All Michigan Health Professionals are required to take Human Trafficking training.

Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation (LARA) Rule 338.3901a requires licensees to complete training in identifying victims of human trafficking. This training requirement will need to be completed prior to license renewal in 2021.

The Presenter, Dr. Jeremy S. Norwood, is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Criminal Justice at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan. His research focuses on three major areas of human trafficking: migrant farmworker populations in Western Michigan, massage parlors in South-Central Michigan, and on Backpage, plus other adult advertisement sections that advertise all over Michigan. Dr. Norwood has also served as a part of task forces in Calhoun, Jackson, and Lenawee Counties and has given numerous talks to church gatherings, housing inspectors, nursing professionals, political groups, public health organizations, social service agencies, among many others. He and his students have held three different annual conferences on human trafficking during the Fall Semester at Spring Arbor University, which have educated more than 500 attendees.

Objectives (per Rule 338.1751a)

(1) Scope and Magnitude of the Problem of Human Trafficking

(2) How Human Trafficking is Defined

(3) Types and Venues of Human Trafficking in Michigan or the United States

(4) Causes and Indicators of Human Trafficking (particularly in the Health Care field)

(5) Potential Warning Signs for Human Trafficking

(6) Resources/Responses to Potential Cases of Human Trafficking

What Training is About: In this workshop, Dr. Jeremy Norwood will provide professionals in the counseling, health care, and social work fields substantive training regarding the issue of human trafficking and how it relates to their areas of practice. In response to the rise in the number of cases of human trafficking which have been reported around the State of Michigan, the Michigan legislature has required all counseling professionals to receive training on the topic of human trafficking.

Human Trafficking program participants will:

1) Understand the scope and magnitude of human trafficking

2) Be able to define human trafficking

3) Be aware of the types and venues of human trafficking in Michigan

4) Recognize the causes, indicators, and potential warning signs for human trafficking

5) Be able to identify resources to report potential causes of human trafficking.

Information: James Blundo Executive Director MMHCA - jamesblundo@att.net

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