Parent & Caregiver Seminar:
How to Talk to Your Child or Teen About Online Safety & Sex Trafficking
It can feel overwhelming to try to address such a scary issue as online safety and sex trafficking, but with the right information and resources, you can be better equipped to have healthy conversations with your child and help protect them. Tickets are $10
SPEAKER:
Amy Thurston – President & CEO of Hope Inspire Love
Join us for a morning of awareness and education as you learn how to talk to your kids and teens about online safety and sex trafficking. In this seminar, we will be discussing online grooming, apps/gaming and social media, vulnerabilities that may lead to trafficking, signs and key indicators of human trafficking, recruitment strategies, and an in-depth look at who the traffickers are and how they operate. You will also learn how pornography fuels the trafficking industry, how to have age-appropriate conversations with your kids, and how to report suspected cases.
If you are a parent or guardian of a kid/teen aged 5-21, grandparent, teacher, educator, coach, youth leader, or just want to learn more about the subject matter, this seminar will provide a framework to strengthen your knowledge and understanding of the crime of online abuse and sex trafficking.
The seminar covers several relevant and critical topics:
- Internet safety & how predators use it to exploit young people
- Sexting, sextortion, and red flag phrases
- Online apps to be aware of
- Pornography and how it fuels the trafficking industry
- What is child sex trafficking?
- How does trafficking happen?
- Who are the traffickers?
- How can parents keep kids and teens safe from trafficking?
- Methods of preventing abuse and exploitation
- Learn the signs of trafficking
- What can parents do if they are concerned a child is being trafficked?
- Learn action steps for how to respond to and prevent sex trafficking.
* Snacks and refreshments will be served.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Amy Thurston is the President and CEO of Hope Inspire Love. She is passionate about guiding the mission of eradicating human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Her vision is to provide hope to the hopeless, inspire people to be world-changers, and provide love and care to survivors of sex trafficking.
Amy is a proud graduate of Southeastern University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Youth Ministry and Counseling and is all-but-thesis on her Masters in Christian Leadership. Amy is a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist in Sex Trafficking and Exploitation. She also has certifications in iCare: Recognizing and Caring for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims from Shared Hope International and trauma-informed training from Trauma Institute International. She also is a life coach and a credentialed minister, speaker, and educator. Since 2002, she has mentored and advocated for survivors of sexual abuse. She currently spearheads Hope’s Trauma-informed Mentorship Program, where she works with survivors of sex trafficking.