
Introduction to Screening and Assessment for Trafficked Youth
Includes a Live Web Event on 08/12/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
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This webinar will provide Children's Advocacy Centers and MDT partners with foundational information to enhance understanding and implementation of screening and assessment for trafficked youth. Participants will learn the definitions and key differences between screening and assessment, explore available tools for screening and assessment, and learn about important considerations for establishing and implementing screening and assessment practices within your center.

Kelly Kinnish, PhD
Director, The National Center for Child Trafficking
Georgia State University, School of Public Health
Kelly Kinnish, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and the Director of National Center on Child Trafficking at Georgia State University in Atlanta GA. She has over 25 years’ experience working with maltreated and at-risk children and families in clinical, research, and administrative capacities. Previously she was the Director of Clinical Services at the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy for 14 years, as well as the Director of Project Intersect and the Envision Project, federally funded programs focused on improving the well-being of commercially sexually exploited and trafficked children. She is active in both state and national task forces and working groups addressing this complex public health concern with particular focus on effective interventions and collaborative systems response, including serving as Chair of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Child Sex Trafficking Workgroup. She is a Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) National Trainer with specific expertise in applications of this evidence-based treatment with commercially sexually exploited and trafficked children.