Out of the Darkness: Awareness, Protection and Services for Victims of Human Trafficking 

Human trafficking is modern day slavery.

This all day conference on Human Trafficking will provide a comprehensive overview of the profile of sex and labor trafficking from a clinical/service perspective, protection and policies from law enforcement, prosecution and community based services and resources.  A collaboration between the Office of San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, Victim Services Department, Chief of Victim Services Gena Castro Rodriguez, PsyD, LMFT and San Francisco Mental Health Education Funds, the conference will address prevention, protection and services for victims and survivors.

Sex Trafficking, Labor Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Victims are subjected to force, fraud, coercion, exploitation and violence. There are key cultural, psychological, physical, and economic risk factors that put male and female children, youth, adults, and elderly at risk.  This training is for health and mental health professionals, community based service providers, law enforcement and defense/prosecution professionals. 

Objectives:

• Increase understanding of forms of human trafficking including sex and labor trafficking
• Increase understanding of risk factors that put children, youth, adults and elderly at risk
• Understand policies, protocols and protections in place for victims in San Francisco
• Connect with resources, supports and services for victims and survivors

Morning Session: Dr. Gena Castro Rodriguez, Psy.D., LMFT, Chief of Victim Services, Office of San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.

• Local Statistics
• Risk Factors
  Power and Control in Trafficking
• Trauma and Risk Taking
• Recruitment and Grooming

Afternoon Panel One: Law Enforcement, Prosecution and Services

Julius De Guia, SFDA, Captain Teresa Gracie, SFPD, & Bill Tamayo, US EEOC

Panel will discuss protection of victims from a law enforcement, prosecution and services perspective including protocol and policies for victims.

Afternoon Panel Two: Community Based Services

Panel of community-based organizations will discuss their services and resources for victims of human trafficking.

• Huckleberry Youth Services
• Larkin Street Youth Services
• Sojourner Truth Foster Family Services
• Asian Women's Shelter 

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs): See List of disciplines below.

Cost:

• Conference fee: $35.00
  
• Conference plus 4 CEUs: $55.00

Payment can be made using your credit/debit card, Paypal or by sending a check made payable to: SFMHEF, Inc., 1380 Howard St. Suite 226, San Francisco, CA 94103. 

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LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs: Course meets the qualifications for up to 5 hours of continuing education credits as required by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEs provided by San Francisco Mental Health Education Funds, Inc. and Helynna Brooke, CA License number PCE5073.

Psychologists: Course meets the qualifications for up to 6 hours of continuing education credit provided by Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. approved by the American Psychological Association to sponser continuing education for psychologists. Psycho-Legal Associates maintains responsibility for the programs.

Nurses (RNs, PTs, LVNs, HHAs, CNAs): Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 11769. This live course provides six contact hours.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors: Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by The California Foundation for Advancement of Addiction Professionals (CFAAP), Provider # 1N-96-338-0514, to provide six CEHs per day in Advanced Education for Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADACs). CFAAP is the education board for the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC).

Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCs): This Psycho-Legal Associates course is eligible for approval on a post-attendance basis of six C.E. hours for CRCs certified by the The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs, NCCs): Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) to provide continuing education to National Certified Counselors (Provider #: 5815)

Occupational Therapists (OTs): This Psycho-Legal Associates course provides six professional development units (PDUs) to OTs who determine that this specific course is related to his/her area of practice. As a reminder, OTs need to complete 24 PDUs of which 50% of the required number of PDUs must be directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services, while the remaining units (up to 12) can be in other areas related to their practice.

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