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updated May, 2008

Upcoming Presentations

    • The current state of risk assessment for youth: Theory, controversy, practice. Invited workshop submission for the annual conference of the National Organization for the Treatment of Abuse (NOTA), Cardiff, Wales, September 11, 2008.


    • Getting back on track: Addressing treatment-interfering factors in a group setting. Invited workshop submission for the annual conference of the National Organization for the Treatment of Abuse (NOTA), Cardiff, Wales, September 11, 2008.


    • Treatment of youth who have sexually abused: Treatment in the era without relapse cycles. Invited workshop for the Indiana Association of Juvenile Sexual Offender Practitioners, Indianapolis, IN, July 31, 2008.


    • Motivational interviewing. Invited workshop, Liberty Healthcare, Indianapolis, IN, July 17, 2008.


    • (exact title to be determined – conference in preparation). Invited keynote address for the conference of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board, Breckenridge, CO. July 10, 2008.


    • Current issues with youth who have sexually abused. Invited training for Alaska Children’s Services, Anchorage, Alaska, June 20, 2008


    • The assessment and treatment of sexual abusers across the life span (including denial and deception); Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Invited trainings at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, hosted by the AK Department of Corrections, June 18 & 19, 2008.


Recent Presentations

    • Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Invited two-day workshop for the staff of the Illinois Department of Human Services Treatment and Detention Facility, Liberty Healthcare, Springfield, IL, May 15 & 16, 2008.


    • Advanced Motivational Interviewing. Invited two-day training for Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, IL, April 30 & May 1, 2008. Co-trained substance abuse professionals with colleague Margaret Rose as part of initiative on behalf of members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.


    • Introduction to Motivational Interviewing; Motivational Interviewing Practice Skills. 10th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 9 & 10, 2008.


    • Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders. Invited keynote address at the 16th Annual Conference on the Management of Adults and Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems, Galveston, TX, February 11, 2008.
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    • Countering the Counterproductive: Improving Public Policy towards Sexual Offenders. Invited keynote address, 22nd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA, January 30, 2008.
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    • Juvenile Risk Assessment. Invited workshop, Inaugural Conference of the Arkansas Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Fayetteville, AR, December 6, 2007. Click here for conference brochure (requires Adobe Reader )


    • Public Policy and Current Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Invited keynote, 1st conference of the Arkansas Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, December 5, 2007. Click here for conference brochure (requires Adobe Reader )
       

    • "Evidence-based Practice" in the management and treatment of sexual offenders. Invited presentation at the annual conference of the Oregon Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, November 16, 2007.


    • Understanding current research and providing best practice with adolescent sexual abuse. Wisconsin AASECT, November 9, 2007
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    • Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Pre-Conference Workshop at the 26th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, CA, October 31, 2007.
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    • Understanding current research and providing best practice with adolescent sex offenders. Invited keynote address at the Advanced Academy Conference of the Utah Network on Juveniles Offending Sexually (NOJOS), St. George, UT. October 26, 2007.
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    • An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Invited presentation for the staff of Stetson School, Barre, Massachusetts. October 19, 2007.
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    • Public policy and sexual offender treatment and management. Invited workshop at the 23rd Annual Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, Madison, WI, October 17, 2007.
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    • The current state of sexual offender treatment. Invited workshop at the 23d Annual Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, Madison, WI, October 17, 2007.


    • Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Invited pre-conference workshop at the 23d Annual Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, Madison, WI, October 16, 2007.
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    • Current Perspectives on Working with Youth who Sexually Abuse. Invited workshop for the Northwest Ohio Sex Offender Treatment Network, Toledo, OH, October 5, 2007.
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    • Surviving on the Front Lines/Getting Past the Pandemonium: What professionals can do in the context of current policies. Invited workshop at the Collaborative Supervised Release Training, Sponsored by Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center and Division of Community Corrections, Mendota Mental Health Institution Training Center, Madison, WI, October 3, 2007. Click here for presentation slides (requires Adobe Reader).
       

    • Treating Juveniles who Sexually Offend like Adults, and other Controversies. Invited Keynote address at the 12th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego, CA, September 18, 2007. Other members of this invited panel include Toni Cavanagh Johnson and L.C. Miccio-Fonseca.
       

    • Issues and Controversies in Dealing with Adult Sexual Offenders. Invited keynote address at the12th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego, CA, September 17, 2007. Other members of this invited panel include L.C. Miccio-Fonseca.
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    • Treating Adult Sexual Offenders. Invited pre-conference workshop at the 12th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego, CA, September 16, 2007.


    • An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Pre-conference Workshop with Lorraine Reitzel and Therese Kemper at the Canadian Psychological Association's North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, June 6, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario.
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    • The Current State of Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited Pre-Conference Seminar, 10th Annual conference of the California Coalition on Sexual Offending, La Jolla, CA. May 2007.


    • Public Policy and Current Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Invited keynote address. 10th Annual conference of the California Coalition on Sexual Offending, La Jolla, CA. May 10, 2007.
    • The current state of sexual offender treatment. Invited workshop at the 20th Annual Together for Children Conference, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, April 19, 2007.
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    • An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Half-day seminar at 9th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 6, 2007.


    • Current Perspectives on Working with Youth: Where We've Been and Where We're Going. Half-day Pre-Conference workshop with Robert E. Longo, 9th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 5, 2007.
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    • Adolescent Assessment. Invited workshop, conference coordinated by National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth, Norman, OK, March 8, 2007.


    • Current Perspectives on Working with Youth: Where We've Been and Where We're Going. Intensive seminar with Robert E. Longo, 22nd Annual National Adolescent Perpetration Network conference, Albuquerque, NM. February 27, 2007.


    • Cause for Optimism: Change is What We're All About. Invited member of plenary panel with Robert E. Longo and Kevin Creeden. 22nd Annual National Adolescent Perpetration Network conference, Albuquerque, NM. February 27, 2007.


    • Social Science and Treatment Perspectives. Invited member of panel discussion with Robert E. Longo, Robin McGinnis, and Amanda Halawa-Mahdi at Loyola University School of Law Symposium: Juvenile Sex Offender Registration: Problem or Solution? Chicago, IL, January 26, 2007.


    • Emerging Strategies in Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited training at The Midwest Conference, Madison, WI, October 19, 2006.


    • Coordinator (invited), Adolescent Assessment training track. 25th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, IL, September, 2006.


    • Understanding Truth and Deception workshop at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, IL, September, 2006.


    • Youth Who Have Sexually Abused: Risk, Registry, and Notification. Invited Keynote address at the annual conference of the New York Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Corning, NY, May 12, 2006.


    • Understanding Truth and Deception. Invited workshop at the annual conference of the New York Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Corning, NY, May 12, 2006.


    • Sex Offender Risk Assessment. Invited lecture, Child Maltreatment Conference, La Crosse, WI, April 7, 2006.


    • Sex Offender Treatment Programs. Invited lecture, Child Maltreatment Conference, La Crosse, WI, April 7, 2006.


    • Telling Stories: Improving Youths' Abilities to Access Treatment. Workshop, 9th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 5, 2006.


    • Understanding Truth and Deception. Half-day Pre-Conference workshop, 9th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 4, 2006.


    • Understanding Truth and Deception. Full-day Pre-Conference workshop, National Adolescent Perpetration Network (NAPN) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.


    • Emerging Issues: Moving Beyond Relapse Prevention. Workshop, National Adolescent Perpetration Network (NAPN) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.


    • Sex Offender Risk Assessment. Invited lecture, Child Maltreatment Conference, La Crosse, WI, April 7, 2006.


    • Sex Offender Treatment Programs. Invited lecture, Child Maltreatment Conference, La Crosse, WI, April 7, 2006.


    • The Past, Present, and Future of understanding sexual abusers; Understanding Truth and Deception. Invited lectures at the annual conference of the New Jersey Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, March 3, 2006.


    • Adolescent Assessment training track. Coordinator (invited), 24th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. November, 2005.


    • Emerging Strategies in Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited full day training at The Midwest Conference, Madison, WI, October 17, 2005.


    • The Current State of Adult and Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited workshop for the Central Illinois Sex Offender Management Network. East Peoria, IL, September 23, 2005.


    • False Accusations: Reliable and unreliable techniques for interviewing child witnesses. Invited presentation with Allan Beatty. Wisconsin Public Defenders’ Conference, Milwaukee, WI, September 22, 2005.


    • The Current State of Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited workshop at the 8th Annual Conference on sex offender registration, community registration, and sex offender related issues. National Community Notification Information and Education Services, Inc. Seattle, WA. September 19, 2005.


    • Thriving at the Front Lines. Training for personal care technicians or front-end staff in residential treatment, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, WI, various dates.
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    • Constructing a solid report. Workshop at the 7th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 2005.


    • Implications of the neurological impact of trauma for counseling and treatment of sexually abusive youth. Invited plenary panel address, Annual Conference of the National Adolescent Perpetration Network, Denver, CO. February 2005.


    • Residential Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth. Invited lecture, Indiana Juvenile Sex Offender Network, Indianapolis, IN. January 2005.


    • The Current State of Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited full-day pre-conference seminar, 24th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2004.


    • Understanding Truth and Deception in Sexually Abusive Youth. 90 minute workshop, 24th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2004.


    • Emerging Strategies in Adolescent Risk Assessment. Invited full day training at The Midwest Conference, Illinois, October 18, 2004.


    • The Current State of Adolescent Risk Assessment, Understanding and detecting Truth and Deception, The Use of Storytelling, and Residential Treatment with Sexually Abusive Youth. Invited 2-day lecture and consult, Asheville, North Carolina, September 16 and 17, 2004.


    • Reducing Coercion in Residential Treatment. National Adolescent Perpetration Network (NAPN) annual conference, Portland, OR, May 25, 2004.


    • The Current State of Adolescent Risk Assessment. Full-day pre-conference workshop, National Adolescent Perpetration Network annual conference, Portland, OR, May 23, 2004.


    • Interviewing Sexually Abusive Youth: Truth and Deception. Pre-Conference workshop at the 6th annual conference of the Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Network (MASOC) and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, April 2004.


    • Emerging Strategies in Juvenile Risk Assessment: from Theory, through Controversy, to Practice. Invited full-day training, Vermont Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse, Burlington, VT, January 16, 2004.


    • Recent Advances in Understanding Sexually Abusive Youth and Engaging Youths in Treatment. Invited lectures for the 2003 Advanced Clinical Training Conference, Utah Network on Juveniles Offending Sexually (NOJOS), St. George, UT, November 21, 2003.


    • A Clearer Picture: Recent Advances in Understanding Sexually Abusive Youth. Invited lecture, Connecticut Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (CATSO), October 31, 2003.


    • Emerging Strategies in Juvenile Risk Assessment: from Theory, through Controversy, to Practice. Invited full-day pre-conference workshop, 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), St. Louis, MO, October 2003.


    • A Clearer Picture: Recent Advances in Understanding Sexually Abusive Youth. Invited training. Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Richmond, VA. September 12, 2003.


    • A Clearer Picture: Recent Advances in Understanding Sexually Abusive Youth. Invited keynote address and training. Tennessee Department of Corrections, Nashville, TN. August 26, 2003.


    • Seeing Through Lies: Understanding Deception to Find and Tell the Truth. Workshop at the National Adolescent Perpetration Network Annual Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ, May 19 2003.


    • The Evolution of Programming for Sexually Aggressive Adolescent Populations: A Round Table Discussion. Panel discussion with Jim Grady and Sherri Reynolds of the New Hope Treatment Programs of Charleston, South Carolina, at the National Adolescent Perpetration Network Annual Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ, May 18 2003.


    • At the Front Lines: The Pragmatic Assessment of Youth Under Difficult Circumstances. Pre-conference at the 5th annual conference of MATSA and MASOC, April 9, 2003 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.


    • Building Collaboration in Residential Treatment: A program’s response to research trends and the needs of youth. 21st Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Montreal, Quebec, October, 2002.


    • Assessing Risk for Sexual Re-Offense in Juvenile Sex Offenders: controversies, developments, possibilities. 7th International Conference on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, Vienna, Austria, September 2002.


    • Maximizing adult interventions with sexually abusive youth: Helping kids get healthy. Invited lecture for the staff and administration at the Whitney Academy, Freetown, Massachusetts, August 21, 2002.


    • Residential treatment for sexually abusive youth: Recent research, current trends, and a model for collaboration. 19th Annual Conference of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW) in St. Louis, Missouri May 6, 2002. (Accepted but canceled.)


    • Maximizing adult interventions with sexually abusive youth: Helping kids get healthy, and Assessing risk in Adolescent Sexual Abusers: Theory, Controversy, Practice. Invited lectures, privately sponsored workshops, Adrian Michigan, May 3, 2002.


    • Maximizing adult interventions with sexually abusive youth: Helping kids get healthy, and Assessing risk in Adolescent Sexual Abusers: Theory, Controversy, Practice. National Adolescent Perpetration Network (NAPN) Annual Conference, April 28 and 29, 2002 in Toledo, Ohio.


    • Assessing risk in Adolescent Sexual Abusers: Theory, Controversy, Practice. 4th Annual conference of MATSA and MASOC, April 10, 2002 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.


    • Assessing risk in Adolescent Sexual Abusers. Invited lecture, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, April 5, 2002.


    • Assessing risk in Adolescent Sexual Abusers: Theory, Controversy, Practice. Invited lecture, 29th National Conference on Juvenile Justice, presented by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Houston, Texas, March 25, 2002.


    • Emerging Strategies in Juvenile Risk Assessment: from Theory, through Controversy, to Practice. 20th Annual Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), San Antonio, Texas, November 3, 2001.


    • Reducing Coercion in Residential Treatment. 2nd Annual Reunion Conference on Collaborating in Treatment with Sexually Aggressive Youth and their Families, Biddeford, Maine, October 25, 2001.


    • Emerging Strategies in Juvenile Risk Assessment: controversies, developments, possibilities. 2nd Annual Reunion Conference on Collaborating in Treatment with Sexually Aggressive Youth and their Families, Biddeford, Maine, October 26 2001.


    • Assessing Risk for Sexual Re-Offense in Juvenile Sex Offenders: Emerging strategies for clinical and forensic practice. 9th Annual Forensics Conference of the American College of Forensic Examiners, October 2001. (Accepted, but conference was cancelled)


    • Assessing Risk in Adult Sex Offenders: Recent research, instruments, and strategies. 9th Annual Forensics Conference of the American College of Forensic Examiners, October 2001. (Accepted, but conference was cancelled.)


    • Reducing Coercion in Residential Treatment. National Adolescent Perpetration Network (NAPN) Annual Conference, May 5, 2001 in Kansas City, Missouri.


    • Assessing Risk for Sexual Re-Offense in Juvenile Sex Offenders: controversies, developments, possibilities. 18th Annual Conference of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW), April 30, 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


    • Collaborative Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems in an Adolescent Residential Center. 3rd Annual conference of MATSA and MASOC, April 12, 2001 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.


    • Assessing Risk for Sexual Re-Offense in Juvenile Sex Offenders: controversies, developments, possibilities. Vermont Network of Treatment Programs for Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems, in Randolph, Vermont, March 9, 2001.


    • Collaborative Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems in an Adolescent Residential Center. presented at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Baltimore, November 3, 2000.


    • Collaborative Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems in an Adolescent Residential Center. presented at the 6th International Conference on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (ICTSO), Toronto, May 29, 2000.


    • Collaborative Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems in an Adolescent Residential Center. Invited lecture, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Southwest Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, May 5, 2000.

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