Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking
Oakland University, School of Nursing
Human Health Building 1050
433 Meadow Brook, Rochester Michigan 48309

Agenda

7:45 am to 8:00 am   Registration Check-In and Welcome
8:00 am to 9:00 am   Sheila Meshinski
• Recognize patients of HT through identification, health issues and psychosocial concerns, physical and   emotional symptoms of abuse and tattoos
• Gain trust and communicate effectively, emphasizing patient safety
• Discuss processes for and resources for HT patient including adult and child protocols and national and local contact information
9:00 am to 10:00 am   Danielle Kalil
• Differentiate diverse contexts of trafficking for victims 
• Explain laws and regulations in more details related those that govern human trafficking
• Identify best practices to communicate with survivors of trafficking
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 11:45 am Joyce Haskett
• Define human trafficking scope and severity through further description of labor trafficking and definitions
• Describe process where victims are indoctrinated into these situations (high risk populations, physical abuse, psychological abuse, use of control)
• Apply new knowledge to survivor story (case study)
• Explore professional responsibilities for healthcare providers in Michigan ; how to work with survivors
11:45 am to 12:00 pm Discussion and Q&A 
12:00 pm Evaluations and Adjourn
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Danielle Kalil
Danielle Kalil is a clinical teaching fellow in the Human Trafficking Clinic. Prior to joining the Law School faculty, Professor Kalil was a staff attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, where she represented foster youth, immigrants, and survivors of human trafficking and sexual assault. 
Sheila Meshinski
Sheila Meshinski is a staff nurse at Children's Hospital in the emergency department. She serves on the Advisory Board for the State of Michigan and is a member of the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force. Sheila also is a member of the Child Death Review Committee for Macomb County.

Joyce Hasket

Joyce Dixson-Haskett, LMSW, ACSW, Survivor, is one of the front runners in the fight against “Human Trafficking” and daily advocates for freedom and the restoration of dignity and value to those affected by this heinous and corrupt system. She is also a front-runner in the advocacy for children of incarcerated parents. Joyce holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan; but more importantly, she was an incarcerated mother, for 17 years.  She knows first hand how the incarceration of a parent adversely affects the children.  Joyce began fighting for the rights of women who had been battered and abused, and for their children, while she was yet behind bars; and continues to work diligently on behalf of this “elite” population. 
School of Nursing at Oakland University
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