Tennessee Department of Correction and East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine present the
Sex Offender Treatment Board Training 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017- Friday, December 1, 2017
Millennium Maxwell House
Nashville, TN

AGENDA & LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Schedule / Speaker & Topic / Learning Objective(s)
Overall Conference Objectives
1) Identify and understand the required components of a psychosexual evaluation and gain an understanding of the standard required by the TSOTB.
2) Develop an understanding of how adherence to ATSA standards and guidelines impact services provided under the auspices of the Sex Offender Treatment Board.
3) Gain an understanding of best practice standards and the policies developed by the TSOTB.
4) Develop an understanding of how the use of alcohol and pornography impact sex offender’s risk in the community.
5) Identify the types of polygraph assessments that can be utilized in the course of sex offender treatment and how they can assist in monitoring risk in the community.
6) Develop an understanding of offender denial and how it can impact the offender in the community.
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Monday, November 27thNew Provider Training
8:00 AM– 8:30 AM / Registration
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM / New Provider Training
James Michael Adler, Ph.D. / 1) Understand two differences between treating sex offenders and non-sex offenders
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – Noon / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
Noon – 1:00 PM / Lunch (On your own)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
2:30 PM– 2:45 PM / Break
2:45 PM– 4:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
Tuesday, November 28thNew Provider Training
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM / New Provider Training
James Michael Adler, Ph.D. / 1) Understand three requirements to become an approved treatment provider
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – Noon / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
Noon – 1:00 PM / Lunch (On your own)
1:00 PM– 2:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
2:30 PM– 2:45 PM / Break
2:45 PM – 4:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
Wednesday, November 29thNew Provider Training
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM / New Provider Training
James Michael Adler, Ph.D. / 1) Understand three p0rinciples of the mandatory sex protocol
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – Noon / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
Noon – 1:00 PM / Lunch (On your own)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
2:30 PM– 2:45 PM / Break
2:45 PM – 4:30 PM / New Provider Training (Continued)
James Michael Adler, Ph.D.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM / Approved Evaluator Supervisor Meeting
Thursday, November 30th—Provider Training
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM / Registration
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM / Sex Offender Risk Evaluation Training / 1) Understand sex offender risk assessment
2) Incorporate static and dynamic risk relevant factors into assessments
3) Communicate recommendations for a comprehensive plan of containment model services
4) Provide specific information about offenders’ relevant factors and how they may influence their amenability and compliance
Donna Moore, Ph.D.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – Noon / Sex Offender Risk Evaluation Training (Continued)
Donna Moore, Ph.D.
Noon – 1:00 PM / Lunch (On your own)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM / Sex Offender Risk Evaluation Training (Continued)
Donna Moore, Ph.D.
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM / Break
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM / Sex Offender Risk Evaluation Training (Continued)
Donna Moore, Ph.D.
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM / Ethics Training (Dinner provided)
Lucinda Pincince, Senior Psychological Examiner / 1) To be able to identify ethical principles that apply to various situations.
2) Utilizing ethical principles, identify situations that are questionable and unethical.
3) To be able to suggest alternative behaviors that would be ethical.
4) To understand options when encountering a peer with questionable or unethical behaviors.
Friday, December 1st - Provider Training
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM / Registration
8:00 AM– 9:00 AM / Welcome/Legal Update/Provider Information
Susan Siedentop, LCSW / 1) Develop an understanding of how adherence to ATSA standards and guidelines impact services provided under the auspices of the Sex Offender Treatment Board
2) Gain an understanding of best practice standards and the policies developed by the TSOTB
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM / Offender Denial
Susan Siedentop, LCSW
James Michael Adler, Ph.D. / 1) Develop an understanding of offender denial and how it can impact the offender in the community
2) Develop an understanding of how denial impacts an offender’s progression in treatment
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM / Using Polygraphs in Sex Offender Treatment
Susan Siedentop, LCSW
Rick Rogers, Polygrapher / 1)Understand the purpose of PCSOT polygraph exams
2) Know the PCSOT polygraph test types
3) Properly coordinate within the treatment triangle
4) Understand possible polygraph outcomes and what they mean
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / Lunch
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM / Exploring the Relationship between Alcohol and Pornography and the Sexual Offender
Scott Allen Johnson, Licensed Psychologist / 1) Identify and understand the characteristics and typologies of the male and female physical abuser and sexual offender and identify forensic and clinical concerns
2) Understand the role alcohol plays in physical abuse and sexual offenses
3) Understand the role that pornography plays in reinforcing physical abuse and sexual offense behavior
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM / Break
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM / Exploring the Relationship between Alcohol and Pornography and the Sexual Offender
Scott Allen Johnson, Licensed Psychologist