NEW–Trauma Frozen in Time: The Online Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

April 28, 2017 Breakfast 8:30am-8:45am   Training 8:45am-4:00pm $159.00, 6 CEUs Presenter: Joyanna Silberg, PhD Doubletree Hilton Hotel, 1726 Reisterstown Road Baltimore, MD 21208 United States + Google Map

This course will discuss cutting edge research on the harm of exploitation to youth from the internet. This kind of exploitation includes the creation of child pornography which is traded and sold online; online streaming; luring children and adolescents into relationships where they willingly send nude pictures; and organized sex rings used for creation of child pornography.

Research on this burgeoning area of harm to children and adolescents is only beginning, but it is important for therapists to be updated about those current trends, the harm that can come to youth from this source, the widespread nature of this type of exploitation and some of the legal ramifications.

Through case examples, the participants will learn trauma treatment principles that are effective and those that are not as effective with this population, and the special problems that can arise from working with these victims who feel that their trauma never ends as the pictures of their abuse can remain online indefinitely.

Learning Objectives

 

  • Participants will be able to identify 4 ways a young person can become entrapped into internet exploitation.
  • Participants will be able to describe 3 unique types of harm that this kind of trauma can cause.
  • Participants will be able to identify 3 treatment techniques that are effective with this population.
  • Participants will be able to describe how these clients show treatment resistance.
"Research on this burgeoning area of harm to children and adolescents is only beginning, but it is important for therapists to be updated about those current trends, the harm that can come to youth from this source, the widespread nature of this type of exploitation and some of the legal ramifications."