Understanding & Working with Children and Youth Who Have Been Sexually Exploited

Understanding & Working with Youth Who Have Been Sexually Exploited

A three-day workshop that will give you the understanding and skills to work with children and youth who have been sexually exploited/trafficked in the sex trade.

This workshop is necessary to address the realities of sexually exploited and trafficked children, youth, and adults in and will help work towards accomplishing the long-term goal of the Manitoba Provincial Strategy “Tracia’s Trust” to abolish sexual exploitation. Training for all systems, including child welfare, justice, education, and health, is critical to this goal’s accomplishment.

THE TRAINING WILL HELP YOU TO:

Build awareness and understanding of your own strengths, biases, values, etc.
Clarify important issues, dispel myths and misconceptions, and challenge conventional views and perspectives
Increase your understanding of the historical impacts of colonization and other factors that have contributed to the sexual exploitation of children/youth

Gain knowledge on current sex trade/trafficking legislation
Understand how predators (pimps/traffickers/gangs) exploit children/youth
Assess risk and level of exploitation
Intervene effectively with children/youth at different stages of exploitation
Employ Stages of Change and Harm Reduction strategies
Identify the barriers associated with exiting the sex trade and adapt treatments
Increase knowledge and awareness of the range of services and resources that have been designed to intervene, protect, and support children/youth

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Fill out the registration form and send to terf@newdirections.mb.ca – download the registration form here.
Please register one participant per form. Multiple registrations can be sent together.
New Directions will invoice your agency once the training is completed. Certificates will be mailed when payment has been received.
A confirmation email will be sent to you and your supervisor once registration has been received.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Cheryl Lynch, Administrative assistant
Transition, Education and Resources for Females/New Directions
717 Portage Ave, Winnipeg MB R3G 0M8
Phone: (204) 786-7051 ext. 5311 Fax: (204) 774-6468

Dates: see below
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day
Cost: $150

If cost is an issue, please contact Jane Runner at (204)786-7051 ext. 5260 or Jane.Runner@newdirections.mb.ca

Registration closes a week before the scheduled workshop.

ROUND	DATES	LOCATION
94 FULL	May 11, 12, 13^th 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave
95 FULL	June 8, 9, 10^th 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave
96	September 21, 22, 23^rd 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave
97	October 26, 27, 28^th 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave
98	November 16, 17, 18^th 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave
99	December 7, 8, 9^th 2022	Viscount Gort Hotel 1670 Portage Ave

Fax/E-mail completed registration form to TERF@newdirections.mb.ca
New Directions will invoice agency once training is completed

THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND TRAINING NEED A CONFIRMATION EMAIL.

Please note that venues used for training may have proof of vaccination requirements. Details for each session will be included in the confirmation email sent prior to session dates.

Training sessions may be switched to virtual sessions should there be changes to Public Health Orders.

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