At the Intersections – Exploring Human Trafficking Assessment, Response and Referral Webinar

NASW-WA Live Webinar

At the Intersections – Exploring Human Trafficking Assessment, Response and Referral Webinar

Date & Time: December 5, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, PST via Zoom
Price: $75/members, $120/non-members
CEUs: 3 CE Credits
Presenter: Crystal Bennett, LMSW

Webinar Summary:

The relationship between human trafficking, substance use and domestic violence is complex and multi-faceted. Service providers can play a key role in providing universal education and referral to trauma informed, person centered, culturally responses services to meet the needs of individuals who have experienced harm. This training will highlight the intersections between human trafficking, domestic violence and substance use and share best practices to engage with and support those who may have experienced trafficking, through a multidisciplinary approach.

Objectives:

• Describe the relationship between human trafficking, substance use, and domestic violence.
• Explain how universal education can be incorporated into service delivery as a prevention and intervention approach.
• Examine survival responses and therapeutic responses to such responses in practice.
• Apply a trauma-informed, person-centered, culturally responsive approach to responding to the needs of individuals who may have ex.

About the Presenter:

Crystal Bennett, LMSW is an educator, an advocate, a survivor and a self-proclaimed thriver! For the past 25 years she has been driven by her personal experiences of trauma to elevate and amplify the voices of individuals and communities in order to promote healing and opportunities to move from surviving to thriving.

Crystal has demonstrated a passion in sharing her experiences in order to help individuals heal from their personal traumas and work alongside professionals to create trauma informed, culturally inclusive and person-centered spaces. Her experiences include advocacy within the child welfare system, oversight of child and youth programs, crisis hotline response, delivery of community based mental health services and implementing trauma informed strategies and programs for school districts. She has been called upon to provide training, coaching and consultation across the nation in the subject areas of Human Trafficking, Suicide Prevention, Motivational Interviewing, Child Trauma & Maltreatment and Racial Trauma. She is a fierce advocate for social justice and leads courageously to dismantle oppressive systems and create equitable and just services, policies and programs.