Foster Care Training

Sponsored by Children’s Hospital, Oakland
Online Training

Harm reduction principles have been identified as a best practice for working with commercially sexually exploited children and transitional age youth. This training will cover the following topics: overview of harm reduction, overview of the Stages of Change model, applying harm reduction principles to each stage in the Stages of Change, and safety planning.

The training will be co-facilitated by Nola Brantley who is a National Advocate, Master Trainer and Survivor of the Commercial Sex Industry and Dr. Nicole Klasey who is a psychologist specializing in Trauma and the Commercial Sex Industry. Nola Brantley Speaks utilizes a survivor-clinician training model which provides audiences with an enhanced learning experience. Nola is a pioneer in California as she founded the first CSEC advocacy agency, MISSEY, in Oakland, CA and founded Nola Brantley Speaks in 2014. She has been training providers across the nation on CSEC 101 since 2010, training well over 100,000 professionals in the filed, community members and members of the faith based community. Nola’s personal experiences give her a powerful perspective which she shares in her trainings. Dr. Nicole Klasey, Nola’s co-trainer and business partner, has an extensive background working with foster youth in residential treatment. Nicole has been a key developer of several of the training curriculums that are being used throughout California and CSEC prevention curriculums. Nicole also provides leadership for a team of survivor and clinician trainers providing trainings across California.

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