Building Layers of Support with LGBTQIAP2S Youth and Families

LGBT youth continue to be disproportionately represented in the child welfare system and face population-specific barriers during pivotal developmental stages in adolescence. As participants reflect on professional readiness to serve LGBT youth and their families, this workshop will provide support through a didactic overview of recent research and practice methods, laws, policies, and social influences that create both opportunities and barriers to culturally and linguistically competent service provision. This workshop will utilize universal terminology to define sex and gender and support participants on how to have discussions with LGBT youth that are experiencing biopsychosocial-spiritual stressors. Participants will receive skill-based knowledge on how to competently interact with LGBT youth and families, as well as tools to advocate for health and safety for this population in a variety of settings. Participants will also receive resources pertaining to navigating state laws that directly impact the LGBT population.

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