Applying the Stages of Change with System Involved Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and their Caregivers

Nola Kesia Brantley

Training Description

This training is designed to enhance the training participant’s ability to support system involved youth who have survived Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and their caregivers. This training will discuss how to apply the stages of change model when supporting system involved youth affected by CSEC and their caregivers. Participants will learn how to identify what stage a CSEC survivor and caregiver are in and how to help them move from one stage to another. It’s essential for those who support system involved youth impacted by CSEC and their caregivers to understand and apply the stages of changes model to effectively support improved outcomes for these youth.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to identify the 5 stages of change.

• Participants will be able to explain at least 1 context of change.

• Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to help a system involved youth and caregiver transition from one stage to the next stage.

Agenda 

9:30-9:50am  Trainer & Topic Introductions

9:50-10:20am  Stages of Change Overview

10:20-11am  Stages of Change: Pre-contemplation/Contemplation

11:00-11:15am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

11:15-11:45am  Stages of Change: Preparation/Action

11:45am-12pm  Stages of Change: Maintenance

12:00-1:00pm  Stages of Change: Recycling (re-victimization, lapse, relapse)

1:00-1:30pm  Applying the Stages of Change: Treatment Planning/Organizationally

Meet Our Trainers

Nola Kesia Brantley, CEO & Founder of Nola Brantley Speaks has become nationally recognized as a powerful Survivor voice for the issue of child sex trafficking through her moving and information packed public speaking. Her hard work and perpetual vigilance has brought both focus and concrete resources to this chronically underserved and largely unrecognized population of victimized youth. Nola’s approach aims to be holistic!

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.