Provides an overview of current issues, challenges, and emerging practices facing child welfare jurisdictions as it relates to children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation.
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Defines CSEC and the scope of the problem of the commercial sexual exploitation of both girls and young women in the US.
Discusses polyvictimization as it relates to the commercial sexual exploitation of boys and adolescent males. This webinar describes unique issues for both runaway and "throwaway" youth, as well as implications for contracting HIV.
Gives an overview of current issues and challenges for law enforcement and the juvenile justice system in assisting children and adolescents who face commercial sexual exploitation.
Tackles the specific strategies and challenges within each child serving system providing services to commercially sexually exploited children.
Explores the common reasons CSEC youth seek care, as well as challenges to victim identification.
Discusses the complex issues of human trafficking. This webinar offers information on how human trafficking transects with both polyvictimization and complex trauma and how to serve survivors.
Looks back at Jordyn. Since disclosing her sexual exploitation experiences in a previous session, Jordyn continues to attend therapy sessions to address her distress symptoms; depression and PTSD.
Presents the current status of mental health assessment, intervention and prevention for commercially sexually exploited youth, and future steps for improving mental health services for this population.
Explores the conditions that contribute to youth affiliation with armed groups, including racialized structural and economic violence, individual and community traumatization, and high-risk behavioral adaptations to chronic violence.