Understanding Childhood Sexual Abuse & its Impacts on System Involved Youth

Nola Kesia Brantley 

Training Description

Given the patterns of trauma including childhood sexual abuse that system involved youth experience it is crucial for those who serve and support system involved youth to have a comprehensive understanding of childhood sexual abuse and its impacts. Understanding the areas of a youth’s life that may be impacted by childhood sexual abuse is important to consider for services and support planning. Childhood sexual abuse survivors can be triggered as a result of the trauma they’ve suffered and understanding this is key to providing them with compassionate care.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least 2 types of childhood sexual abuse.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 2 ways that childhood sexual abuse can impact system involved youth behaviors.

· Participants will be able to identify 3 strategies for effectively engaging system involved youth who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.

Agenda

1:00-1:15pm  Trainer and Topic Introductions

1:15-1:30pm  It Starts with Me: Becoming More Alive

1:30-1:45pm  It Starts with Me: Bolstering Self

1:45-2:00pm  It Starts with Me: Vulnerability and Embracing Our Stories

2:00-2:15pm  What is Childhood Sexual Abuse?

2:15-2:30pm  Types of Childhood Sexual Abuse

2:30-2:45pm  The Continuum of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and commercial sexual exploitation

2:45-3:00pm  Signs of Sexual Abuse

3:00-3:15pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

3:15-3:30pm  Prevalence of Childhood Sexual Abuse

3:30-3:45pm  Shame and Sexual Abuse

3:45-4:00pm  Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse

4:00-4:15pm  Grooming

4:15-4:30pm  Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse

4:30-4:45pm  Supporting Survivors

4:45-5:00pm  Questions and Closing

Meet Our Trainer

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.