Abuse Reactive Children Workshop
Below is the outline of this two-day workshop:
DAY ONE
v Normal sexual play vs. Sexual Behaviour problems
Ø How to recognize the problem.
Ø Developmental level
Ø Case studies
Ø The relationship between abuse and sexual acting out
Ø Why do Children Abuse others
Ø Secondary Abuse- the ripple effect
Ø How children process information
Ø Memory research and children
o Associated vs. Dissociated memories
o Suggestibility in children
o Forms of forgetting / Methods of recall
o Leading Questions
v How to respond to children who molest other children
Ø Secrecy
Ø Compulsivity or Obsessiveness
Ø Use of trickery, Intimidation, Bribes or Force
Ø Power differential
Ø Will the Problem go away by itself?
- Secondary Abuse- the ripple effect
v Parents and Caregivers reactions
Ø How to deal with feelings
v Implications of Lack of Treatment
v Roadblocks To Treatment
v Self Care for Parents and Caregivers
v Home –Based Interventions
v Counselling – What can it do
DAY TWO
v Home –Based Interventions
Ø Opportunities/ Safety Issues
Ø Communication
Ø Sexual Thoughts and management
Ø Interrupting and Redirecting
Ø Noticing and Correcting Thinking
v Professional Assessment and Treatment Issues
Ø Assessment:
o Fear / Secrecy
o Compulsivity / Obsessiveness
o Dissociation
o Degree of Risk
Ø Assessment:
o Using verbal techniques
o Using non-verbal techniques
o Co-existing issues?
v Treatment Issues
Ø Addressing Fear, Secrecy, Compulsivity, Dissociation, Behaviour
§ Using Child Therapy techniques including
· Using bibliotherapy
· Using play therapy /art therapy
· Using EMDR
· Family work
· Behavioural Methods
· Cognitive methods
· Daycare and School considerations
Ø Integrating the approaches / Global treatment issues
Ø Directive vs. Indirective Approaches
v Question and Answer
Contact info:
(604) 899-9229