Course Description:

Commercially sexually exploited children and youth present with a unique set of needs, requiring a comprehensive approach to engagement and support. The Advanced CSEC Caregiver training will provide an advanced and comprehensive curriculum on best practices for supporting and parenting youth that are commercially sexually exploited. In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in previous introduction to commercial sexual exploitation trainings, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when caring for and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact parenting/caretaking and caregivers. We will also discuss how the trauma of exploitation impacts the behavior, health, help-seeking, general engagement, and healing of youth who have been exploited, as well as a consideration of the role of substance in exploitation and trauma. Finally, we will spend significant time exploring and practicing helpful engagement frameworks including: trauma reenactments, the stages (cycle) of change, motivational interviewing techniques and trauma-informed care.

This course is for “in home caregivers” or caregivers in an “in home setting”. If you are a professional worker (social worker, probation officer, etc.), please email us at csectraining@westcoastcc.org to learn about our CSEC 102: Advanced Curriculum course.

Course Objectives:

1. Name at least three vulnerabilities and/or factors that increase risk for commercial sexual exploitation of minors.
2. Discuss trauma informed care (TIC) principles as they apply to work with exploited youth.
3. Describe why implementing TIC with sexually exploited youth is important.
4. List at least 3 dynamics and themes that are common when providing support to commercially sexually exploited youth.
5. Describe common psychological impacts of trauma for youth impacted by sexual exploitation.
6. Discuss the stages of change and how this is adapted for youth impacted by sexual exploitation.
7. Describe practices and strategies to support exploited youth at different stages of change.
8. Describe relevant motivational interviewing techniques for engaging/supporting sexually exploited youth.
9. Describe the importance of supporting youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation through a harm reduction lens.
10. Name three harm reduction strategies to support youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation.
11. Describe the ways complex trauma impacts behavior, health, help-seeking and general engagement and healing of youth impacted by sexual exploitation.
12. Discuss helpful engagement frameworks for working with exploited youth. Specifically youth who are disproportionately impacted such as: youth of color, LGBTQ+ identified youth, native youth, boys)

IMPORTANT:

This training is 16 hours total, split up into two days.

Please RSVP for ALL DATES:

Date: Monday, September 26th, 8:30-4:30pm

Date: Tuesday, September 27th, 8:30-4:30pm

This training will be offered IN PERSON. Please ensure that you are able to attend the entirety of the training in order to receive credit for attending.

Please note we will have strict COVID protocols in place to protect the safety and health of everyone in attendance. Please be prepared to show your vaccination status (vaccination is required per the venue's rules) upon arrival and wear a mask in all communal, indoor settings.

Parking Information:

The event will be in Building 700.

We will provide permits via email in advance of the training and will share additional parking information via email. Here is a link to the campus map: https://www.chabotcollege.edu/about/campus-maps.php?ref=header