What You’ll Discover in Katheen Leilani Ja Sook Bergquist Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents
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Katheen Leilani Ja Sook Bergquist – Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents
Is there a caseload of children that you know isn’t right? Often, this is the first indication that a child is being traded. Parents miss it, educators miss it, and Unfortunately, too many therapists fail to recognize the signs. This workshop will take you on a journey through the lives of sexually exploited youth. and Give you the skills to successfully work from trauma-informed perspective.
Learn from Kathleen in this recording Leilani Ja Sook BergquistDr., JD., PhD., LCSW. She draws from more than 20 years of experience working with survivors of sexual abuse. Dr. Bergquist These strategies will help you to be a more effective clinician.
- Identify children who have been trafficked and adolescents
- You can work with youth who are often just-Get involved and/or foster care
- Stop the trafficker’s ability to control the child by breaking the trauma bond
- Identify trauma-Specific evidence-There are a variety of based approaches. No One approach is not enough!
Working with these children can be complex, they often don’t see themselves as victims, and Not prepared but well-intended clinicians can replace the trafficker from the youth’s perspective. Nothing is more satisfying than helping youth get out of the trauma-bonded traps that their exploiters create.
- Recognize the signs that a child is being trafficked and You must determine the right treatment plan.
- You must create the right environment for survivors of trafficking to achieve the best clinical outcomes.
- Summarize federal laws that pertain to human trafficking and This information can be used to improve clinical treatment.
- Utilize a strength-A based treatment approach to clinical issues like complex trauma and PTSD and trauma bond.
- How to foster post-traumatic growth in children who have been victims of sextrafficking.
- Explore the role of the clinician in supporting clients’ rights to self-Safety is determined and Well-being.
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Youth sexual trafficking
- Legal and clinical definitions
- Federal and state laws
- Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
- Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC)
- Sexually Exploited Youth (SEY)
- Sex trafficking: Risk factors
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Average age of entry
- Psychosocial development is lacking
- Specific vulnerabilities
- Environment support is limited
Assessment and Red Flags
- Screening tools or tools to identify victims of DMST
- Cluster of behavior and/or social contexts which are indicators of trafficking
Trauma Bond: “Superglue of Sexual Exploitation” and Moral Injury
- Psychological foundations of trafficking entry
- Understanding traffickers/pimps
- Psychological processes for grooming victims
- Why victims stay and return
Traficking Traumas:
- Do you have evidence?-Treatment for trauma stress (e.g. TF-CBT, EMDR)
- Strengths-Treatments based on the client (e.g. CBT, resiliency, client as expert)
- Trauma-Information vs. trauma-Services that are specific
- Matching treatment for different types and forms of trafficking
Post-Traumatic Growth: Transformation From Victim to Survivor
- Discover strengths by working through the trauma (Tedeschi & Calhoun)
- Resiliency v. post-Traumatic growth
- Critical questions; perceived v. actual growth
- Examples of case studies: From trauma to recovery
Potential Treatment Obstacles and What can you do about them?
- Trust in providers is lacking and Law enforcement
- The power of the trauma bond
- There is a risk of being re-introduced to trafficking
- Instability in care
Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Contradictions between clients-Practice that is centered and legal/law enforcement (i.e. Detention vs. Safe House
- Trafficking victims are covered by laws
- Safe harbor laws
- Age of consent in minors
- Trafficking cases should be prosecuted
- Role of the clinician in supporting clients’ rights to self-Safety is determined and Well-being
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