National Child Traumatic Stress Network2022-01-072022-01-072021National Child Traumatic Stress Network. (2021). Sex Trafficking: Screening, Identification, and Assessment.https://www.nctsn.org/what-child-trauma-trauma-types-sex-trafficking/screening-identification-and-assessment?utm_source=ebulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nctsn-ebulletinhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5307Screening and assessment are critically important to ensure vulnerable youth and youth who are trafficked are identified and appropriate and effective services are provided. Although the terms “screening” and “assessment” are often used together and even interchangeably, they are distinct activities.en-USsex traffickingguidelinesinterventionscreeningassessmentArticle