BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:108@miatsa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240208T160000 DTSTAMP:20240222T205941Z URL:https://miatsa.org/events/risk-of-sexual-abuse-of-children-rosac-train ing-with-bob-mcgrath/ SUMMARY:Risk of Sexual Abuse of Children (ROSAC) training with Bob McGrath DESCRIPTION:MI-ATSA will be partnering with Bob McGrath to provide a traini ng on the Risk of Sexual Abuse of Children (ROSAC) assessment. The ROSAC i s a structured assessment tool intended to help professionals assess “th e risk an adult male sexual abuser poses to a particular child and under w hat circumstances\, if any\, the abuser might be allowed contact with the child” (robertmcgrath.us).\n\nBob McGrath\, who helped develop the asses sment tool\, will provide a training on the ROSAC assessment in order to a ssist professionals in their work with people who have committed sexual of fenses. Additional information regarding the ROSAC can be found at robertm cgrath.us.\n\n \;\n\nFebruary 8\, 2024\n\n9:00am to 4:00pm (Eastern)\n \nVia Zoom Webinar\n\n6 CEUs will be available for Social Workers and Psyc hologists\n\nPlease note: Participants will need to purchase the ROSAC man ual through Safer Societies Press for $34. Discounts are available for pur chases of 10 or more.\n\n \;\n\nLearning Objectives:\n\nAt the conclus ion of this full-day workshop\, participants will:\n\n Describe the theor etical and research basis for the ROSAC\n Describe how the ROSAC is const ructed and scored\n Learn how to score and use the ROSAC to make risk det erminations\n Learn how to use ROSAC risk determinations to develop basic safety plans\n\n \;\n\nPresenter Biography (from robertmcgrath.us):\n \nBob has over 35 years of experience providing clinical\, consulting\, t raining\, and research services focused on assessing\, treating\, and mana ging individuals who have committed sexual offenses. He is the 2015 reci pient of the Lifetime Significant Achievement Award from the Associati on for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).\n\nTraining and Consultatio n. Bob has provided training and consulting services to mental health\, c riminal justice\, and victim advocacy groups in over 45 states and through out Canada\, Europe\, and Asia. He has served on the treatment advisory bo ards and accreditation panels of the national sex offender treatment progr ams in Canada\, the United Kingdom\, and Hong Kong. In the United States\, he has consulted to twelve sexual violent predator civil commitment progr ams and numerous prison\, probation\, and parole programs. In Vermont\, he is a consultant to the state’s Developmental Disabilities Division and the Department of Children and Families.\n\nProgram Administration. Bob se rved as Clinical Director of the Vermont Department of Corrections integ rated network of prison and community sex offender treatment programs from 1996 to 2015. He has served as Clinical Director of Adult Mental Health S ervices and Director of Substance Abuse Programs in community mental healt h settings. He is a past President of the Safer Society Foundation Board of Directors.\n\nClinical Services. As a licensed psychologist-master\, Bob provided direct sex offender assessment and treatment services in comm unity and prison settings for over 30 years. He was Co-Chair of the  Pro fessional Issues Committee that developed the Association for the Treatme nt of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) 2014 Practice Guidelines for the Assessment\, Treatment\, and Management of Male Adult Sexual Abusers.\n\nResearch. Amo ng his over 50 publications\, Bob is co-author of the books Supervision o f the Sex Offender and Current Practices and Emerging Trends in Sexual A buser Management. He is a co-developer of the ROSAC\, SOTIPS\, and VAS OR-2 risk assessment instruments. His research has been supported by gr ants from the U.S. Department of Justice\, Center for Sex Offender Manage ment\, and Corrections Research at Public Safety Canada.\n\n \;\n\nP lease email info@miatsa.org with any questions or issues. CATEGORIES:Training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR