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Human Trafficking Training

For Educators, Administration, School Support Staff, Youth-Serving Professionals, and Community Stakeholders

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School personnel and those who work directly with youth are in an exclusive position to prevent human trafficking. Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal enterprise in the world and a very real threat to our youth. To actively combat, prevent, and identify human trafficking in our schools and communities, you must first understand the problem. This training is designed to equip education and youth-serving professionals, school support staff, and community stakeholders with the knowledge and tools to prevent, identify, and report human trafficking. Through this training, you will learn:

What human trafficking is and what it looks like in communities.
How our students are impacted.
Risk factors and vulnerabilities for human trafficking.
The role of technology and social media in trafficking and exploitation.
Potential barriers to identification.
Signs and red flags for human trafficking, exploitation, and abuse.
What the grooming process, and what it looks like.
How to report and respond to suspected or disclosed trafficking situations utilizing a trauma-informed approach.

“School personnel are uniquely positioned to identify and report suspected abuse and connect students to services—actions that can prevent trafficking and even save lives,” the U.S. Department of Education stated in its 2015 guide Human Trafficking in America’s Schools.

Human Trafficking 101

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Project Protect Our Children is a Texas Education Agency-certified provider of human trafficking training for school district board members, charter school board members, and school officers, and a continuing professional education (CPE) provider for the State of Texas.

Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol

If your District does not have a human trafficking reporting protocol compliant to HB 111 and Texas Administrative Code 61.1051, we have tools to help you. We are also happy to offer our expertise and assistance upon request.

HTSSP Toolkit

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families Office on Trafficking In Persons, National Human Trafficking Training and Assistance Center offers the following:

The Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol Toolkit is a step-by-step guide to help schools (1) identify students that may be experiencing trafficking or may have an increased risk for trafficking, (2) ensure educators and other staff comply with mandatory reporting laws, (3) ensure the safety of students, educators, and other staff when reporting human trafficking and other forms of violence, and (4) help students connect to service providers and/or programs intended to reduce further exposure to violence and victimization.

Toolkit for Building a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol.pdfPDF