Monday, January 6th, 2025 10:00 AM EST -1:00 PM EST Laura Cusack
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Webinar Description
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The world's largest minority group is people with disabilities, and this populations experiences crime, including human trafficking, at far higher rates than their counterparts without disabilities. Yet people with disabilities are often left out of programming, education, and services.
Many service professionals also report not feeling comfortable or equipped to work with people with disabilities, despite the reality that they will likely interact with people with disabilities regularly. This presentation provides an overview of disabilities , an introduction to human trafficking, and guidance on how to interact and service human trafficking victims who have disabilities.
This class meets the DC Key Public Health Priorities criteria for DC licensees.
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Qualifications:
Laura Cusack, MSW is a Senior Victim Advocate, consultant to
her local Human Trafficking Task Force, and Chair of her county's Human
Trafficking Coalition. Laura’s experience includes providing training to
service providers on specific needs of crime victims with disabilities, as well
as providing training on human trafficking and crimes against children. Laura's
experience also includes facilitating psychoeducational groups for high-risk
youth with trauma-related disabilities and leading community outreach efforts.
She has educated over 15,000 individuals on crime-related topics. In 2019,
Laura was a co-producer on a documentary about human trafficking. From
2018-2020, Laura developed, launched, and facilitated a human trafficking
prevention program for a large non-profit specializing in foster care
residential services. From 2018-20, Laura launched and led the Hope Campaign in
Florida, a community outreach in Palm Beach County that worked with local
hotels to identify missing children and increase public access to the National
Human Trafficking Hotline. She has also
conducted street outreach with law enforcement.
She was awarded Victim Advocate of the Year in 2022. Laura earned her
Master’s Degree in Social Work from Florida Atlantic University and is
certified in the My Life My Choice, iEmpathize Empower Youth Program, and Men
Breaking Free national curriculum. Laura’s passion is educating service
providers on how to effectively identify crime victims and respond to their
unique needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Clearly define what constitutes human trafficking.
- Identify key indicators of victims of human trafficking who have disabilities.
- Effectively engage and respond to victims of human trafficking who have disabilities.
Agenda:
Human Trafficking of People with Disabilities
Intro to Disabilities (30 mins)
Definition and Types of Disabilities
Disability statistics
Disability Etiquette
Communicating with People with Disabilities
Intro to Human Trafficking ( 45 min)
Human Trafficking legal definitions
Types of trafficking
Statistics
Industries where trafficking can occur
Traffickers
Vulnerabilities of people with disabilities (45 min)
Impact of COVID-19
Abusive Tactics
Online Grooming
Co-occurrence with other crimes
Case examples
Responding to HT victims with disabilities (45 min)
Indicators of HT
Building Rapport with victims
Reporting
Resources
Certificates Provider - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
- NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an introductory level ,and is beneficial for a beginner level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Official information
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- Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
- Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.