Citation

Whaling KM, der Sarkissian A, Sharkey J, Akoni LC. Child Abuse Negl. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

RISE Project (Resiliency Interventions for Sexual Exploitation) of the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness, United States. Electronic address: lisaconnakoni@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104139

PMID

31474307

Abstract

This invited article is one of several comprising part of a special issue of Child Abuse and Neglect focused on child trafficking and health. The purpose of each invited article is to describe a specific program serving children who are survivors of trafficking (a subset of commercial sexual exploitation-CSE). These programs are featured to raise awareness of innovative counter-trafficking strategies emerging worldwide and facilitate collaboration on program development and outcomes research. This article describes Resiliency Interventions for Sexual Exploitation (RISE), a US-based multidisciplinary program dedicated to assisting female, LGBT and gender non-conforming (GNC) youth victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and child trafficking to develop the skills and resources for successful community reintegration. This is accomplished through daily collaborations with community partners (MDT-Multidisciplinary Treatment Teams), gender-specific trauma-focused services, comprehensive outreach and engagement efforts and intensive case management.

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Keywords: Human trafficking;

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescents; Resilience; Risk factors; Sex trafficking; Treatment engagement