Welcome & Opening
08:45 AM
Psychopathy Session
09:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Buffet Lunch
12:15 PM – 01:30 PM
Special Needs / Deaf/HoH Assessments
01:30 PM – 03:45 PM
Clinician Safety and Self Care
Happy Hour
05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
08:00 AM – 09:30 AM
09:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Lunch & Posters
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Restorative Justice
12:30 PM – 02:00 PM
Stalker Risk Assessment
02:15 PM – 03:45 PM
Closing Remarks & CEUs
3:45 PM
Refreshments at 10:30-10:45
Individuals with elevated psychopathy present unique challenges in both treatment and supervision. Historically regarded as untreatable, recent research shows that high-psychopathy persons with sexual offense histories can make meaningful therapeutic gains when interventions are structured according to the Risk‑Need‑Responsivity (RNR) principles. This training introduces participants to the latest evidence on psychopathy, including its etiology, clinical presentation, and supervision implications. We will then present practical skills to work with individuals with elevated psychopathy to negotiate the various characteristics that make them challenging. These skills will be illustrated by case examples. Audience questions and participation is welcome.
Refreshments at 03:00 PM
Psychologists, social workers, counselors, attorneys, law enforcement and probation officers, psychosexual evaluators, case managers, and treatment providers.
Refreshments at 09:30-09:45
Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Probation Officers
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more integrated into the helping professions, its use by professional who assess, treat, and/or manage individuals who have engaged in sexual offense behavior demands thoughtful consideration. This foundational level workshop invites participants to critically explore how emerging AI tools can both support and complicate their professional life.
Participants will learn how AI technologies scan assist with routine administrative tasks, improve professional / writing skills, enhance assessment and treatment planning skills, and promote greater client engagement.
This workshop is designed for therapists, evaluators, supervisors, probation officers, and researchers as we explore both the promises and pitfalls of AI.
At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Dr. David Delmonico is a Professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Delmonico and a graduate of Kent State University’s Counseling and Human Development Services Program. He conducts research, consultation, and training on topics such as cybersex, cyberoffense, and sexual offense and gaming culture. Dr. Delmonico also lectures on topics such as general Internet psychology and sexually addictive and compulsive behaviors. Dr. Delmonico is co-author of In the Shadows of the Net, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, Illegal Images, and The Illegal Images Workbook. He has published numerous scholarly articles on a variety of addiction, technology, and sexuality topics. Dr. Delmonico is Director of the Online Behavior Research and Education Center (OBREC) at Duquesne University and past Editor-in-Chief of the Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity journal.
Elizabeth Griffin, MA is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over forty years of experience treating individuals with sexually problematic behaviors, especially those that involve the Internet. She has worked in out-patient, in-patient, military, and prison settings. Ms. Griffin lectures nationally on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders and those with sexually compulsive behavior, as well as issues related to cybersex. She is currently a consultant for the Minnesota Civil Commitment Program She has written numerous professional articles on these topics, and is co-author of four books – In the Shadows of the Net, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, Illegal Images, and The Illegal Images Workbook. Ms. Griffin is the founder of Internet Behavior Consulting, a company focused on issues related to problematic technology use and sexual behavior.
Research related to women who have committed sexually motivated offenses continues to grow and evolve. The existent research literature provides an empirical basis for viewing these women from a Gendered Perspective (Brennan et al., 2012; Pflugradt et al., 2022; Steffensmeier and Allan, 1995; 1996). This Gendered perspective is a person-centered strength-based approach/model that takes into consideration how gender affects patterns of offending for individual persons (Pflugradt and Allen, 2023; Pflugradt el. al., 2018). As such, women who perpetrate sexually motivated criminal offenses necessitate intervention approaches that differ from their male counterparts. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an update regarding the current empirical evidence that guides practice when working with women who have engaged in sexually motivated criminal behavior.
Refreshments at 02:00-02:15
Healing from intimate harm requires connection. Restorative justice offers that connection via unique pathways for addressing the needs expressed by those impacted by sexual harm. It offers opportunities for those who have sexually harmed others to fully own and accept responsibility for their acts while offering creative accountability measures. Restorative justice offers safe and sacred processes created by facilitators who are trained in active listening skills and restorative justice principles. This 90-minute talk will explore the roots and fundamentals of restorative justice and vicarious restorative justice for cases of sexual harm. Participants will learn about the evidence for restorative justice, including research on outcomes for people who participate in such processes. We will discuss a process for taking participants through both a restorative and vicarious restorative justice process.
