25th Annual Conference
Treatment of Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems
12 Hours of Continuing Education including
3 Ethics Hours and 3 Victims Hours
About the Speakers:
Melissa Grady, PhD, MSW, LICSW
Friday, May 9th
9am-12pm (Virtual)
Dr. Melissa D. Grady received her M.S.W. and Ph.D. from Smith College School of Social Work. Her research areas are in the translation of evidence-based practice and on the prevention of sexual violence. She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has presented at numerous international, national, and regional refereed conferences as well as been an invited speaker for numerous organizations. In addition, she serves on local and national committees, and on several editorial boards, including as Associate Editor of Sexual Abuse, and is the Editor in Chief for the Clinical Social Work Journal. She is an ATSA Fellow and has been an active practitioner for over 20 years and maintains a private practice in the Washington DC area. Her clinical experience includes both work in the public mental health and private sectors. She has worked with clients who have committed sexual crimes and who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, anger management, as well as other mental health issues. She is a Professor at Catholic University’s National School of Social Service where she teaches in the areas of mental health, clinical practice, clinical theory, and research methods to masters and doctoral students.
Tiffani Monford, PsyD
Friday, May 9th
1pm-4pm (Virtual)
Dr. Monford is a licensed psychologist. She is the author of five books: Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-discovery & Healing, You Got This! A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, Black Girl: Unapologetically, and Reclaiming Me: Beginning My Journey to Overcoming Human Trafficking (free for therapists/agencies working with teen survivors of human trafficking). Her most recent workbook, Girl, Get Free: An Expressive Guide for Black College Women was just released in November 2023. She is also the co-author of two others works: Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Women and its accompanying Counselor’s Edition.
Dr. Monford has served on several national, state, and local boards/committees addressing sexual violence prevention/intervention as well as the emotional wellness of girls and women. Dr. Monford is the developer of two curricula geared towards work with Black women survivors of sexual assault: Sisters of Tamar Support Circle (SoTSC) and Sister Circle as well as the Culturally Informed Work with Black Women Survivors: Training & Self-inquiry Manual. Dr. Monford is the Owner of Monford Dent Consulting & Psychological Services, LLC. and the Co-Founder/Executive Director of Living At The Intersections, Inc. (LATI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to intentionally provide space and education for and regarding Black girls/Emerging Adults and Black nonbinary youth; helping to create a world in which they can do more than exist. A world in which they can and truly LIVE and be seen as their authentic selves.
Michael Seto, PhD, C.Psych
Friday, May 16th
9am-12pm (Virtual)
Dr. Michael Seto is a registered clinical and forensic psychologist and currently the Director of the Forensic Mental Health Research Unit at The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) affiliated with the University of Ottawa, as well as the Director of Forensic Rehabilitation Research in the Integrated Forensic Program of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.
He completed his PhD in clinical psychology at Queen’s University (1998) and previously worked as a research scientist and then psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) between 1994 and 2008.
Dr. Seto is cross-appointed to four universities in Ontario (University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa) and currently supervises graduate students at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. He has published extensively on pedophilia, online offending, sexual offending, and mentally disordered offenders, and frequently presents on these topics at scientific meetings and professional workshops.
Much of Dr. Seto’s work is summarized in two well-reviewed academic books, Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children (2008, and second edition appearing in 2018) and Internet Sex Offenders (2013); both published by the American Psychological Association. His research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Correctional Services Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Apryl A. Alexander, PsyD, ATSA-F
Friday, May 16th
9am-12pm (Virtual)
Dr. Apryl Alexander is the Metrolina Distinguished Scholar in Health and Public Policy at UNC Charlotte. She also serves as Director of the UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology with concentrations in forensic psychology and child and family therapy. Dr. Alexander’s research and clinical work focus on violence and victimization, human sexuality, and trauma-informed and culturally informed practice. She is an award-winning researcher, and her work has been published in several leading journals. Dr. Alexander has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including The Associated Press, Essence Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, and NBC Nightly News, about her research and advocacy work. Recently, she received the 2021 Lorraine Williams Greene Award for Social Justice from Division 18, 2022 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring awards from SPSSI and AP-LS, and the 2022 Dr. Sarah Burgamy Citizen Psychologist Award from the Colorado Psychological Association. Dr. Alexander also enjoys bringing psychology to the public through popular media. She is a frequent presenter at Denver Pop Culture Con. She has previously contributed to Black Panther Psychology: Hidden Kingdoms.
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