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3rd Annual One Mission Conference: Human Trafficking Awareness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 8:00 - 4:00 pm (In-Person Only)
Provided by:
Baystate Family Advocacy Center One Mission Program, The Child Advocacy Training & Support Center & Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Goal:
The goal of the 3rd Annual One Mission Conference is to promote the delivery of care that is safe, effective, survivor-centered, timely, efficient, equitable, and trauma-informed for individuals impacted by human trafficking. This educational activity seeks to enhance knowledge, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and equip professionals with the tools and strategies needed to recognize, respond to, and support survivors in ways that uphold dignity, healing, and justice.
Focusing on the intersecting experiences of psychosocial stressors, substance use, and current events, the 3rd Annual One Mission Conference highlights how these factors influence the identification and support of individuals at high risk for or currently experiencing human trafficking.
Participants will engage with leading experts and innovative practitioners who will share best practices for identifying, assessing, and supporting survivors. Through multidisciplinary collaboration and systems alignment, the conference aims to strengthen coordinated responses that promote healing and empowerment.
By advancing knowledge and uniting professionals across sectors, the One Mission Conference supports ongoing efforts to meet the needs of trafficked, exploited, and at-risk youth in Hampden County and throughout Massachusetts, contributing to a more informed, compassionate, and just community response.
Target Audience
This conference is designed for health care professionals, mental health counselors, advocates, law enforcement, DCF workers and school professionals. This course will provide you with tools and skills in recognizing and accessing appropriate resources to assist individuals who are susceptible and/or have experienced human trafficking.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
Survivor, Overcomer, Thriver: The Power of Hunka and Hope in Human Trafficking
Irene Countryman-Roswurm, Ph.D., LMSW
- Be encouraged and motivated to engage in anti-trafficking efforts through stories that illuminate how the offering of belonging and hope can promote resilience, malleability, and holistic prosperity.
- Increase their knowledge on attitudes, behaviors, service delivery methods and program models that improve efficacy in anti-trafficking efforts.
- Improve their capacity to walk alongside individuals as they journey from being at-risk of and/or subjected to human trafficking to experiencing life as a survivor-overcomer-thriver.
- Discuss the Intersections of SUD & CSE
- Identify Push and Pull Factors in Addressing CSE
- Develop Safe, Non-Judgmental, Trauma-Responsive Environments that Support Recovery and Exit Planning
- Break the Stigma and Shift the Language Often Used Regarding SUD & CSET
Intersections: The Relationship of Substance Use Disorder and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Audra Doody & Alina Bluto
- Examine the intersections between substance use disorders (SUD) and the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSE).
- Identify key push and pull factors that influence vulnerability to, engagement in, and barriers to addressing CSE.
- Develop safe, non-judgmental, and trauma-responsive environments that support recovery, stability, and exit planning for individuals impacted by CSE.
- Challenge stigma and promote the use of person-centered, non-stigmatizing language related to SUD and CSE.
The Hidden Secrets of Human Trafficking in the United States
Dr. Jaime Bruno, ED.D
- Be encouraged and motivated to engage in anti-trafficking efforts through stories that illuminate how the Recognize substance use as a tool of control.
- Describe the difference between coerced and voluntary drug trafficking.
- Explain how substance use, and sex trafficking are linked.
- List three tactics traffickers use involving substances.
This conference is supported by funding from the following sources: Massachusetts Children’s Alliance, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration-National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative & Office for Victims of Crime.
Conference Program | |
8:00 - 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Welcome |
| 9:30 - 11:00 | Keynote Speaker |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Intersections: The Relationship of Substance Use Disorder and Commercial Sexual Exploitation |
| 12:15 - 1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | The HIdden Secrets of Human Trafficking in the United States |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | Break |
| 2:30 - 3:30 | One Mission Justice Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks |
3:30 - 4:00 | Networking Open House |
4:00 | Adjourn |
FACULTY
Keynote Speaker
Irene Countryman-Roswurm, PhD., LMSW
Founding Executive Director
Institute for Transformative Emancipation (ITE)
Center for Combating Human Trafficking
Anti-Trafficking Fellow
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
Alina Bluto
Senior Director of Programs & Engagement
Safe Exit Initiative
Jaime Bruno, Ed. D.
Lieutenanat
Firearms Investigation Unit
Springfield Police Department
Professor
Mental Health Counseling
American International College
Audra Doody
Co-Executive Director
Safe Exit Initiative
PLANNERS
Program Director
Jessica Wozniak, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate
Program Manager, Department of Psychiatry
Baystate Medical Center
Kerri Bergendahl, MSW/LICSW
Grants Project Coordinator
Child Advocacy Training & Support Center
Behavioral Health Clinician
The Family Advocacy Center
Baystate Health
Stephanie Daly, MD
Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Baystate Health
Deidre Hussey, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate
Clinical Supervisor
Baystate Family Advocacy Center
Behavior Health Interim Clinical Supervisor
Center for Young Children and Families
Baystate Medical Center
Sarah Liquorman, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Clinical Psychologist
Baystate Family Advocacy Center
Baystate Health
Chelsea Santos, BSN, RN, PMH-BC
Registered Nurse
Baystate Child Partial Program
Baystate Medical Center
Name of Individual | Individual's Role in Activity | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene Coutnryman-Roswurm, Phd, LM SW | Keynote Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Np |
| Jaime Bruno, Ed.D. | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Alina Bluto | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Audra Doody | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jessica Wozniak, Psy,D. | Program Director, Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kerri Bergendahl, MSW/LICSW | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Stephanie Daly, MD | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Deidre Hussey, Psy.D. | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sarah Liquorman, Psy.D. | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Chelsea Santos, BSN, PMHN-BC | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 contact hour(s). Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists (APA)
Baystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.3.5 CE credit(s) for psychologists have been granted for this educational activity.
Social Workers (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Baystate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses are approved under this program. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.5 continuing education credit(s).
Mental Health Counselors (NBCC)
Baystate Health is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. (ACEP #5684). Mental Health Counselors completing this course receive 3.5 clock hours.
Available Credit
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 3.50 ANCC Contact Hours
- 3.50 APA American Psychological AssociationBaystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- 3.50 ASWB Continuing Education Credit(s)
- 3.50 BCIPE Instructional Hours
- 3.50 NBCCBaystate Health is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBC requirements. The ACEP solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Price
Please Note: Your registration must be paid in order to be considered complete.
- Each participant must register themselves for the program.
- Registration must be paid either by credit card or *Baystate Interdepartmental transfer
*If your Baystate department is covering the registration fee, YOU MUST
- Notify your Education Coordinator/ Supervisor that you have enrolled in the course. For questions email [email protected].
- Once an interdepartmental funds transfer form has been received, your registration will be paid and you will have access to the course.
If you have not received confirmation of your paid registration, check to be sure all steps above have been completed.
In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by: Fri, 02/27/2026 - 8:00pm
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
Refund Policy:
Your refund, less a cancellation fee, will be processed within two (2) weeks from the date we receive the written notification. For credit card refunds, please allow one to two (1-2) billing cycles for the credit to appear on your statement.
Specific Aids or Services:
Please call the Office of Continuing Education at 413-322-2424 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.