Effective October 1, 2000, in order for a licensed clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist or mental health counselor to hold oneself out as one qualified to practice juvenile sex offender therapy the licensee must have:

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    (1) Completed education and training through course work which meets the standards for approval as set forth in Fl. Admin. Code R. 64B4-6.002, in the following subject areas:
    (a) Theories of child and adolescent development and psychopathology;
    (b) Developmental sexuality, including sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology, gender and sexual identity, and sexual diversity;
    (c) Interaction between sexuality and the dynamics of interpersonal and family relationships;
    (d) Sexual arousal patterns, including both typical and deviant fantasy patterns;
    (e) Sexual dysfunctions, disorders, and deviancy, including sexual abuse patterns and the thinking errors that support the cycle of abuse;
    (f) Victim empathy and victimology;
    (g) Use and misuse of defense mechanisms;
    (h) Dynamics of power and control;
    (i) Compulsivity management, arousal control, anger regulation, and relapse prevention;
    (j) Social resilience, competence and interpersonal effectiveness of juveniles;
    (k) Group therapy and biomedical approaches in treating sexual dysfunctions, disorders and deviancy;
    (l) Legal, ethical, and forensic issues in treating juvenile sex offenders.
    (2) Complete 20 hours of continuing education credits each license renewal biennium in any of the above subject areas or subject areas stated in Fl. Admin. Code R. 64B4-7.004(2)(a)
Rulemaking Authority 491.004(5), 491.0144 FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 491.0144. History-New 2-9-99, Amended 4-24-00, 8-24-00, 3-27-05, 9-13-07.