Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 2:15 pm ET / 8:00 am – 11:15 am PT
Format:   Live interactive training offered via Zoom

Presented by: Dawn Pflugradt, PsyD, LP, LCSW (See Bio) and Bradley P. Allen, Ph.D. J.D (See Bio) 

You must attend the entire live training and complete an evaluation to be eligible for CE credits. If you seek only psychology credits, the evaluation is optional, and you can remain anonymous.

Online Training Description:

The fields of assessing and treating women who have committed sexually motivated offenses continue to grow and evolve. The extant research literature provides an empirical basis for assessing women from a gendered perspective. This perspective is a person-centered, strength-based approach that takes into consideration how gender affects patterns of offending for women. When viewed from this perspective, women who perpetrate sexually motivated offenses require risk assessment and treatment approaches that differ from approaches used with their male counterparts. This workshop provides empirically supported guidance related to assessing and treating women who have committed sexually motivated offenses.

Dawn Pflugradt, PsyD, LP, LCSW and Bradley P. Allen, PhD, JD—two of the leading experts in this field— developed this training to highlight key research findings and provide current insights and best practices based on their decades of experience working with women who have sexually abused. They cover topics such as:

• Different pathways to offending by women
• Available risk assessment measures and protocols
• Using a gendered approach, as opposed to a gender-sensitive or gender-neutral approach, to assessment and treatment
• Specific treatment needs of women who have sexually abused

This training aims to give attendees clear, useful strategies they can apply right away to support women more effectively and prevent further sexual harm.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this training, attendees will be better able to:
1) Describe the factors and circumstances that contribute to offending behaviors in women
2) Identify recidivism base rates for sexual offending perpetrated by women.
3) Analyze the limitations of using male-focused risk assessment tools when evaluating risk in a female population.
4) Explain the key domains involved in treatment assessment for women who have committed sexually motivated offenses

Interactive Follow-Up Meeting

Attendees are invited to join an open discussion 15 minutes following the end of the training, where you can engage with fellow attendees by turning on your camera and microphone. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas. Time will be allocated to address questions or insights from the training. Please note that attendance is optional and will not affect your eligibility for a training certificate.

We can refund your training fee up to 24 hours prior to the start of the training.

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