Applying the PEARR Approach to Labor Trafficking: A Case-Based Training

Labor trafficking is often underrecognized in healthcare settings, despite frequent contact between affected individuals and medical systems. Many professionals report uncertainty about how to respond when concerns arise — what to say, what not to say, how to prioritize safety, and how to navigate next steps without causing harm.

This live virtual training moves beyond awareness and into practical response. Using HEAL's Healing Labor Trafficking: Case Studies & Best Practices workbook, participants will engage in guided case discussions and apply the PEARR Framework to real-world scenarios.

What you'll learn

• How labor trafficking presents in healthcare and community contexts
• Core principles of trauma-informed, survivor-centered engagement
• How to apply the PEARR Framework (Provide Privacy, Educate, Ask, Respect, Respond) in real-world scenarios
• Practical communication strategies that support safety, autonomy, and trust
• Approaches to strengthening organizational response and referral pathways

Who this is for

• Healthcare and public health professionals
• Social service providers and case managers
• Educators and community-based organizations
• Anyone involved in frontline identification, response, or referral related to labor trafficking

Instructors

Nani Cuadrado, MSPAS, PA-C
Director of Education, HEAL TraffickingNani Cuadrado is an emergency medicine physician assistant with 20 years of clinical experience. Her work focuses on the intersection of healthcare, homelessness, refugee health, and human trafficking. Nani has led community-based initiatives, including establishing a physician assistant team at a refugee resettlement site to care for unaccompanied minors affected by trafficking. She has trained graduate physician assistant students in trauma-informed care and supported survivor-focused services. Nani has served on a federal expert workgroup with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, focused on advancing healthcare responses to trafficking.

Evelyn Chumbow
Guest InstructorEvelyn Chumbow is a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist and public speaker who focuses her life’s work on ending modern-day slavery. Today, Ms. Chumbow works tirelessly to raise awareness in communities to create employment opportunities for trafficking survivors. She serves as Board of Directors for the Human Trafficking Legal Center and Free the Slaves. She has been invited to brief government agencies about human trafficking from a survivor’s perspective, including the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the State Department, and the Department of Justice. She currently works as Operations & Survivor Leadership Director with The Human Trafficking Legal Center.

Training Details

• Live virtual training
• 3 hours of instruction with scheduled breaks (3.5 hours total)
• Interactive case-based learning using the HEAL labor trafficking workbook

Registration

‍Early registration (through February 19): $110

Standard registration: $125

Group discount: 10% off for groups of 3 or more

CEUs pending for social workers. 3.0 Continuing Education hours for licensure have been applied for through NASW VT.

This training is part of HEAL’s ongoing learning series supporting applied skill-building, survivor-informed practice, and cross-sector collaboration to strengthen labor trafficking response.