Autism Spectrum Disorder and Problematic Sexual Behavior

LOCATION:

Cascadia Pizza

1820 130th AVE NE

Bellevue, WA — 98005

(425) 274-2100

Your registration includes buffet style food and non-alcoholic beverages.   The restaurant will open a tab for you if you want to purchase alcoholic beverages during the workshop.

Due to the cost of the food, all sales are final and there are no refunds.  Registrations are transferrable however.

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Problematic Sexual Behavior

   Talk description:

This presentation will help you understand the relationship between autism and sex offenses from a forensic psychological perspective. It will cover:

• What is autism?
• How do the biological issues of autism affect someone's thoughts and behaviors?
• Why would autistic traits facilitate the cause of a sex offense?
• What are some tips to communicate effectively with an autistic person?

Speaker bio:

Chris Rebholz, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with autistic adults. Her private therapy practice emphasizes autistic adults that work in tech. Her forensic practice emphasizes evaluations of adults with developmental disabilities as well as criminal charges. Her 2012 doctoral dissertation was the first research to examine autistic adults that held professional jobs and lived and worked independently. She has taught continuing legal education to the King and Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Associations, as well as the Washington Defenders Association and various chapters of the Society of Human Resource Managers.

Prior to earning her doctorate and a license to work as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Rebholz earned her bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and worked in the computer industry for over 15 years. She was one of the 400 most senior women at Microsoft, where she worked as a program manager in Microsoft Research. She also worked for Intel, where she was one of the two senior product line managers responsible for shipping the company's flagship microprocessor, which (in today's dollars) made $2.5 billion in its first year on the market. She became interested in autism in 1999 while working in tech, when she read the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for the first time and realized that around a quarter to a third of the staff reporting to her were probably on the spectrum.

This workshop will earn you 2 hours of continuing education.

WATSA is a Washington State DOH approved CE provider. CE Hours earned at this training count towards hours needed to renew your SOTP credential and/or your underlying health care license. We are not an approved provider for organizations such as the APA, NASW, AAFT or NBCC.