Niki E. Delson

P.O. Box 401

Carbondale, CO 81623

 

970-704-6149

niki@delko.net

www.delko.net

 

 

 

Credentials:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker # LCS 7384

Community College Lifetime Credential #l296513

California Adoption Service Provider

 

Publications:

 

Sexually Active Teens are Unfairly Labeled Criminals. Spring 2010 In Press. Age of Consent, At Issue, edited by O Ferguson and H.M. Haugen, Michigan, Gale.

 

Age of Consent. July 2007. Association for the Treatment Of Sexual Abusers: The Forum. Reprinted in “Perspectives” title Dissent on Consent - newsletter of the California Coalition on Sexual Offending, and “ California NEWS”, newsletter of the California NASW

Using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for Sex Offender Management. June 2006 Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: The  Forum

 

Using Conscience as a Guide: Enhancing Sex Offender Treatment in the Moral

Domain. 2003, Mr. Holyoke: NEARI Press.

 

Sex Offender Treatment and the Moral Domain. 2003, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: The Forum - Clinicians Corner.

 

Family Violence Response Teams: Building Community Capacity to Prevent Family Violence, 2003, University of California, Davis - Center for Human Services.

 

How Working with Sex Abuse Victims Makes Me A More Effective Offender

 therapist. 2001. California Coalition on Sexual Offending. Perspective

 

Assessing Disputed Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse. 1994, Poster Presentation: San Francisco, CA 1994. Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers

 

A Look at the Moral Development of Sex Offenders. 1993. Poster Presentation:

Boston, MA   Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers

 

Group Therapy with Sexually Molested Children. Child Welfare: Journal of the

Child Welfare League of America, 1981. LX (3).

 

 

 

Awards:

Outstanding Service Award - UC Davis June 2000

Fay Honey Knopp Award – California Coalition on Sexual Offending, 2005

 

Professional Organizations:

Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers -Clinical Member

National Association of Social Workers

California Coalition on Sexual Offending

 

Education:

1965 BA City University of New York

1969 MSW Rutgers University

 

Post Graduate Training:

Advanced Workshops and Training Institutes on Child Physical and Sexual Abuse (National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect), False Allegations of Abuse, Communication and Children: Language issues in Evidentiary Questioning, Forensic Interviewing and Evaluation, Multicultural Family Violence Issues, Male Victims and Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Attachment Disorders in Children (advanced training in Rage Reduction Therapy with Unattached children)

 

First Level Training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

 

Training in Sex Offender Treatment by: National Demonstration Center for Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (San Jose California), Northwest Treatment Associates), Atascadero State Hospital California Sex Offender Program, Alternative to Sexual Abuse, California Youth Authority, Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers, California Coalition on Sexual Offending.

 

Experience:

 

Workshops, Training and Consultation

 

2007 – 2009 Online Curriculum Development - National Association of Social Workers – California Chapter

1.     Children’s Sexual Behavior

2.     Helping Children with Sexual Behavior Problems

3.     Adolescent Sexual Behavior

4.     Adolescents who Sexually Misbehave

5.     Two Part Course on Child Molesters

a.      Part I Understanding

b.     Part II Community Management and Treatment

6.     Domestic Violence – A video training

 

2000-present - Instructor for Bay Area Training Academy: San Francisco State University

§         Adolescent Sexual Misbehavior – what social work professionals need to know

§         Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention – 2 days

§         Child Sexual Abuse - Challenging Myths and Changing the Philosophical Landscape

§         Enhancing Communication Skills for Child Welfare Workers

§         Impact of Domestic Abuse on Child Development

§         Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse

§         Juvenile, Adolescent and Adult Sexual Aggression: What Child Welfare Workers Need To Know

§         Sex offenders: Dispelling the myths

§         The Art of Interviewing (one or two day training includes interviewing children)

§         Working with Non-Offending Mothers of Sexually Abused Children (NEW 2009)

§         Family Reunification and Safety Planning (NEW 2009)

 

 

2002 – 2004 – 2nd phase – Family Violence Response Team Project – Office of Child Abuse Prevention and Center for Human Services – UC Davis. Curriculum Development – Promising Practices of Family Violence Response Teams

 

1997 - June 2000 -Training Consultant for Family Violence Demonstration Project – Providing training and technical assistance for Statewide Demonstration Projects of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention of the California Department of Social Services –U. C. Davis – Center for Human Services Training and Development

 

1998 - 2007: Instructor for Central California Public Social Services Training Academy – California State University, Fresno  -

Advanced Training

§         Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Assessment and Treatment Issues.

§         Impact of Domestic Violence on Child Development

§         Sexual Behavior in Children – What’s Healthy and What’s not

§         Domestic Violence (7 hour training meets BBS requirements for LCSW & MFT)

 

1996 – 2002: Instructor: The Northern California Children & Family Services Training Academy

Core Training -Module 1: Human Development and Behavior

Advanced Training in Child Sexual Abuse

Module I - Forensic Interviewing of Children

Module II - Bias in Interviewing, Developing Hypotheses, & Decision Making

Module III - Intervention with Non Offending Mother’s & Child

Molesters

 

 

1997-1999 Facilitator for one-week statewide Family Violence Institute

 

1996- 1998 Adjunct Instructor & Preceptor - California State University Long Beach - Department of Social Work - Field Instructor for MSW graduate Students

 

1994 – Present - Instructor for Center for Human Services University Extension, University of California, Davis. - Provide training for Social Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, Probation Officers and Resource Specialists in the following areas:

·         Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

·         Allegations of Child Abuse- Do Children Lie?

·         Attachment, Separation and Loss

·         Child Sexual Abuse-Investigation and Treatment (2 day workshop)

·         Children and adolescents who sexually misbehave (new 2008)

·         Chronic Neglect

·         Custody Disputes

·         Domestic Violence and CalWORKs

·         Domestic Violence - Impact On Child Development

·         Effects of Child Maltreatment on Child Development

·         Enhancing Interviewing Skills with Children (Includes Forensic Interviewing)

·         Grief and Loss in Child Welfare

·         Interviewing Children to Assess Sexual Abuse

·         Investigating Child Abuse and Neglect

·         Treating Sexually Abused Children and their families

·         Treating Sex Offenders in the Community (2 day workshop)

·         Understanding Juvenile Sex Offenders (for probation officers)

 

Conference Presentations and Seminars

2009 Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, Nashville, TN

Understanding Children’s and Adolescent’s Sexual Behavior in Sexually Exploitive Culture

 

 2009  Childhelp River Bridge Center, Glenwood Springs, CO

Child and Adolescent Sexual Misbehavior

2008 Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, Nashville, TN

Empathy and Victim Clarification

The Treatment Team as a Moral Compass

2008 California Coalition on Sexual Offending, San Francisco, CA

Children and adolescents who sexually misbehave: They are not Mini-perps!

2007 Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, Nashville, TN

                “Using Conscience as a Guide: Enhancing Sex Offender Treatment in the Moral Domain”

“Child and Adolescent Sexual Misbehavior – They are not mini-perps”       

2007 California Association for the Education of Young Children, San

         Jose, CA

“Children's Sexual Behavior: What's Healthy and What's Not”

2006  Utah Children’s Justice Symposium Salt Lake City, UT

“Adolescent Sexual Misbehavior – They Are Not Mini-Perps”

“Sexual Offenders – Dispelling the Myths”

2006 The Continuum of Services for Adolescents Who Have Sexually

Offended Toronto, Canada

“Sexual Development Amidst Sexual Confusion”

2006- WRAP Parent Partners Orange, CA

Using WRAP Teams With Adolescents Who Sexually Misbehave

2004 RESPECT conference, Redding, CA

Domestic Violence: Shaping the Moral Core

The impact of Domestic Violence on Child Attachment

2004  Northern California Foster Care Conference, Asilomar CA

 “Sexual Health in a Climate of Sexual Confusion”

2004 – California Coalition on Sexual Offending, San Francisco, CA–

Keynote with Judge Michael Wellington “Bridging Healthy Sexuality to Community Safety”

Conscience Work: Revitalizing the Moral Core – An Experiential Workshop

2004  6th Annual Joint MASOC/MATSA Regional Conference

Marlborough, MA

Pre-Conference “Using Conscience as a Guide: Enhancing Sex Offender Treatment in the Moral Domain”

2004 North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals – Eureka, CA

“Domestic Violence” (fulfills MFT, LCSW requirements)

2003 California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children – San Francisco, CA

“Sexual Offending - Dispelling the Myths"

2003 Family Violence Response Team Symposium  - Sacramento, CA

"Building Community Capacity to Prevent Family Violence”

2003 10th Annual Family Strengths Training Institute – Sacramento, CA

 “Sexual Health in a Climate of Sexual Confusion”

“Exploring the Moral Domain with Children and Adults”

2003 6th Annual Sex Offender Registration, Community Notification, and Related Issues Conference – Seattle, WA

“Sexual Behavior in Children, What’s Healthy- What’s Not”

2003 North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals –

Eureka, CA

“Inquiring into the Conscience – Assessment and Treatment”

2003 National Adolescent Perpetrator Network – Cherry Hill, NJ

”Exploring the Moral Domain with Sexually Abusive Youth”

2003 Sixth Annual Training Conference California Coalition on Sexual Offending – San Diego, CA

Pre Conference “Using Conscience as a Guide: Enhancing Sex Offender
Treatment in the Moral Domain “
 “Sexual development in a climate of sexual confusion”

2002North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals – Crescent City, CA

“Inquiring into the Conscience – Assessment and Treatment”

200221st Annual Research and Treatment Conference – Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers - Montreal Canada

“Children’s Sexual Behaviors: What’s Healthy-What’s Not”,

2002California’s Focus: Family Strengths Family –Centered Services

Conference - Sacramento, CA

“Children’s Sexual Behavior: What’s Healthy, What’s Not”

“Is He a Danger to my Child?”

2002  Victor Treatment Centers – Clinical Conference -Asilomar, CA

“Sexual Behavior in Children”

2002  Fifth Annual Training Conference – California Coalition on Sexual

Offending - Sacramento, California

“Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment” – Pre Conference Seminar

“Assessing Children’s Sexual Behavior: What’s Healthy-What’s Not”

2001 Family Strengths Conference - Sacramento, CA

“Understanding Sexuality in Children – What’s Healthy, What’s not!”
“Raising a Moral Child – Understanding Moral Development”

2001 Ninth Annual Redwood Empire Perinatal Conference - Eureka, CA

 “Impact of Domestic Violence on Child Development”

2001 Fourth Annual Training Conference - California Coalition on Sexual

Offending. Irvine, CA

 “Assessing Children’s Sexual Behavior”,

 “An Inquiry into the Conscience of Child Molesters”

2000 Child Welfare Peak Performance Conference: The Challenge of

Integrated Services - Mount Shasta, CA

  “Domestic Violence and Children.,”

2000 19th Annual Research and Treatment Conference – Association for

 the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal Canada

“Enriching cognitive-behavioral sex offender treatment with an inquiry into the conscience of sex offenders”

2000 Building Bridges to Peaceful Families - A Conference on Family

 Violence Santa Barbara, CA

“Impact of Domestic Abuse on Child Development.” 

2000 Seventh Annual California’s Focus: Family Strengths - Sacramento CA.

“Failure to Protect - Stop Blaming the Mothers.”

1999 Second Annual Treatment Conference - California Coalition on

          Sexual Offending - Berkeley, CA

“Victim Empathy and Victim Clarification”

“ Sex Offender Assessment Made Easy: Objectives, Concepts and Procedures”

1999 Sixth Annual California Focus: Family Strengths - Family Centered

         Services Conference - Sacramento, CA

 “Impact of Domestic Violence on Child Development”

 

 

Clinical Experience

1999-present Private Practice specializing in forensic training and consultation

 

1984 -2005: Private practice specializing in Interpersonal Violence providing group, family and individual therapy for victims, non offending parents and perpetrators of Sexual Abuse. Group therapist for Children witnessing Domestic Violence. Group Therapist for females convicted of domestic violence.  Contract after care provider for Atascadero State Hospital Sex Offender Treatment Program and California Conditional Program for the Criminally Insane. Expert Witness (Humboldt and Del Norte Counties) Superior Court in areas of Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse Allegations, Sex Offender Treatment, Separation, Attachment and Custody. Supervisor for LCSW and MFCC interns.

 

1974-1984 - Social Worker, Field Representative and Supervisor - Children's Home Society of California. Duties included: Counseling with pregnant teenagers, placement of older children for adoption and supervision of special needs children in adoptive placement. Therapist with the Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program. Developed services to Adolescent Sex Offenders.

 

1973-1974 Employed by YWCA as Social Worker with Teen Mother Program.

 

1969-1971: Jewish Family Service, Trenton NJ: Senior Caseworker and Acting Executive Director: - Providing individual and family counseling community organization (work with senior citizens), fund raising, administration, supervision of clerical staff and work with Board of Directors.