Treating Intellectually Disabled Adolescents with Sexual Behavior Problems
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Adolescents with intellectual disabilities who exhibit problematic sexual behaviors represent a diverse group. Their cognitive and neurodevelopmental challenges are reflected in a wide array of social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral impairments that frequently combine with comorbid psychiatric conditions. While the specific research on effectively assessing and treating intellectually disabled youths exhibiting problematic sexual behavior remains sparse, incorporating approaches from outside the field of treating problematic sexual behaviors can serve to improve our effectiveness. It can also broaden our understanding of the challenges these adolescents may face in various treatment interventions.
This workshop focuses on the overarching principles associated with the effective assessment and treatment of intellectually disabled youths exhibiting problematic sexual behaviors while identifying specific treatment needs and treatment interventions for some of the different constellations of social, emotional, and cognitive difficulties that may be presented by these youths.
1) Identify key concerns and adaptations to consider in assessing intellectually disabled adolescents.
2) Describe core concepts for treating children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
3) Apply treatment interventions for adolescents who present with different types of learning disabilities.
4) Identify options and resources necessary for facilitating healthy sexual development and positive sexual behaviors for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
5) Demonstrate strategies to address psychiatric comorbidity.
Audience
This training is for professionals who work with adolescents with intellectual disabilities who exhibit problematic sexual behaviors. This includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, and behavior analysts.
Content Level
Disclosure
Continuing Education Approval
American Psychological Association (APA)
Safer Society Foundation, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Safer Society Foundation, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Who's Presenting
Kevin Creeden, M.A., LMHC
Kevin Creeden, M.A., LMHC is the Director of Assessment and Research at the Whitney Academy in East Freetown, MA. He has over 35 years of clinical experience treating children, adolescents, adults and families working extensively with sexually and physically aggressive youth. Over the past 30 years, his primary focus has been on issues of trauma and attachment difficulties, and he has authored several articles and book chapters on treating children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems. Mr. Creeden was a member of the committee that developed the Adolescent Treatment Guidelines for ATSA (The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers). Mr. Creeden is an ATSA Fellow and the board Chair of MASOC. He has been a Teaching Fellow at Boston College, an Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and a guest faculty at the Boston University School of Social Work and the Simmons School of Social Work Advanced Training Program in Trauma-Focused Treatment. Mr. Creeden trains and consults both nationally and internationally to schools, youth service, community, forensic services and mental health service agencies.