HEAL Hour: Human Trafficking Training That Makes a Difference
What makes human trafficking training actually effective? Join HEAL Trafficking for a free HEAL Hour exploring practical strategies for creating evidence-based, trauma-informed, survivor-centered training that supports meaningful learning and changes practice.
Join us for the next HEAL Hour, HEAL Trafficking's free learning series bringing together practical tools, expert perspectives, and conversations to strengthen the response to human trafficking.
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET / 9:00–10:00 a.m. PT
Location: Virtual (via Zoom)
Cost: Free and open to all
Human trafficking training is increasingly common across healthcare and other professional settings. But what makes a training actually effective?
In this HEAL Hour, Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, and Kara Napolitano will explore what it takes to move beyond simply sharing information and create training that supports meaningful learning, changes practice, and strengthens systems of care.
Using HEAL's Human Trafficking Curriculum Assessment Tool (HT-CAT) as a foundation, they'll explore practical strategies for developing and delivering training that is evidence-based, engaging, trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and relevant to real-world practice.
Together, we'll explore:
- How the HT-CAT can provide a foundation for high-quality human trafficking education
- Ways to make training relevant and applicable to real-world practice
- What trauma-informed approaches look like not only in what we teach, but in how we teach
- Principles for meaningfully and ethically incorporating survivor perspectives
- How to evaluate whether training is translating into changes in knowledge, practice, and organizational response
Whether you develop trainings, facilitate education, or regularly participate in professional learning, this session will offer practical ideas for making human trafficking education more useful and impactful.
About the Speakers
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of HEAL Trafficking and an emergency physician. A nationally recognized leader in the healthcare response to human trafficking, she has helped advance evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches to trafficking education, identification, and response across healthcare systems.
Kara Napolitano is a human rights advocate and trainer specializing in human trafficking prevention and response. She holds a Master's degree in International Development with a concentration in International Human Rights Law from the University of Denver. Kara serves as Education and Partnerships Director at the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) in Denver, where she leads training initiatives and educational programs. She has trained more than 50,000 professionals across rural and urban Colorado, equipping them to recognize and respond compassionately to labor and sex exploitation.
Who Should Attend
Healthcare professionals, public health practitioners, educators and trainers, service providers, advocates, organizational leaders, and anyone interested in strengthening human trafficking education and response.
Free and open to all.
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