Protecting Our Children: Child Sexual Abuse Recognition, Prevention and Mitigating the Immediate and Lingering Effects

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Presenter: Jill Aguanno, LCSW

Location: Poughkeepsie Galleria (Community Room)

NASW Members: $15 | Non-Members: $30

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Protecting Our Children: Child Sexual Abuse Recognition, Prevention and Mitigating the Immediate and Lingering Effects:

Date: Saturday, June 2, 2018
Presenter: Jill Aguanno, LCSW
NASW Member Fee: $15
Non-Member Fee: $30
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Poughkeepsie Galleria - Community Room (Map)
2001 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Description:
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a form of interpersonal victimization that can have a major impact on a child’s development in a variety of ways and involve all life domains throughout one’s lifetime. This three-hour presentation will examine CSA from the perspective of the child, the non-offending adult(s), the larger community and the child molester. Participants will increase their awareness of how CSA impairs a child’s stress response system causing reactive or sensitive responses that can interfere with present functioning and learn ways to mitigate the lingering effects.

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this workshop, participants will learn:

• RECOGNITION: Define child sexual abuse; identify who the “typical” child molester is; and identify developmentally appropriate and inappropriate behavior between children.
• THE PROCESS: Identify how and why certain children, adults and communities are “picked”; the seduction and “grooming” process for all; and how child molesters sexualize and exploit children.
• RECOGNITION AND DISCLOSURE ISSUES: How child molesters avoid getting caught and why abuse is not reported.
• TRAUMA AND RECOVERY: What to do and say when a child discloses abuse; differentiate a child’s stress response from other behaviors that interfere with daily functioning; and understand institutional traumatization.
• PREVENTION: Learn micro, mezzo, and macro interventions as well as prevention programs

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Jill Aguanno, LCSW had over 20 years of experience in the human services field before pursuing her social work education. Her social work experience includes a variety of clinical and program development positions in adolescent residential treatment settings; as a certified Multi-systemic Therapist, worked with high risk adolescents and their families; and also worked with traumatic brain injured adults and older adults in institutional and home settings. Presently, Jill is the Community Educator and Trauma Therapist for the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center.