Paths to Effective Care: Timothy Kahn’s Five Decades in Sexual Behavior Treatment

When Timothy Kahn, MSW, CSOTP, began working with youths who had engaged in sexually harmful behaviors in the 1970s, he was just 18 years old. Now, after nearly five decades in the field, his perspectives on what leads young people to commit sexual offenses—and how to help them—have evolved significantly.

After earning his Master of Social Work from Boston College in 1987, Kahn helped establish one of the first juvenile treatment programs for those involved in sexual offenses. Currently practicing in Bellevue, Washington, he conducts evaluations and treatment with children, adolescents, and adults with sexual behavior problems, serves as an expert consultant in professional sexual misconduct cases, and has authored multiple treatment workbooks, including the fifth edition of Pathways, for 14- to 18-year-olds and Pathways: Base Camp, for 11- to 14-year-olds.

Evidence-Based Safety Planning: A Practical Approach to Suicide Prevention

September is Suicide Prevention Month, when mental health professionals, advocates, and communities unite to share resources that save lives. This year, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)’s Week 3 theme highlights collaborative safety planning as a tool that gives people “a sense of control and of hope” during a suicidal crisis. A recent training by Mark Margolis—Suicide Prevention Coordinator at Howard Center in Vermont—demonstrated exactly how this evidence-based approach works in practice.

What the Evidence Reveals About Repeat Sexual Offending by Young Men

RaeAnn Anderson, PhD, a human sexuality researcher and educator at the Sexual Violence Prevention Laboratory of the University of Missouri–Kansas City, makes a strong case that both research and practice are not making the most of our existing findings and that the true implications of what we have learned are profound. During this webinar, Dr. Anderson explores what we know about repeated sexual harm perpetration by young men across multiple settings, drawing from a variety of fields to highlight both the evidence and its consequences.