy relationships. Research suggests that virtually all U.S. youth have seen sexually explicit media (i.e., pornography) once or more by the time that they are 18. Using qualitative and quantitative research with youth about their use of pornography and dating experiences, and expertise in youth-developed and trauma-informed frameworks, BPHC created The Truth About Pornography, a nine-session pornography literacy curriculum The curriculum engenders conversations around porn, increasing healthy communication, and emphasizing consent.

This session describes the research underpinning the curriculum, its goals, efficacy, and implementation.

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March 18, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET

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

Presenter: Meg Stone, MPH

One staff member can’t be alone with one child. The only acceptable types of touch are fist bumps and high fives. Policies like these help youth serving organizations prevent sexual abuse and problem sexual behaviors. At the same time, these requirements can make programs inaccessible to disabled youth, a group that is disproportionately affected by sexual abuse and too often excluded from positive youth development. In this workshop, participants will learn how disability-specific schools and adaptive sports organizations have created nuanced and inclusive abuse prevention policies and practices. Participants will discuss and strategize around common abuse prevention challenges.
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April 15, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET

When You Offer Help, People Take It: Exploring Help-Seeking by Teens with Problematic Sexual Behaviors and Interests

Presenters: Jenny Coleman, MA, LMHC; Ryan Shields, Ph.D.

One staff member can’t be alone with one child. The only acceptable types of touch are fist bumps and high fives. Policies like these help youth serving organizations prevent sexual abuse and problem sexual behaviors. At the same time, these requirements can make programs inaccessible to disabled youth, a group that is disproportionately affected by sexual abuse and too often excluded from positive youth development. In this workshop, participants will learn how disability-specific schools and adaptive sports organizations have created nuanced and inclusive abuse prevention policies and practices. Participants will discuss and strategize around common abuse prevention challenges.
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Continuing Education for Clinicians

Looking for more professional development and continuing education opportunities? MASOC offers two annual conferences, regular lunch and learns, and on-demand webinars to inform practitioners of best-practices, treatment approaches and emerging research on problematic sexual behaviors. 

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