Prepared to discuss the current political climate? Media Training with Susan Wright of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Are you ready if you have to speak to the media in this current political climate? You need preparation and planning to be an effective spokesperson for yourself and your message. We’ll give you Media Tips on dealing with reporters, and go through some sample soundbites on sex education that you can adapt for your own use. We’ll also talk about strategy and tactics based on some examples and gotcha questions. Join in our discussion!
Learning Objectives
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Distinguish at least three current trends in legal and legislative efforts that are critical to sex educators and therapists.
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Create talking points to convey your message in a way that won’t be taken out of context
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Understand how to communicate with journalists so that you control the narrative
Susan Wright, MA
Susan Wright, MA (she/her) founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and serves as Executive Director. She currently chairs the Consent Counts Committee that worked with the American Law Institute to revise the Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault to create Section 213:10 Explicit Prior Permission for consent to kink. She also chaired NCSF’s successful DSM Revision Project which helped result in the consensual paraphilias being separated from the Paraphilic Disorders in the DSM-5 (2013). Susan has presented over a hundred workshops for professional organizations, colleges and community groups on discrimination, consent, and media influence on the persecution of alternative sexualities. Susan’s research focuses on discrimination and violence against alt-sex practitioners, consent practices and attitudes, and the mental and physical health of alt-sex practitioners, with 22 papers published in professional journals. www.ncsfreedom.org
Continuing Education Credit
- American Psychological Association continuing education credit
TASHRA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TASHRA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
This program addresses Curriculum Content standard 1.3,
Program content focuses on topics related to psychological practice, education, or research other than application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that are supported by contemporary scholarship grounded in established research procedures
- American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
The Core Knowledge Area addressed in this webinar is:
O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills.
Scholarships
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TASHRA Grievance and Complaint Policy
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While TASHRA makes every attempt to assure fair treatment for all participants, occasionally complaints will arise about continuing education programs. This does not include complaints or comments received on course evaluations.
The person with a grievance will first try to informally resolve their grievance by contacting TASHRA with the issue concerning the training, its delivery, the evaluation method, technological issue, other attendee(s), and/or any other concern.
When a participant files a complaint, either orally or in written format, and expects action on the complaint, the following actions and procedures will be taken:
- If the grievance concerns a speaker, the content presented by the speaker, or the style of presentation, the individual making the complaint will be asked to put his/her comments in written format. The Professional Development Services Manager will then pass the comments on to the speaker, assuring the confidentiality of the complainant.
- If the complaint concerns a workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered, Professional Development Services Manager will mediate and attempt to resolve the complaint promptly. If the participant requests action, the Professional Development Services Manager is empowered to:
- Attempt to move the participant to another workshop, or
- Provide a credit for a subsequent year’s workshop, or
- Provide a partial or full refund of the workshop fee.
- Actions 2b and 2c will require a written note, documenting the grievance, for record keeping purposes. The note need not be signed by the grieved individual.
- If the complaint is made after the program has occurred or concerns the TASHRA CE programming more generally, the Professional Development Services Manager will address it as follows:
- Request that the complainant submit a written complaint and propose an appropriate remedy.
- Provide the instructor(s) with the opportunity to respond to the complaint and propose an appropriate remedy,
- Review these documents, make a final determination, and decide on any remedy.
- TASHRA’s Clinical Training Committee will then consult regarding this grievance in an effort to find fair methods of resolving the grievance.
- If the aggrieved person is not satisfied with the solutions put forth, then they may put their grievance in writing and contact the American Association of Sexuality Educator, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). The appropriate AASECT personnel can be reached at [email protected].
- TASHRA will abide by any decisions made by the APA or AASECT regarding resolution of the grievance.
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