Virtual: Human Trafficking: Training for Healthcare Personnel in the School

Important Session Information:

No partial credit will be provided. Participants must attend the full course in order to receive credit. You must be registered by 11:59 p.m. on 12/4/2023 to receive the registration link.

This state-approved training provides school-based personnel with relevant information regarding human trafficking prevention and meets the requirements for license renewal from the State of Texas through the following boards: Board of Nursing, State Board of Examiners of Psychologists/Behavioral Health Executive Council, Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, Health and Human Services/Behavioral Health Executive Council, and Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Specifically, we will address definitions, risk factors, trafficker profiles and techniques, implications for the school setting, and prevention. School-based scenarios will be explored to highlight the concepts presented.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define human trafficking and its subtypes and contrast it with smuggling and prostitution.

2. Identify factors likely to place students at risk for human trafficking.

3. Describe profiles of human traffickers and their techniques.

Presenter: Michelle Douthitte, BSN, RN, NCSN

This presentation has been submitted for continuing education credit approval to professional organizations for school nurses.

This program has been submitted for approval of 2.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA). TSHA approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

This program has been submitted for approval of 2.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA).

This session has been submitted for approval by Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) for 2.5 Continuing Education hours (CE).