Three-day CSEY Virtual Training
GEMS VSL: Victim, Survivor, Leader
The Center will be hosting a 3-Day CSEY Training: GEMS VSL: Victim, Survivor, Leader
Participants will learn about the Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) VSL program model. The VSL™ curriculum is based on two foundational principles that shape and guide all of GEMS’ work: Survivor Leadership and Transformational Relationships, which are vital for effective youth development, particularly victims of CSEC. Topics to be covered in this three-day training include Stages of Change, Stages of VSL, Locus of Control, Application of Values, Engagement, Creating Change, Encouraging Agency-Wide Commitment, among others.
This training is geared for those working with commercially sexually exploited children/youth and who are ready to augment their specialized service provision with a survivor empowerment/leadership focus, which is at the heart of all of GEMS programming.
GEMS has been providing survivor-led trainings on the VSL™ model since 2011, and has provided comprehensive VSL™ trainings to professionals throughout the United States. The trainings are survivor-driven and survivor-led.
Dates: MAY 15th, 16th & 17th
Time: 10AM-5PM Central Time (all 3 days)
Cost: FREE, thanks to generous funding from the Office of the Governor’s Child Sex Trafficking Team
Location: Zoom (links will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start of the training)
Certificates of attendance will be provided to all participants at the completion of the 3-day training.
If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Hall and/or Katelyn Powers at csey@tacfs.org. We are excited to have you join us!
The Texas Center for Child and Family Studies (The Center) is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting organization of the Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS). Maintaining dedication and the highest integrity, The Center is focused on providing Texas child, youth, and family service agencies with the knowledge, skills, and ability they need to provide high-quality services in their communities. Learn more at tacfs.org/about/the-center/.