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

This module covers identification of sexual exploitation and how to engage with youth who have experienced trafficking. It further explores recruitment and ways to prevent or interrupt further harm. This will prepare service providers to increase identification of trafficking and improve services and responses for youth who have been trafficked.

This module covers the legal definitions and framing of sex trafficking, and the landscape of exploitation. This will prepare service providers and first responders to identify and respond to trafficking using trauma-informed and victim-centered approaches. Learning Objectives: - Learn the federal and state definitions of trafficking and practice applying that in practice scenarios - Explore the landscape of exploitation and learn how and where sex trafficking occurs - Learn the 5 core lessons for responding to sex trafficking

This training will increase skills and offer a framework for crisis response and de-escalation. The workshop will define the cycle of escalation, threat responses, the spectrum of ideation to intent, and the process of de-escalation. Participants will explore strategies to assess, respond, and de-escalate situations focused on direct practice settings and programs using hands-off approaches. During this module participants will: - Learn the foundational concepts of Motivational Interviewing and when to use this approach. - Explore the specific skills and OARS technique of Motivational Interviewing (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, summarizing). - Practice the skills of Motivational Interviewing applied to service provider scenarios.

This training offers a trauma-informed framework for navigating youth service milieus. It focuses on building skills for working with youth in community-based, residential, therapeutic, or educational settings. The training begins with an introduction to youth service milieus, then explores milieus through the framework of ?People, Structure, and Practices?. Topics include relationship building, boundaries, consistency, trauma informed milieus and general strategies for supporting milieus. During this module participants will: - Learn what a youth service milieu is and what functions milieus serve in youth development. - Explore the youth service milieu framework of People, Structure, and Practices for an integrated understanding of milieus. - Practice applying training strategies to youth service milieus.

This training offers a trauma-informed framework for navigating youth service milieus. It focuses on building skills for working with youth in community-based, residential, therapeutic, or educational settings. The training begins with an introduction to youth service milieus, then explores milieus through the framework of ?People, Structure, and Practices?. Topics include relationship building, boundaries, consistency, trauma informed milieus and general strategies for supporting milieus. During this module participants will: - Learn what a youth service milieu is and what functions milieus serve in youth development. - Explore the youth service milieu framework of People, Structure, and Practices for an integrated understanding of milieus. - Practice applying training strategies to youth service milieus.