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CE Course Description

Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States are frequently overlooked, misunderstood, and unaddressed domestic problems that not only are illegal activities, but also result in immediate and long-term physical, mental, and emotional harm to victims and survivors.  This CE course examines emerging strategies for preventing and identifying these crimes, for assisting and supporting victims and survivors, and for addressing exploiters and traffickers.

Author:  Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.  (2013, September).  Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States.  Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Retrieved from:  http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/reports/2013/confronting-commercial-sexual-exploitation-and-sex-trafficking-of-minors-in-the-united-states/toolkit.aspx

CE Course Objectives

1.  Summarize recommendations to increase awareness and understanding of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States.

2.  Give the crimes committed against children and adolescents that are considered commercial sexual exploitation and/or sex trafficking of minors.

3.  Analyze the most significant barriers to preventing, identify, and responding to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors.

4.  List three elements of a trauma-informed system of care.

5.  Identify the population that is often overlooked as being at risk for commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.

6.  Describe the focus of the most current prevention efforts.

CE Outline with Main Points

1.  The Problem

a.  The Definition Issue

b.  Guiding Principles

c.  Extent of the Problem

d.  Risk Factors

e.  Consequences

2.  How Victim and Support Services Can Help

a.  Child Welfare

b.  Federal and State Governments

c.  Multisector and Interagency Efforts

3.  Approaches and Challenges to Service Provision

a.  Approaches to the Provision of Services

b.  Challenges to Service Provision

4.  Recommended Strategies

a.  Increase Awareness and Understanding

b.  Strengthen the Law's Response

c.  Strengthen Research on Prevention and Intervention

d.  Support Collaboration

e.  Support Information Sharing

 5.  Barriers to Identification of Victims and Survivors

a.  Lack of Understanding

b.  Lack of Disclosure

c.  Potential and Perceived Complications Related to Mandated Reporting

d.  Lack of Policies and Protocols

6.  How Health Care Professionals Can Help

a.  Models of Care

b.  Education and Training of Health Care Professionals

c.  Tools for Identification of Victims

d.  Health Care of Victims and Survivors: Management and Treatment

e.  Multisector and Interagency Efforts

Social Work Approval

Social Work CE Credit for this course is offered with the following approvals. Many state boards of social work will accept the approvals listed. Provider Approvals by state and license type can be found here.

• Quantum Units Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT Provider #89970, to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEP. Quantum Units Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
• Florida board for Social Workers CE Provider #50-8650 (Quantum 'immediately' reports CE Credits to Florida licensees) 
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, License No. 159.001261 approved CE Sponsor
• Ohio CSWMFTB #RCST091701 approved CE Provider
• Texas Board of SWE #5070 approved CE Provider
• Quantum Units Education, #1289, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 01/03/2023 - 01/03/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2.00 'General' continuing education credits.

To see other approvals in your state, see our state by state provider approval listings here.

CAADE Approval

This course does not have CAADE approval for CEUs.

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Added On: 09/14/2016