This training is for multi-disciplinary partners and service providers responding to sex trafficking cases.  The training begins by exploring the reasons and conditions under which youth run away.  This sets the stage for learning a process of assessment and intervention in running away behaviors with the goal of supporting youth and placement stability and decreasing running away behavior over time.  The training concludes with a practice exercise to support integration of new knowledge and skills.   

Learning Objectives: 

• Explore running away behaviors as a set of responses to conditions in the home/placement or broader environment 

• Learn the Push/Pull Factors model and steps for responding to running away behavior 

• Integrate and apply the model to current practice and/or practice scenarios