Identifying and Addressing Child Sexual Abuse

9:00am to 12:00pm EST

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Billye Jones, LCSW, DSW candidate ‘25

NASW-NYS Members: $30

NASW Other Chapter Member (Including NYC): $60

Non-Members: $75

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

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

Workshop Description
One-in-four girls and one-in-13 boys will be sexually abused by 18 years of age.  Why does this happen? This workshop will help you identify the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse, risk factors, family dynamics that lead to abuse, and current social norms that increase vulnerability to abuse.  Red flag behaviors in children and adults at risk of abusing children will also be addressed. By the end of this workshop, you will walk away with specific action steps to improve the protective factors to keep children safe.

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1.    Describe the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse
2.    Explain the prevalence of abuse
3.    Identify the myths and facts about abuse
4.    Identify current risk factors
5.    Describe the steps to increase protective factors
6.    Identify the long-term impact of child sexual abuse   

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), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Billye Jones, LCSW, DSW candidate ‘25, Billye Jones, LCSW, received her MSW from NYU Silver School of Social Work and is a DSW candidate class of ‘25. Billye's primary focus of practice has been child sexual abuse and sexual violence treatment, prevention, and intervention. She has over twenty years of experience and has held many roles, including clinician, field instructor, supervisor, program director, and senior leadership positions. She is an adjunct professor at the Silver School of Social Work and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Until recently, Billye was a Director of Programs at Day One, an organization that works with youth impacted by intimate partner violence.   She has a private practice, provides training about sexual abuse and trauma, and published a book about child abuse prevention for parents and caregivers. Her goal is to focus on child sexual abuse, prevention, and intervention models and organizations that can improve service delivery for trauma survivors.