HEAL Essentials: Multidisciplinary and Supportive Responses to Trafficking

HEAL Essentials Certificate in Anti-Trafficking Response

The HEAL Essentials Certificate in Anti-Trafficking Response is a live, structured learning program designed to build foundational knowledge and practical skills for professionals responding to human trafficking across healthcare, public health, and allied systems.

Grounded in a public health and survivor-centered framework, the program is designed as a cohesive learning arc, moving participants from core concepts to ethical engagement, trauma-informed practice, and coordinated systems response.

Participants may enroll in an individual training or complete the full certificate program.

Featured Training: Multidisciplinary and Supportive Responses to Trafficking

December 8, 2026 | 1:00–4:30 PM ET

Effective responses to human trafficking rarely happen within a single profession, organization, or system. This interactive training explores how multidisciplinary professionals can work together to build coordinated, supportive responses that center survivor safety, autonomy, and choice.

Participants will examine the roles that different professionals and systems may play in responding to trafficking, as well as opportunities and challenges that arise when coordinating across disciplines. Through discussion and applied activities, participants will consider practical strategies for collaboration, referral, communication, and developing responses that reflect survivor-identified needs and priorities.

Topics include:

• Roles and responsibilities within multidisciplinary responses to human trafficking
• Survivor-centered approaches to collaboration, referral, and service coordination
• Communication and information-sharing across professionals and systems
• Identifying gaps, barriers, and opportunities within local response networks
• Practical strategies for strengthening coordinated and supportive responses

This training is discussion-based and designed for professionals across healthcare, public health, social services, advocacy, legal and justice systems, and other settings involved in anti-trafficking response.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Describe the roles of different professionals and systems in multidisciplinary anti-trafficking responses
• Identify strategies for survivor-centered collaboration, communication, and referral
• Recognize common barriers and opportunities in coordinating responses across disciplines
• Identify practical opportunities to strengthen multidisciplinary response within their own professional context
  

Full Certificate Program

Participants who enroll in the full program will complete the following live trainings:

• December 8, 2026 — Multidisciplinary and Supportive Responses to Trafficking
• March 9, 2027 — Public Health Approaches to Human Trafficking
• June 8, 2027 — Culturally Responsive and Ethical Engagement with Survivors
• September 14, 2027 — Trauma-Informed Screening and Assessment

These trainings are designed to work together as a cohesive learning experience while still allowing flexibility. Courses may be taken in any order and are offered annually by HEAL. Completion of all required trainings results in the HEAL Essentials Certificate in Anti-Trafficking Response.

Recommended: Foundational Knowledge

We strongly recommend that participants have a baseline understanding of human trafficking before attending these trainings.

For those newer to this topic, HEAL offers:

Human Trafficking: Foundations for Recognition and Response

November 10, 2026 | 3:00–4:30 PM ET

This optional introductory course covers key definitions, indicators, and foundational response principles and may be taken at any time.

Complimentary registration is included with the full training package. A discounted rate is available for participants who have already completed Foundations.

How to Register

You may choose one of the following options:

Single Training

Register for Multidisciplinary and Supportive Responses to Trafficking on December 8.

Full Training Package — Recommended

Enroll in the full HEAL Essentials Certificate program, which includes all four core trainings and Foundations at a bundled rate.

Participants who select the full package will receive additional details on how to access the remaining trainings after registration.

Important Notes

• All trainings are delivered live and require active participation
• Recordings are not provided
• Each training includes a certificate of completion
• The HEAL Essentials Certificate is awarded upon completion of all four core trainings
• Participants may complete remaining trainings in future offerings if needed

Refund Policy

Refunds are available for cancellations made on or before November 10, 2026, which is also the final day of early registration. After November 10, registration fees are nonrefundable; however, participants who are unable to attend may apply their registration fee as a credit toward a future HEAL training.