Essential Skills for Serving the Sexually Exploited

Upon completion of this course, you will have an understanding of emotional and mental impacts of trauma as well as identifying language cues of pending or growing conflicts.  Read more

Upon completion of this course, you will have an understanding of the types of losses experienced by survivors, the way society contributes to the disenfranchisement of their grief and how you can create a safe space for survivors to process grief. Read more

Upon completion of this two part course, you will be able to understand the spectrum of dissociative disorders, explore the causes, prevalence, and symptoms of these disorders, understand some of the potential interventions and discuss how staff can support recovery. In part two, we will also explore the causes, prevalence, and symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder, discuss how DID might present, understand some of the potential interventions and find our role in the healing process. Read more

Upon completion of this course, you will have an understanding of the prevalence, characteristics and challenges of domestic minor familial sex trafficking. The data was derived from a national survey and in-depth interviews of justice professionals from 24 states, representing 3,505 cases of domestic minor sex trafficking, of which 917 cases were confirmed as familial. Read more

Upon completion of this course, you will have an understanding of the dimensions of mood, emotions, and feelings and how survivors can become more self-aware to regulate how they experience emotions. Read more

Upon completion of this course, you will have an understanding of the principles of a trauma-informed environment and why environmental safety is important. In addition, you will learn about designing a supportive and healing environment that reduces re-traumatization. Read more