Training Name: Adolescent Sexual Offending: Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment Practices
Presented by: David Prescott, LICSW, ATSA-F
Date: November 13th & 14th, 2025

Learning Objectives
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
1) Summarize historical approaches to treating abusive sexual behaviors by youths.
2) Explain the importance of working with youths’ families.
3) Examine the role of abuse-related sexual interests, where applicable, in sex crimes by adolescents.
4) Explain the relevance of early-onset, as opposed to adolescent-onset, behavior problems.
5) Describe the difference between risk and protective factors.
6) Describe the core components of a comprehensive assessment (e.g., assessment tools and clinical interviewing considerations).
7) Compare the available assessment measures specific to youths who have abused.
8) Explain different domains that contribute to risk for offending.
9) Develop an intake interview with an adolescent with problematic sexual behaviors.
10) Describe the qualities of a high-quality assessment report.
11) Design treatment plans for adolescents.
12) Apply the “going upstream” method of finding personally meaningful client goals.
13) Differentiate “approach goals” in treatment planning.
14) Describe ten “primary human goods” or “good life goals” that appear to be relevant to all human beings.
15) Explain how these good life goals can be implicated in sexual abuse by adolescents.
16) Describe how early adversity can develop into risk factors.
17) Use scaling questions for assessing internal motivation to achieve good life goals.

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