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NACSW

Stolen Childhoods: Understanding the Sexual Exploitation of America s Children
Date: April 15, 2010 - April 15, 2010
Time(s):
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker:
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Alesia Adams

About the Speaker

Content Level: Basic
Primary Audience: Social workers; social work students; faith leaders; clergy; social service workers

Venue Location
Southeastern University
1000 Longfellow Blvd

Lakeland FL 33801

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Description

This presentation will address the myths and realities of the commercial sexual exploitation of children in America. It will discuss the impact and the attitudes toward this epidemic and how popular culture influences and reinforces these views.

This workshop will describe the gradual normalization of sexual exploitation and how this has conditioned many aspects of US socieity to believe prostitution is socially acceptable. It will seek to empower service providers, social workers, and therapists with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal compassionately and effectively with the increasing population of exploited youth.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this comprehensive workshop, the participants will:

  • Articulate the risk factors of growing up as a female in today’s society
  • Describe antecedents that make a girl vulnerable to sexual exploitation
  • Outline the specialized needs of at-risk girls
  • Understand the “pornification” of the youth culture which targets children
  • Describe the strategies pimps/exploiters use to recruit girls into prostitution
  • Outline several approaches regarding how to end the demand for women and children’s involvement in the sex industry

    The goal of the workshop is to empower service providers, social workers, and therapists with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal compassionately and effectively with the increasing population of exploited youth. Upon the completion of this training, participants will be able to become an integral part of a network actively involved in providing services for this special needs population.

    • Costs
    Basic $10 (US)
    Full-Time Student $0 (US)
    Non-member Basic $25 (US)
    Non-member Full-Time Student $5 (US)

    NACSW, provider #1078, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, phone: 800-225-6880, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. NACSW maintains responsibility for the program. Social Workers will receive 2.0 continuing education clock hours for participating in this training. It is important for participants to contact their own licensing boards licensing boards to verify that this training meets their requirements for continuing education credit and/or licensure renewal.

    Requirements for Earning Continuing Education Contact Hours:
    Audio Conference Workshops    : Requirements to earn continuing education contact hours for audio conference workshops include: a) listening in to the two-hour audio conference workshop; b) completing an on-line evaluation of the session; c) receiving a grade of 80% or better on the “open-book” post-workshop quiz developed by the presentation speaker. Session participants who meet these requirements will receive a continuing education contact hour certificate from NACSW within 30 days after submitting their post-workshop quiz. Certificates will either be sent out by NACSW as email attachments, or mailed out to session participants.

    Regional Conferences : Requirements for earning continuing education contact hours for regional conferences include: a) being in attendance for the full duration of the regional conference; b) signing in at the beginning of the regional conference on NACSW’s event sign-in sheet; c) completing an evaluation of the regional conference. Regional conference participants who meet these requirements will receive a continuing education contact hour certificate from NACSW within 30 days after the conference is over. Certificates will either be sent out by NACSW as email attachments, or mailed out to conference participants .

    Registration Fee and Refund Policy : The registration fee covers participation in the full conference session. The additional (optional) $5.00 continuing education fee covers the application for continuing education contact hours associated with this session. Upon request via made email or telephone up to one week prior to this session, a registrant will receive a full refund (minus a $25 processing fee). No refunds can be provided after this time.

    Grievance Procedure: Any individual who has a complaint regarding any aspect of this regional conference is encouraged to communicate in writing to the executive director of NACSW within 30 days after the conference. The executive director will conduct a review and respond in writing within 30 days of receiving this complaint. For more information, contact the NACSW office at info@nacsw.org or 203-270-8780.

    Accommodations: Please contact NACSW, 888-426-4712, at least 30 days before the event if you would like to request a special accommodation.

     

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