From Hysteria to Hope: Bringing Reason to Sexual Abuse in Childhood

About This Webinar:

Approaching the topic of problematic sexual behavior in children and youth is often difficult and challenging. Exploring ways of prevention are vital in preparing families and professionals with ways to keep youth safe and thriving.

In this webinar, Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau informs participants of how problematic and/or illegal sexual behavior in childhood can be framed as a preventable public health problem. She describes the importance of understanding the developmental differences between older and younger children. Service providers, educators and parents/caregivers  learn the significance of perspective-taking and responding to younger children with empathy, how to distinguish healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, explore why problematic and/or illegal sexual behavior happens and strategies for prevention.

The webinar is part of the Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth (SBCY) Series hosted by MFLN Family Development. For more information on other trainings on this topic, visit the series homepage!

SBCY Series – Homepage

Presenter

Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Ph.D.

Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau is a Professor with the Department of Mental Health and Director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). She focused her career on developing and evaluating child sexual abuse prevention policy and practice. As inaugural director of the Moore Center, Dr. Letourneau’s efforts include developing and evaluating child sexual abuse prevention interventions that target adolescents, parents, and youth serving organizations. She is also leading an evaluation of federal policy impacts on violence prevention, and a large-scale project to develop more effective methods for communicating about child sexual abuse as a preventable public health problem. Her work has been widely reported in high impact media, including This American Life, TEDMED, PBS News Hour, NPR’s On Point, Psychology Today, and The New Yorker.

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Programming approval for 1.0 CE credits has been obtained for Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists from the UT Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO, FL, HI, IA, KS, KY, MI, NY, ND, OH, OK

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Event Materials

• PowerPoint Slides | PDF
• Webinar Flyer | PDF 
• Dr. Letourneau’s TEDMED Talk: Child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable | Video
• Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse | Website
• CDC Violence Prevention | Website 
• Towards A Violence-Free Generation: Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS) | PDF
• National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth | Website
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Center for Child Policy | Website