This session equips SISP leaders and their teams with the knowledge and tools needed to implement mandated child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention training with confidence, consistency, and fidelity. Participants will gain an understanding of child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking, including prevalence data, risk factors, grooming tactics, trauma-informed practices, and North Carolina-specific reporting requirements. The training will also cover how to recognize and respond to disclosures, concerning behaviors, and suspected abuse, while emphasizing the role of schools in prevention, response, and creating a culture that supports student safety and well-being.
Location
Cambria Hotel Downtown Asheville
15 Page Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am: Check-In
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Child Abuse Prevention
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch (provided)
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention
Breakfast, beverages, and snacks will not be provided during this session. Participants are encouraged to plan accordingly and bring any items they may need throughout the day.
Lunch will be provided.
Objectives:
- Apply North Carolina's mandated-reporting requirements to realistic school-based scenarios, including recent updates to reporting law, determining when a report is and is not warranted, and identifying the questions that matter throughout each stage of the process.
- Differentiate between child abuse, neglect, and human trafficking by examining the overlap and warning signs across these categories, incorporating regional data, task force information, and local trafficking patterns to accurately recognize and respond to suspected trafficking situations.
- Understand how to develop a coordinated, trauma-informed approach to prevention and response by identifying roles and responsibilities of school personnel and community partners and determining strategies for integrating mandated training, prevention messaging, policies, student supports, and multidisciplinary collaboration into existing systems.
Speakers:
- Pachovia Lovette, MSW, School Social Work Consultant, NC Healthy Schools, NC Department of Public Instruction
- Gail Spinks-Brunson, Child Protective Service Supervisor, Guilford County Department of Social Services
- Courtney Dunkerton, Human Trafficking Program Specialist, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Continuing Education: 0.65 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (equivalent to 6.5 contact hours) have been applied for through the UNC Digital and Lifelong Learning department.
A certificate of CEUs will be provided for each attendee at the completion of the evaluation.
Registration information will be sent to the CEU office a the UNC Digital and Lifelong Learning where a permanent transcript of all CEU courses taken from UNC-Chapel Hill is maintained.
Audience
Please note this event is for current school nurses, counselors, phycologists, social workers, administrators, and support personnel/directors.