Child Abuse Prevention Month: Familial Exploitation: An Exploration of Exceptionalities Involving the Sex Trafficking of Young Children

Wilmington, DE US
April 30, 2024

Alicia Cohen, a familial exploitation survivor and compassionate educator specializing in early identification and behavioral intervention of traumatized children identifies the key behavioral indicators of familial exploitation and how to construct intervention and prevention strategies for the community.

Target Audience

Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Law Enforcement, Legal Professionals

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:

  1. Describe indicators and aspects of familial trafficking, including dysfunctional household dynamics, and identify key behavioral indicators.
  2. Construct intervention and prevention strategies for the community.

Practice Change: How do you sleep at night? Do you have nightmares? Do you take medication that makes you sleepy? Do you like being alone with Dad? How about mom? Understand that children may respond with shrugs and other nonconcrete communications.

Contact Information:

  • For questions regarding the Nemours Children's Health CARE Program, please contact Stephanie Deutsch, MD | stephanie.deutsch@nemours.org
  • For technical questions regarding this course please contact Betsy Lee | betsy.lee@nemours.org
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.

  • 1.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 1.00 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
03/01/2024
Course expires: 
05/31/2024
Event starts: 
04/30/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
04/30/2024 - 1:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Child Abuse Prevention Month Lecture Series
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware - 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
United States
  • Please park in the Visitor Parking lot.
  • Enter through the Atrium entrance to pass through security. 
  • Wear your organization ID badge for access to Nemours Children's Hospital.
  • You will be directed to the third floor lecture hall.

Non-Nemours Attendees: Pre-Registration for in-person attendance is highly recommended to streamline hospital security protocols.

The Microsoft Teams link to access the lecture virtually can be found on the Register Tab.

Alicia Cohen is a familial exploitation survivor and compassionate educator specializing in early identification and behavioral intervention of traumatized children.  She works as an educational diagnostician for birth to three transition, holds a Master’s in Special Education from Wilmington University and is pursuing an Ed.S. in School Psychology from Rowan University.  In 2019, she established SAFE (Survivors of Familial Exploitation) to close the gap in available research and develop survivor-informed resources for direct service providers. 

Disclosure link: 
Nemours Children's Health Disclosure Policy

The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Please check with your accreditation board to make sure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Below are the credit types available to you per your professional designation. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.

  • 1.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 1.00 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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