Human Trafficking 

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This comprehensive course provides mental health and allied professionals with a deep understanding of human trafficking, its devastating impact, and evidence-based approaches to care. Topics include definitions, prevalence, and U.S. responses; trauma and mental health consequences; treatment models for adults, children, and international victims; and the role of faith-based efforts, healthcare systems, and community services. Learners will also explore trafficking for forced labor, exploitation of athletes, online trafficking trends, and intersections with addiction. Emphasizing trauma-informed, survivor-centered practices, this course equips participants to recognize, respond, and support recovery for one of today’s most urgent human rights issues.

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• Define human trafficking and describe its prevalence, risk factors, and evolving trends in the United States and globally.
• Identify the psychological, physical, and social impacts of trafficking, with emphasis on trauma and co-occurring mental health conditions.
• Apply evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches to the treatment of trafficking survivors, including children and other vulnerable populations.
• Analyze the role of healthcare systems, faith-based organizations, and community services in responding to trafficking and supporting recovery.
• Evaluate emerging challenges such as online exploitation, labor trafficking, and intersections with addiction, and integrate best practices into professional settings.

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. BackgroundandUnderstanding
• Chapter 3. Evidence-based Mental Health Treatment
• Chapter 4. Treating the Hidden Wounds
• Chapter 5. Faith-BasedEffortstoCombatHumanTrafficking
• Chapter 6. HumanTraffickingofAthletes
• Chapter 7. Trafficking for Forced Labor; The Economy of Coercion
• Chapter 8. Extraterritorial Commercial Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Evolving Information and Improving Responses
• Chapter 9. Children: TheEasyTarget
• Chapter 10. Reengineering Health Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking
• Chapter 11. Traffickers Use of the Internet: The Hunting Fields
• Chapter 12. TheIntersectionofHumanTraffickingandAddiction

Course topics are chosen based on various board requirements and professionals needs. Licensed professionals oversee, compile and develop course materials, posttest, and other course materials, determine the level of difficulty, and ensure course content is appropriate. The course developer bio is available here.