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Philadelphia Workshops - Fall 2009 Sexual Life of Teenagers Workshop

The Sexual Life of Teenagers
Working with Teenagers and Their Parents
Friday, September 25, 2009
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Workshop Presenter: Steven M. Sokoll, M.D.

Workshop Description

Date: Friday, September 25, 2009
Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Location:
Trinity Memorial Church
22nd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Directions and Parking:
See directions page.

Sexual issues present themselves regularly in assessment and treatment of adolescents and their families. This seminar is designed to present information regarding sexual development from emotional, social, physical and cognitive perspectives. This seminar will identify treatment opportunities and challenges in addressing sexual issues. Through understanding a development framework for sexual health and risk, the clinician will learn ways to intervene therapeutically with teenagers and their parents when sexual issues present themselves. Guidelines for talking with teens and with parents about sexual behavior will be reviewed.

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this seminar the participant will:

  1. Know overt and covert ways in which sexual issues present themselves in children and adolescents;
  2. Organize a simple and useful developmental framework for identifying early, middle and late adolescence and the sexually progressive issues that occur in this development;
  3. Recognize and apply understanding of transferential and countertransferential issues in working with teens and families regarding sexual issues;
  4. Modify the developmental framework to apply to emotionally ill, physically ill and gay/bisexual/questioning adolescents;
  5. Know elements of sexual readiness for teens and their partners;
  6. Know guidelines for parents talking with teens about sex;
  7. Learn how to approach specific sexual risk situations in both straight and gay sexual encounters:  exploitation, violence and abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, depression and suicide, substance abuse and homelessness.

Registration Fees

  • Individual - $85

  • Group (3 or more people registering at the same time) - $80 per person

Registration Options

  • Online - Visit the registration page on this site.

  • By Mail - Download a printable registration form.

  • On site - Cash, Exact Change, Check. No Credit Cards Accepted.

MAIL-IN REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 18, 2009

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 23, 2009

Late registrations will be accepted space permitting. Please contact  the workshop sponsor at 215-732-3720 for last minute or walk-in registration.

Request for registration fee refunds must be received in writing no later than the registration deadline No refunds will be entertained thereafter. A $10 per workshop administration fee will be deducted from any refund.