D17 - Restoring a Sense of Self Through Healing-centered Systems of Care for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children/Youth

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT

Location: 132, Level 1, ACCC

Workshop Presenter(s)

Tiona Praylow, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer
Three Rivers Midlands Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
Elgin, South Carolina

Slides
Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, MD, DFAPA (she/her/hers)

Principal Consultant/Founder
BHETC, LLC
Ellicott City, Maryland
Mari Aceves, EdD, DSW, BCBA (she/her/hers)

Trauma-informed, Resilience-oriented, Equity-focused Services
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Garden Grove, California

Learn more about the experiences of CSEC-Youth and the resultant sequelae of this specific type of trauma. Gather insights from integrated care clinicians and experts who will discuss sexual exploitation and commercialization for at risk youth and the opportunities for leveraging pediatric integrated care to improve health outcomes among these children and adolescents.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the incidence, prevalence, and key features of commercial sexual exploitation of youth in the United States
Explore psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural sequelae of youth commercial sexual exploitation
Identify cultural and structural factors associated with a disruption of positive identity development, healing, and social connectedness for children and youth that are objectified, sexualized, and exploited.
Recognize and highlight the importance of prevention as a key strategy for addressing the impact of commercial sexual exploitation.
Identify healing-centered, integrative care frameworks and models that exemplify key components for success in empowering CSEC youth to restore a sense of self and wholeness.