PSB-CY Licensed Professional Counselor LPC_Licensed Clinical Social Worker Instructor.pdf

Problema�c Sexual Behaviors in Children and Youth (PSB-CY)

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Instructor

Responsible for professional training on mandated topics on PSBCY Mul�disciplinary Team (MDT) for all PSB team members assigned to respond to problema�c sexual behavior cases. Experience includes but not limited to a significant background in researching, developing, implemen�ng, and evalua�ng training and treatment programs for appropriate PSBCY MDT appointed staff, and to ensure appropriate performance and compliance with applicable standards, rules, and regula�ons for both military and civilian children/families involved in cases. Primary func�ons include providing training to Family advocacy Program (FAP) personnel, New Parent Support Program staff, Domes�c Abuse Vic�m Advocates (DAVA), Child Development Program staff, Department of Educa�on Ac�vity DoDEA staff, Military criminal inves�ga�on organiza�on (MCIO), Military Family Life Counselors (MFLC), and behavioral health staff.

Clinicians teaching the PSBCY MDT training must possess the proper licensure for their profession and be able to conduct training in reference to PSBCY MDT treatment models which are non-puni�ve, family-oriented, cogni�ve-behavioral treatment group or family interven�on models. Instructor must possess ability to teach trauma-informed care and evidence-based treatments and ways to assist members of the MDT about the reduc�on of stress, engaging parents and enhancing skills in parents and caregivers. This instructor must have an immense civilian and military experience and responsibility for the facilita�on and promo�on of various approaches to cases and instruc�on to personnel responding to cases that involve various abuses as well as problema�c sexual behaviors of children and youth. The instructor must have a broad spectrum of knowledge about treatment modali�es, relevant and recent research on norma�ve, cau�onary, and problema�c sexual behaviors of children and the advantages of an MDT approach. Experience with the NICHD child forensic interview training and Child Advocacy Center protocols is mandatory. This instructor must be versa�le in facilita�ng PSB info about working directly with behavioral health personnel and systems, resources in the field, history of PSB and the latest theories and juvenile jus�ce processes as it relates to the legal system. Peer case reviews, and short-term, community-based outpa�ent program for youth and their caregivers. Being able to facilitate an advanced level of knowledge to civilian and military personnel concerning the importance of parental engagement, using child first language, coordinated and collabora�ve response, and handling complex cases involving on an MDT is extremely important in instruc�on.

Instructors must be able to present with a full understanding, child development, including normal sexual development and behavior in children. Childhood mental health and behavioral problems must be able to be defined and explained as well as current research literature and empirically supported interven�on and treatment for childhood behavioral and mental health problems. In addi�on, the instructor should be able to facilitate a trauma informed understanding of sexual development, cultural, environmental, and family factors that affect child and youth behaviors.

All instructors conduc�ng PSBCY courses must have the introductory through advanced levels of understanding of PSBCY, thorough understanding of the mul�disciplinary team (MDT) method to working with PSBCY cases, and civilian and military best prac�ces involving PSBCY.