Practitioners ’ Perspectives of Family Involved Sex Trafficking of Minors: Implications for Practice

ConclusionsThe current study highlights promising practices for working with minors whose family members were involved in their sex trafficking situation. Promising micro level practices include disclosure of mandated reporter status, providing survivor-centered practice, training for foster families, emphasizing healthy relationships, engaging in motivational interviewing, safety planning, family and individual therapy, and resource referrals for family members. Macro level practice emphasizing structural changes, such as access to safe and affordable housing, SUD related care, and poverty alleviation programs to address vulnerabilities related to complicity are also recommended.
Source: Journal of Family Violence - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research