Trainings and Workshops
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GEMS provides customized training and technical assistance to organizations and institutions that want to provide staff with the knowledge and tools to understand and address commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children and youth.
GEMS trainings and workshops are designed to:
- Bring a human face to the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and domestic trafficking
- Challenge and address stereotypes of the victims
- Train youth workers in creating effective, gender-specific programming
- Assist service providers and professionals who come into contact with at risk youth in identifying signs of exploitation, and train them to intervene and assist girls and young women in their healing and recovery.
We also offer content specific to law enforcement personnel, medical and mental health practitioners including effective strategies for investigating, interviewing and prosecuting CSEC and domestic trafficking cases, trauma impact and medical/mental health assessment and care.
Additionally, we can provide your organization with the sustainable Train-the-Trainer method, which will prepare staff to facilitate trainings on their own. This model can be adapted to all content areas and requires a minimum two day commitment from requesting organization.
Fees: We are committed to working with organizations to provide cost-effective options for their needs and are willing to partner with organizations who wish to apply for funding to support training initiatives.
