Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina |
Sarah Hales, LMSW
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Medical University of South Carolina |
| Sexually Active Youth and Teens: What's a therapist (and parent) to do? | |
| Presentation Dates: September 12, 2009, December 12, 2009 OR March 13, 2010 | |
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| Workshop Description | |
| The goals of this workshop are to delineate normative and nonnormative sexual behavior in children and teens, to discuss methods for identifying youth unsafe sex behaviors, and to describe methods to reduce youth unsafe sex behaviors. | |
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| Objectives | |
| At the completion of this session the participant should be able to: | |
| Describe the ABC assessment of unsafe sexual behavior List at least 3 steps to prepare caregivers for conversations regarding family expectations about youth sexual behavior Recognize common triggers for youth unsafe sex
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| Speaker Biography | |
| Dr. Letourneau has provided similar trainings to bachelor and master’s level therapists in several states. She is presently conducting two federally funded randomized clinical treatment trials that address youth sexual risk behaviors using similar methods. Ms. Sarah Hales is a LMSW (Licensed Masters in Social Work) who has assisted in adapting a home-based sexual risk reduction treatment model for a clinic-based intervention. She is presently implementing this intervention as part of a federally funded treatment trial. | |
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