Lesson B: Why County Governments Must Care and Monitor...
Lesson C: Detention Employees: How Do You Define Dignity? How Does it Apply in Your Work?
Lesson D: How Can Employees Ensure You Never Cross the Line...
Lesson E: Preventing Abuse Inmate on Inmate
Lesson F: Administration and Your Accountability...
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Chapter 2: Accountability
Lesson A: If an Attraction Exists...
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Chapter 3: Our Review
Chapter 3: Strategies for Avoiding Sexual Exploitation in Juvenile Detention Facilities - The Review
Strategies for Avoiding Sexual Exploitation in Juvenile Detention Facilities | Michigan Adult Foster Care CEU | Direct Care Training & Resource Center, Inc.
Staff Training • Juvenile Detention • Michigan AFC CEUs
Strategies for Avoiding Sexual Exploitation in Juvenile Detention Facilities
A practical, morally grounded and policy-driven training that prepares staff in juvenile detention facilities
to prevent sexual exploitation of minors, maintain professional boundaries, and protect vulnerable youth.
Approved as part of Direct Care Training & Resource Center, Inc.’s Michigan Adult Foster Care CEU catalog.
Understand how widespread sexual exploitation can be in juvenile detention settings, why it persists,
and the moral and legal obligations of staff, administrators, and county governments to stop it.
Maintaining Dignity & Boundaries
Explore what dignity means in detention, how staff conduct affects youth, and specific strategies
for ensuring you never cross the line into exploitative or suggestive behavior.
Preventing Inmate-on-Inmate Abuse
Learn how to identify risk factors for inmate-on-inmate exploitation, build watchful routines,
and intervene early with documentation and policy-based responses that protect minors.
Accountability & Administration
See how accountability works at every level of a facility, from floor staff to administration,
and how clear policies, supervision, and reporting pathways reduce risk and liability.
What You’ll Gain from This Michigan AFC CEU Course
Clarity on how and why sexual exploitation happens in juvenile detention facilities.
Concrete strategies for avoiding improper contact and protecting professional boundaries.
Tools to recognize grooming behaviors and respond according to policy and law.
Guidance on preventing inmate-on-inmate exploitation through supervision and documentation.
Insight into the administrative and legal consequences of failing to act on warning signs.
Credit toward your Michigan Adult Foster Care continuing education requirements.
This course is ideal for facilities that serve justice-involved youth and for AFC providers
who want deeper awareness of exploitation risks, trauma, and boundary-setting that applies across all care environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this course part of the Michigan AFC CEU catalog?
Yes. Direct Care Training & Resource Center, Inc. includes this course as part of its
Michigan Adult Foster Care CEU offerings. Always keep your training certificates with your
AFC licensing and personnel files.
Do I need prior experience in juvenile detention?
No. The material is written in clear, practical language. It is helpful for those who are new
to juvenile detention environments as well as seasoned staff who want a policy-focused refresher.
Will I get a certificate when I finish?
Yes. Once you complete all lessons and required quizzes on Thinkific, you can download and print
your certificate of completion for documentation and compliance purposes.
Can this training support other care settings?
Absolutely. While built around juvenile detention facilities, the principles of dignity,
boundary-setting, and abuse prevention apply to Adult Foster Care homes, residential treatment,
and other environments serving vulnerable populations.
