Over the last two decades, there has been increasing recognition of trauma's role in various health, mental health, and other social problems. Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Assault, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Automobile Accidents, and Natural Disasters…are all profoundly traumatic experiences that can cause severe damage to survivors’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being.

This training will be delivered within the context of understanding victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). Neuroscience has discovered that when human beings experience high stress and/or trauma, they often undergo a highly misunderstood process by both the professionals responding to them and the victims themselves. We now have information provided by hard science to support the need to change how we respond to victimization and other complex experiences. While most of our conversation centers around neuroscience, it is essential that we also consider the somatic experience. What happens in the brain impacts the entire body in a myriad of ways. Traumatic experiences, particularly multiple experiences throughout a lifetime, can result in a range of behavioral health problems beyond and including post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, depression, anxiety problems, childhood behavioral disorders, psychosis, and some personality disorder diagnoses are all common traumatic responses. Most of our conversations center on trauma, while trauma certainly deserves center stage- it is also essential that we consider Traumatic Brain Injuries, Neurodiversity, Developmental Disability, Mental Health Issues and Social Marginalization as we discuss the complicated impact of victimization.