School-Based Trainings

Youth and Human Trafficking

This 45-60 minute session is appropriate for students in 6th-12th grade and covers the myths and realities of human trafficking - including labor and sex trafficking. Students will learn about the relational dynamics involved in trafficking and will be introduced to the concepts of safe employment, safe relationships, and consent. Students will learn how to protect themselves and others from trafficking and be given resources for support.

Social Media and the Developing Brain

This 45-60 minute session is appropriate for students in 6th-12th grade and covers the benefits and risks of social media use for youth. Students will learn about the impact of social media on relationships, mental health, and brain development. Students will be introduced to social media's role in trafficking and sextortion, and will be presented with strategies and resources to promote safety online.

Rooted and Resilient

Gracehaven's healthy relationship series, Rooted and Resilient, features four 45-60 minute sessions for students in 6th-12th grade. We recognize that trafficking awareness education is important for providing students with language for and and understanding of the issue, but unless paired with crucial relationship skill building often falls short of preventing trafficking. The Rooted and Resilient series slows down the teaching so that students walk away with applicable skills in recognizing and developing healthy boundaries, maintaining healthy relationships, understanding trafficking, and using social media safely. When combined with ongoing support from safe and consistent adults, the Rooted and Resilient series supports students in developing protective factors that ultimately prevent trafficking and exploitation.

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PROTECT K-12 Curriculum

PROTECT is a skill-building prevention education program that is designed to teach students of all ages about safe boundaries, healthy relationships, and how to protect themselves from different forms of abuse, including human trafficking. Developed by three non-profits in consultation with experts in the fields of human trafficking, education, research, and evaluation, PROTECT empowers communities to use a whole-school approach to address human trafficking and access resources for children that have been victimized. Gracehaven's community outreach & training team is certified to facilite the PROTECT curriculum for students (in person) and for educators (virtual). The student curriculum is also available in Spanish.

For Educators

Professional Development

In addition to virtual learning opportunities through PROTECT and our online learning platform, we also offer the following in-person professional development courses:

Youth & Human Trafficking (60-90 minutes) - Introduces adults to the issue of human trafficking including myths, definitions, relationship dynamics, and associated risk factors. Offers recommendations for responding to trafficking and resources.

Social Media & the Developing Brain (60-90 minutes) - Discusses the pros and cons of youth social media use and its impact on mental health, relationships, and brain development. Introduces the issues of sextortion and technology-based exploitation and offers resources.

Youth Trafficking & Schools: Building a Coordinated Response (90-120 minutes) - Offers recommendations for how engage the issue of human trafficking in the school setting and suggests a multi-tiered model for responding to trafficking in schools.

Online Learning Portal

Developed by our partners at She Has a Name and adopted by Gracehaven in 2026, our online learning platform offers FREE self-paced human trafficking awareness education for students (ages 10-17) and adults.