June 12, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm CDT on Zoom

with Jimmy Widdifield, Jr., MA

CEUs available for Social Work and LPC: $10 for 1.5 credit hours

Presenter’s bio  

Jimmy Widdifield, Jr., MA, (he/him) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Oklahoma) and training and technical assistance provider in child maltreatment, trauma, and adversity. He is the Project Director for the (TTA) for Child Abuse Professionals Project at the National Children’s Advocacy Center. Mr. Widdifield has extensive experience providing TTA locally, nationally, and internationally to child maltreatment professionals with an emphasis on the research and treatment of youth with problematic sexual behavior.

Workshop description  

Children and adolescents with problematic or illegal sexual behavior typically engage in those behaviors with other youth in their family. Understandably, their behavior disrupts safety within the family network. With appropriate planning, supports, and interventions, all of which should include the caregivers, most children and adolescents with problematic sexual behavior can safely remain in their community and, if indicated, have contact with the other child and children in their family and social networks. This workshop will address a framework for considering level of treatment for children and adolescents with problematic or illegal sexual behavior, basic safety planning for those youth, and considerations for when to consider visitation with other children and reunification of families.