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Training Program
Child Exploitation
Addressing Human Trafficking in America's Schools: Training Collateral

Department of Education, 2022

This set of training collateral includes posters and shareables that can be posted on social media or websites to help share key information on identifying, preventing, and responding to trafficking of students. It is designed to support continued education and awareness among staff after completion of the Addressing Human Trafficking in America’s Schools Staff Development Series.

Training Program
Child Exploitation
Addressing Human Trafficking in America's Schools: Staff Development Series

Department of Education, 2021

This training program provides educators with an introduction to human trafficking prevention. It includes three brief videos that provide information key to identifying potential trafficking, generating appropriate school-level responses, and efforts to prevent trafficking of students. Each video includes comments by both content and lived experience subject matter experts, as well as reflection questions for educators to consider individually or as a group.

Guidance
Child Exploitation
Addressing the Growing Problem of Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors Through Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Department of Education, 2021

This brief highlights the broader issue of domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) and suggest a framework for integrating school-based prevention and intervention strategies through Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). It includes a brief review of DMST and connections to PBIS and a discussion of how actions within the PBIS framework may help prevent DMST and provide assistance to student victims and their families.

Webpage
Child Exploitation
Trafficking Prevention

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice

This webpage provides an overview of youth human trafficking and includes resources, trainings, programs, tools, and guides to help members of the youth-serving community recognize children who may be on the path to becoming victimized and report suspicions to the appropriate authorities.

Webpage
Child Exploitation
Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers: Protecting Your Kids

Department of Justice

This webpage shares advice and information to help protect children from dangers in both the online and offline worlds. It also includes details and contact information to report child abductions and sexual exploitation. 

Webpage
Child Exploitation
Combatting Human Trafficking in America's Schools

Department of Education

This webpage provides resources to support schools' efforts to combat trafficking. It includes resources and information on identification and intervention, universal prevention, and vulnerable populations.

Webpage
Child Exploitation
Blue Campaign Resources

Department of Homeland Security

This webpage houses a collection of materials, trainings, and videos from the Blue Campaign. Blue Campaign is a national public awareness campaign designed to educate the public, law enforcement, and other industry partners to recognize the indicators of human trafficking, and how to appropriately respond to possible cases.

Guidance
Child Exploitation
Human Trafficking Response Guide For School Resource Officers

Department of Homeland Security, 2021

This downloadable guide designed for school resource officers includes information about what human trafficking is, how to recognize it among youth, tips for talking to youth about general exploitation, information about building life skills that may help prevent youth from being trafficked, and reporting options if you suspect a youth is affected by human trafficking or being exploited.

Fact Sheet
Child Exploitation
Indicators of Labor Trafficking: School Personnel

Department of Justice, 2021

This downloadable infographic outlines indicators to help individuals in schools identify potential victims of labor trafficking. It also includes contact information to report suspected trafficking incidents.

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