Robert E. Longo, LPC, NCC , is in private practice specializing in qEEG Brain Mapping, Biofeedback, and Neurofeedback, and he serves as a consultant, educator, trainer, and author dedicated to working with youth and sexual abuse prevention and treatment. He was previously Director of Clinical Training/Stress Reduction Clinic & Biofeedback Lab, and Clinical Director (2005-2008); Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, a psychiatric hospital, in Winston-Salem, NC, and Corporate Director of Special Programming and Clinical Training for New Hope Treatment Centers, Charleston, South Carolina. Rob's focus is on sexual abuse prevention and treatment with youth, and the treatment of youth with serious behavioral problems. He has consulted and presented internationally in the field of sexual abuser assessment, treatment, and program development, and is co-founder and first President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Rob was previously Director of the Safer Society Foundation, Inc. and the Safer Society Press from 1993 through 1998.

Rob was the director of the Sex Offender Correctional Treatment Program; Mental Health Division, State of Oregon; Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon from April 1983 through August 1989. He was formerly the Director of the Sex Offender Unit; North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center; Gainesville, Florida and consultant to the sex offender programs for the State of Florida.

Rob has trained professionals in law enforcement, mental health, protective service agencies, victim advocate programs, criminal justice, and the judicial system internationally. He has been a consultant and trainer for the National Institute of Corrections and has helped develop sexual abuser treatment programs throughout the United States, and in Europe, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

In addition, Rob has written and published five books, nine workbooks, more than forty-five chapters and articles in the field of sexual abuse treatment, and pioneered the adult sexual offender workbook series formerly published by the Safer Society Press and now published by NEARI Press. He is co-editor of the new book, Current Perspectives: Working with Sexually Aggressive Youth and Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems and is the author of the books New Hope Exercises for Youth: Experiential Exercises for Children and Adolescents and Paths To Wellness, and coauthor of Sexual Abuse In America: Epidemic of the 21st Century.

Rob has specialized in the sexual abuse field and has worked with victims, and with juvenile and adult sex abusers in residential hospital, prison, and community-based settings since 1978. See full resume

Deborah Price Longo, BSW, ACSW , is Area Manager for Vanguard Professional Staffing, Inc. She has been a trainer and educator since 1980. Deb has worked as a social worker, supervisor, and program manager for over 25 years. She specialized in working with abused, foster, and adopted children and their families. In addition to her primary focus in child welfare, Deb has also developed and worked with domestic violence programs and worked in the field of rape and incest counseling. During her career with the North Carolina Division of Social Services, she was a family planning social worker and appeared on CBS This Morning as a family planning specialist. As a trainer and consultant for the State of North Carolina she trained child welfare social workers, supervisors and other professionals. Deb is a certified MAPPS/GPS trainer and certified in Family Structured Therapy.

Deb has trained throughout the United States and has conducted training in England, Ireland, Germany and Austria. Deb ’ s focus is on child welfare and working with children, and specifically foster children and adopted children with attachment disorders. Deb has presented internationally and is coauthor of the book, New Hope for Youth: Experiential Exercises for Children and Adolescents. See Full Resume