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SSSS CE Statement
Certificate of Attendance Requirements
Reporting of Hours
Approval by Professional Organizations

As an approved sponsor of Professional Organizations, SSSS is able to offer its audience the opportunity to earn continuing education credit hours (CECH) to advance their knowledge and to communicate what they learned to broaden their clinical, academic, consultative, and research knowledge as a professional.

If registered to attend the 2023 SSSS Annual conference (in-person or virtual), you also have the opportunity to register to earn CECH during the conference (additional fee).  

It is the professional's responsibility to determine the acceptability of these programs/sessions for specific licensure or certification needs.  


SSSS does not condone, recommend, or support any products mentioned in any continuing education session.


SSSS maintains responsibility for the SSSS Annual Conference Program.

Please refer to the specific tabs for more information: Certificate of Attendance Requirements, Reporting of Hours, and Approval by Professional Organizations.

A CE Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to each participant if a participant pre-registers to earn continuing education credit hours and all information below is completed for each session that you attend.

To receive a CE Certificate of Attendance, a 
participant has to:

  • Pre-Register: $49.00 USD - SSSS Member / $69.00 USD - Non-Member
  • In-Person Registrants: 
    • Continuing education credit hours will be offered during the plenary sessions and concurrent sessions. Up to 11.5 CE credit hours can be earned during the in-person conference.   
    • CE Registrants must sign-in and sign-out of every CE session they attend. Please make sure that you go to the moderator to sign-in and sign-out as you enter/exit each session.
    • CE Registrants are asked to complete the CE evaluation form after each CE session they attend.
  • Virtual Registrants:
    • Continuing education credit hours will be offered during the plenary sessions. Up to 5.5 CE credit hours can be earned during the virtual conference (synchronous).
    • CE Registrants must attend the entire CE session. Attendance Reports will be exported for each session at the close of each day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday,  and Sunday.
    • CE Registrants are asked to complete the CE evaluation form after each CE session they attend.
Questions? Please contact SSSS at thesociety@sexscience.org

SSSS will report CECH hours to NCHEC – CHES®/MCHES® (per their requirement). Other than NCHEC – CHES®/MCHES®, it is the responsibility of the attendee to forward their CE Certificate to their professional organization, employer, state license agency, etc.


It is the participant’s responsibility to keep their CE Certificate for future use. 

AASECT: This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 17.5 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification. Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information, please contact info@aasect.org. Provider # 11-115-E


APA: The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


NCHEC – CHES®/MCHES®: Sponsored by The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 11.5 hours Category 1 contact education contact hours. Organization ID #100963 Event ID (TBD)


Continuing Education Registration and Rates

For more information, select the 2023 Annual Conference button below and refer to the conference registration in-person or virtual registration sections.  

2023 Annual Conference

Thursday, November 16th
Friday, November 17th
Saturday, November 18th
Sunday, November 19th


Plenary
Session
1.5 CECH
5:00PM
Elite B Room
The War on Drag: Policing Sexual Expressions and Opportunities to Disrupt
Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, PhD, MPH, MCHES, with the participation of Mrs. Gia GiaVanni and Mrs. Aubrey Synclaire

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 CE Evaluation Form




Plenary
Session
1.0 CECH
9:00 AM
Elite B
Room
The Rise of Rough Sex: What We’ve Learned and What Sexuality Researchers, Educators,
and Clinicians Need to Know
Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH, CSE

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CE
Evaluation
Form

 
CE
Workshop
1.0 CECH
10:45 AM
Strand 10A
Room
"I'm gonna be sexually active until the day I die!" Sex, Myths, and Seniors: HIV Awareness
and Sexuality among Older Adults
Megan T. Ebor, PhD; Madeline Y. Sutton, MD, MPH

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CE
Evaluation
Form
 
CE
Workshop
1.0 CECH
10:45 AM
Strand 11A
Room
Decolonizing and Unsettling Erotic Colonization
Roger Kuhn, PhD

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CE
Evaluation
Form
Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
1:15 PM
Strand 10A
Room
LGBTQ Inclusive Sexual Health Promotion and Competency Building for Historically Underserved
and Minoritized Communities
Taymy J. Caso, PhD; Katherine Arenella, PhD

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CE
Evaluation
Form
Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
1:15 PM
Strand 10B
Room
Towards Inclusive Science and Practice with Consensually Non-Monogamous People: Motivations,
Therapist Stigma, and Opportunities to Advance Measurement and Training
Ellora Vilkin, MA; Sharon Flicker, PhD; Amy C. Moors, PhD; Katherine D. King, PsyD

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CE
Evaluation
Form
CE
Workshop
1.0 CECH
3:45 PM
Strand 10A
Room
Exploring the Possibilities for OT and Sex Therapy Collaboration in Sexuality and Intimacy
Kimberly Fuller, PhD, MSW; Jenn Soros, PhD; Karla Reese, DHSc; Robin Chilton, MBA, OTR/L

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CE
Evaluation
Form
 
Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
3:45 PM
Strand 10B 
Room
Pubic Hair Removal Practices and Motivations among U.S. Men and Women
Hannah Javidi, PhD; Eric Walsh-Buhi, PhD, MPH; Rebecca Fagan Houghton, MPA; Maggie
Walsh-Buhi, PhD, MPH; Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH

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CE
Evaluation
Form
Plenary
Session
1.0 CECH
5:00 PM
Elite B
Room
The Praxis of Engaging Interdisciplinary Sexualities Research for Black Same Gender
Practicing Men’s Communities
Leo Wilton, PhD, MPH

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CE
Evaluation
Form
 



Plenary
Session
1.0 CECH
 9:00 AM
Elite B
Room
“We Don’t Belong Here”: An Exploration of Identity through Artifact-Elicited Interviews with Black
Queer Women and the Impact of Re-Experienced Trauma on Researchers
Elizabeth Bartelt, PhD, MPH; Deana Williams, PhD, MPH; Tiffany Monique Quash, PhD

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CE
Evaluation
Form
 
CE
Workshop
1.0 CECH
11:00 AM
Strand 10A
Room
Advancing Sexual Health Promotion and HIV Prevention for Latino Populations with Strategic Alliances
Edda Santiago Rodriguez, DrPH, MPH; Souhail Malave Rivera, PhD; Jose Joaquin Mulinelli, BA;
Audrey Harkness, PhD;
Glorian Carrasquillo, MPH; Carlos Rodriguez Diaz, PhD, MPHE, MCHES

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CE
Evaluation
Form


Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
11:00 AM
Strand 10B
Room
Navigating Consensual Non-Monogamy: An Evolving Understanding of Relationship Dynamics and
Experiences of Stressors among People in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
Taylor Himes, BA; Rhonda Balzarini, PhD; Amy C Moors, PhD

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CE
Evaluation
Form
CE
Workshop
1.0 CECH
2:45 PM
Strand 10A
Room
Ecosexuality, Eco-Sustainable Sexual Health, and Eco-Informed Sexual Health Professional Practices
Amanda E. Morgan, MPH, PhD; Markie L. C. Twist, PhD, CSE-S

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CE
Evaluation
Form

Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
2:45 PM
Strand 10B
Room
Black and Indigenous Politics of Pleasure
Daniella Robinson, MEd; Charlesia McKinney, PhD; Dustin Gavin, MPhil, MA

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CE
Evaluation
Form

Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
4:00 PM
Strand 10A
Room
Using BDSM to Address Healing: The Kink and Flourishing Project
Richard Sprott, PhD; Julie Lehman, LMFT; Kristine Chadwick, PhD; Jessica Helmer

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CE
Evaluation
Form

 
Symposium
CE
1.0 CECH
4:00 PM
Strand 10B
Room
Consensual To Nonconsensual: Factors Associated with How People Understand and Interpret 
a Sexual Encounter as Consensual
Tiffany Marcantonio, PhD; Kristen Jozkowski, PhD; Elizabeth Neilson, PhD; Sasha Canan, PhD

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CE
Evaluation
Form


Plenary
Session
1.0 CECH
9:00AM
Elite B
Room
Controversies in Standards of Care for Transgender Youth - The Growing Evidence and Remaining Questions
in Pediatric Gender Affirming Care
Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH

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CE
Evaluation
Form



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