Michael Lavesky is employed as the program chair and a full-time faculty member within the Rehabilitation and Human Services (RHS) program at Penn State University - Abington College while maintaining his own private practice. Mr. Lavetsky has been working with youthful offenders and victims since 2002 while specializing in the field of forensic assessment and treatment of individuals who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior in addition to youth presenting with a variety of co-occurring mental health and substance-related disorders. He has extensive experience performing forensic evaluations on individuals (particularly juveniles) presenting with a variety of criminal behavior and has worked in both residential and outpatient therapeutic settings in Pennsylvania and Florida. Additionally, Mr. Lavetsky has conducted national presentations and local trainings on evidence-based practices for youth with co-occurring disorders and/or youth with sexual behavior problems while also having served as a lecturer for West Chester University’s Crime and Justice Lecture Series. Mr. Lavetsky is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board (SOAB). Notably, Michael has received advanced training in the use of Motivational Interviewing (MI), Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in addition to specialized training from Gale Ryan in order to become a certified trainer for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of sexually abusive behaviors in children and adolescents.