Emerging Adults Who Have Sexually Abused: A Discussion on Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment
Please note: This webinar is not eligible for continuing education (CE) credit due to its informal, conversational format. Participants who attend the full live session will, however, receive a Certificate of Attendance.
This webinar is primarily for professionals involved in the assessment, treatment, and management of individuals with sexually abusive behaviors during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. This includes psychologists, social workers, clinical counselors, probation and parole officers, treatment providers, and other behavioral health or criminal justice professionals who work with this population.
Despite decades of progress in evaluation and treatment of both adults and adolescents who have sexually abused, working with “emerging adults” (sometimes roughly defined as the ages of 18-25) can often be less clear.
These clients, most often young men who are developmentally between adolescence and adulthood, typically do not “quite fit” in either group. This lack of fit is especially apparent in their living situation or placement logistics, the assessment tools available, and the treatment modalities used. In many cases, these now-adult clients were minors when their abusive actions took place.
In this webinar, Dr. Waltrip and Dr. Leslie discuss key principles in understanding, assessing, and treating emerging adults. They explore:
- Similarities and differences that emerging adults share with adolescents and adults in and adjacent to the legal system.
- Identifying the characteristics of emerging adults.
- Treatment planning to meet each client’s needs.
- Identifying assessment techniques and treatment interventions for individualized care.
As experienced evaluators and treatment providers across diverse practice settings in the United States, Dr. Waltrip and Dr. Leslie bring their own experiences to this discussion and to the unique challenges of working with emerging adults.
Who's Presenting
Candice Waltrip, PsyD
Candice Waltrip is an experienced Evaluator with a demonstrated history of excellent work in the forensic field. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse and also serves on the Utah Sex Offense Management Advisory Committee.
Candice is skilled in crisis intervention, sex offense treatment and evaluation, competency to stand trial evaluations, case management, court-ordered treatment/evaluation, trauma, mood disorders, and general psychological assessment. Candice’s doctoral education focused in clinical psychology, with concentrations in forensic psychology and psychodynamic psychotherapy from Azusa Pacific University.
