Transforming the lives of sex trafficking victims by mastering real-world intervention skills
Empowering you to rescue, protect, and guide sex trafficking youth, ages 11–17 or 18–24, toward safety and independence.
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Enroll NowThousands of vulnerable sex trafficked children and youth, often victims of abuse and neglect, fall through gaps in the system and are left exposed to exploitation, violence, and life-threatening conditions on the streets.'Â
Sex trafficking must be distinguished from traditional child abuse because its victims are often criminalized and controlled by pimps, making standard social work approaches ineffective—this training provides specialized intervention strategies designed to truly reach, protect, and rehabilitate these children and youth.Â
Without an in depth understanding of the difference between traditional child abuse and sex trafficking the professional misses effective intervention.
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This can lead to:
- Victims remaining on the streets without protection or advocacy
- Systems failing to identify and properly respond to trafficking victims
- Well-intentioned professionals feeling helpless and under-equipped
Most people learn how to support vulnerable youth in general – but never receive the specialized knowledge required to effectively intervene in cases of sex trafficking.Â
Learn how to navigate the complex dynamics of pimps, trauma, and systemic failures that keep these children trapped.
When you master a real-world intervention model specifically designed for trafficked youth, you can consistently identify victims, intervene safely, and guide them into long-term recovery and independence.
Introducing
The Intervention Blueprint: A Proven System for Rescuing Child Sex Trafficking Victims
This course teaches a proven, real-world model for identifying, rescuing, and stabilizing victims of child sex trafficking, using the Children of the Night intervention framework.
It is built on Dr. Lois Lee’s 50 years of unmatched real-world expertise and frontline experience, combined with a proven model that has successfully guided over 20,000 children out of sex trafficking and into safe, stable lives through Children of the Night programs.
Participants will learn how to recognize exploitation, apply stage-specific intervention techniques, and guide vulnerable youth from crisis situations into safe, structured pathways toward recovery and independence.
Through structured modules, case-based instruction, and practical application of field-tested protocols, you’ll learn how to conduct effective crisis interventions, operate hotline and intake systems, and implement a full continuum of care—from first contact through long-term placement and support.
Organizational chart, staff schedule, floor plan, and job descriptions are included. For an additional fee, we have a customized software program for client records and outside resources for an additional fee.
Enroll NowStudent Praise for The Intervention Blueprint: A Proven System for Rescuing Child Sex Trafficking Victims
"I have been through many trainings for suicide, child abuse, domestic violence, and residential programs. This is the most practical, comprehensive training on how to intervene and change the life of a client who has been exploited and has lost all hope."
-Â Victoria
"I have worked for many sex trafficking programs and never understood why victims run back to the streets. Rules do not encourage victims to stay in programs - healthy relationships with boundaries that perplex the victim because she has never had that experience limits running and encourages returns for a better outcome. "
-Â Samantha
"I am a licensed psychologist and what I have learned from this training helps me understand the sex trafficking victim and her resistance to therapy. It has also provided me with tools to engage my sex trafficking patients."
- Naomi
Who is Dr. Lois Lee?
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Dr. Lois Lee is the world’s leading expert in rescuing child sex trafficking victims. Dr. Lee holds a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology, a Juris Doctor in Law, and is an active member of the California State Bar.
In 1973, Lee wrote “The Pimp and His Game,” the basis of her trainings of thousands of members of law enforcement and her expert testimony in state and federal courts since the 80’s.
As a PhD student in sociology in 1979, Lee discovered children, some as young as 11 years old, prostituting on the streets of Hollywood for food to eat and a place to sleep. When she realized that these youngsters were “falling through the cracks” of the social service system she made it her mission to help, opening her home to more than 250 children over the next three years; thus was the founding of Children of the Night, where she continues to serve as President.
Children of the Night is the first established and only comprehensive sex trafficking program in the world devoted to the development of specialized programs and education for prostituted children and young people who need critical intervention to become successful adults.
Since 1979, Children of the Night has rescued over 17,000 American children from prostitution in the United States—that is more children than other sex trafficking programs combined.
Dr. Lee maintains a 70% to 80% success rate with her life-changing work that mobilizes children from prostitution to a successful adult life. Children of the Night graduates go on to become Homeland Security, teachers, bankers, social workers, firefighters, and other professionals.
Throughout the years, Children of the Night has gained the reputation as one of the most prominent and successful organizations in the world addressing the needs of America’s sex trafficked children.
Dr. Lois Lee’s pioneering work with child sex trafficking victims has blazed the trail for academics, researchers, law enforcement, social service providers and legislators across the globe.
As a result of her efforts, police now treat America’s child prostitutes as victims instead of criminals, and juvenile courts divert them to shelters, foster homes and treatment programs rather than detention.
Congress and State legislators have developed tough laws against pimping and pandering and the customers who pay children for sex. Additionally, sex trafficking task forces have been created across the country.
Lee has received countless awards for her groundbreaking work, most notably the prestigious President’s Volunteer Action Award, presented to her by President Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1984.
She also received the 1994 National Caring Award, and her portrait hangs in the Frederick Douglass Museum and Hall of Fame for Caring Americans in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Lee has been profiled on national television including CBS 60 Minutes and her life was portrayed in a 1985 CBS Movie of the Week entitled “Children of the Night.”
In 1989, she was lauded by rock musician/songwriter Richard Marx in his song entitled “Children of the Night” which appeared on his 1989 “Repeat Offender” album and proceeds were donated to help build Children of the Night’s world-class 24 bed shelter home and school.
Dr. Lee’s trainings and program materials are in high demand worldwide by organizations attempting to stabilize their programs and grow. Diplomats come from all over the world to see Dr. Lee’s work firsthand and to learn from her in their efforts to help sex trafficked children in their homelands.
Japan, Romania, Mexico and Canada have sponsored her visits to assist in developing similar programs and to teach law enforcement in those countries how to intervene in the lives of child sex trafficking victims.
Christian organizations worldwide come to Lee for help setting up similar shelter homes, and she guides them in developing case management, staffing, educational programs and fundraising. Most important, she assists them with the grueling task of obtaining licensing from their governments, which are sometimes resistant to this kind of charitable work.
In 2013 and 2014 Dr. Lois Lee was a speaker and presenter to Interpol’s Annual Global Trafficking in Human Beings conference.  She continues to evaluate protocols and policies worldwide to replicate the treatment of prostitution as a social problem as distinguished from a law enforcement problem.
Dr. Lee has been honored at Carnegie Hall Stern/Perelman Auditorium by Music for Life (2011), she was a presenter at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art for David Lynch’s Second Annual Gala Benefit “Change Begins Within” (2011), received the Children’s Friend Award from Childhelp (2010), received the Women’s Achievement Award from the Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars at UCLA  (2002), the “Award of Appreciation” from The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1995) and the Father Baker award for Service to Youth, National Award (1990) and countless others..
Decades of films, news, talk shows, print media and photos of Dr. Lois Lee’s 47 years of work continue to be archived for exhibits and permanent placement in museums and other sites.
Over the last five decades, Dr. Lee has raised over $100 million in private donations to support her programs.
What’s Inside The Intervention Blueprint?
This course goes in depth on child/young adult sex trafficking intervention and victim care. Through structured modules and real-world, field-tested protocols, you will discover all the essentials of how to identify, rescue, stabilize, and successfully transition trafficked youth into safe, independent lives, including:
Understanding the System and the Problem
Learn why exploited children/young adults fall through traditional systems and how to recognize the gaps that leave them vulnerable to trafficking.
The Reality of Street Life and Exploitation
Gain insight into the world of trafficked youth, including how pimps recruit, control, and psychologically manipulate them.
The Six Stages of Exploitation Framework
Master a proven intervention model that allows you to identify where a child/youth is mentally and emotionally—and respond with the right strategy at the right time.
Crisis Intervention and Trust-Building Techniques
Develop the communication skills and techniques needed to gain trust, stabilize victims, and guide them off the streets safely.
Shelter Operations, Intake, and Long-Term Placement
Learn how to implement a full continuum of care—from hotline response and intake to stabilization, case management, and permanent placement.
Plus, access to a complete, replicable intervention model—including hotline protocols, intake systems, and operational frameworks—so you can apply these methods directly in your organization or community.
The Children of the Night Professional Training Program
Get Started with Book 1
ONLY $1,899
In-depth lessons that will give you the complete Children of the Night Professional Training Program framework, including:
- Detailed breakdown of the Children of the Night philosophy and operating policies
- Step-by-step intervention techniques and the Six Stages of Exploitation model
- Practical guidance for hotline operations, intake, shelter management, and placement
Plus receive:
- Opportunity to book sessions with Dr. Lois LeeÂ
- Exclusive discount on the full bundle when it becomes available
The Complete Bundle
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 ONLY $4,997
Includes a $700 bundle discount compared to purchasing individually
In-depth resources that will give you an expanded, organization-wide implementation toolkit, including:
- Everything in Book 1, plus advanced materials from Books 2 and 3
- Psychiatric Intervention, Medication Management, 72 Hour Holds, and Emergencies
- Hotline & Floor Procedures, Staff Schedule, Medical Emergencies, Facility Security
- Opportunity to book sessions with Dr. Lois LeeÂ
