The Breakfast Club

Each month, the CalATSA Chapter will hold a FREE 60-minute meeting and training designed to share news and information about what is happening in our specialty in California and offer a 45-minute training on a topic relevant to our work.

CalATSA Breakfast Club Monthly Meet & Train

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    June 2025

    On Tuesday morning, June 10, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., we will hold our second Meet & Train. Join us to learn more about “How We Assess Adolescents,” with Norbert Ralph, Ph.D., , followed by a review of current legislative changes, CASOMB and SARATSO updates, and more.

    Sign up below, and we will send you the Zoom link to join and share with your colleagues.

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    August 2025

    On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 9:00 am, we will have our monthly Meet & train. Join us for a training by Andrew Tamanaha, Ph.D, “When arousal becomes diagnosable”, a brief look at what a paraphilia is, and how we go about diagnosing it as a mental disorder.

    Followed by a review of current legislative changes, CASOMB & SARATSO updates, and more.

    Sign up below, and we will send you the Zoom link to join and share with your colleagues.

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    September 2025

    On Tuesday, September 9th, we will feature a 45-minute training with Polygraph Examiner Larry Dorsey, PAIII (Ret.), “My client/defendant failed his polygraph! Now what?” Understanding the use of post-conviction polygraphs in the Containment Model.

    Followed by our monthly updates and networking. Please sign up below to RSVP if you have not previously joined our training email list!

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    October 2025

    On Tuesday, October 14th, at 9:00 a.m., we will host our monthly meet and train with Chris Bennett, LMFT, who will be reviewing the CASOMB Treatment Completion Guide.

    The training will be followed by updates from stakeholders in our specialty here in California and networking.

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    December 2025

    Our Monthly Meet & Train will be held via Zoom at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 9th. Please join us for a presentation by Lacey Van Den Ham, AMFT, DPO, and Eva Toth, “The 360 Degree View: Officer, Client, Clinician & a Victim-centered approach.” Rehabilitation begins with Supervision Officers & SOTP Specialist Clinicians who can check their biases and better serve the client as effective agents of change, while utilizing a Victim-Centered approach.

    Our monthly legislative and CASOMB/SARATSO updates will follow the training.

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