Training Institutes 2012 - National Technical Assistance Center for ...

INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE #22 8:30 AM FRIDAY • 1:30 PM SATURDAY • SANIBEL 1-2-3
Improving Services and Supports for Youth Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Questioning, Intersex, 2-Spirit (LGBTQI2-S) and Their Families
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To describe the most recent literature reflecting the experiences of LGBTQI2-S youth and their families, including
challenges and assets, and engagement with youth-serving systems
2. How to apply recommended practices and strategies for delivering culturally and linguistically competent services
and supports to LGBTQI2-S youth and their families
3. How to guide the development of community-level policies, programs, practices and activities to improve the lives
of LGBTQI2-S youth and their families
4. To use practical resources, tools and practice guidelines to improve services and supports for LGBTQI2-S youth and
their families and enhance positive outcomes
This Institute will focus on providing effective services and supports for LGBTQI2-S youth and their families,
providing information, recommended practices, tools, and interventions that are designed to promote social inclusion,
reduce disparities in behavioral health services and supports, and improve outcomes for this critically underserved
population of youth and their families. Faculty will highlight specific approaches, such as individual and organizational
assessment, standards of care, responding to the needs of particular populations (e.g., gender nonconforming and
transgender youth, two-spirit youth), and developing social marketing materials to enhance help-seeking behavior and
social inclusion. Many of the strategies are based on a new book, “Improving Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for
LGBT Youth: A Guide for Professionals.”
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Key LGBTQI2-S populations and their individualized service needs, particularly within youth-serving sectors (e.g.,
education, child welfare, residential care)
• Key challenges that LGBTQI2-S youth may experience, including stigma, bias, violence, and family/peer rejection, as
well as accompanying behavioral health concerns (e.g., substance abuse, suicide attempts, anxiety)
• How to use a cultural and linguistic competence as a framework for addressing the needs of LGBTQI2-S youth and
their families
• How to implement 10 standards of care for LGBTQI2-S youth
• How to be responsive to the needs of gender nonconforming and transgender youth
• Applying a tool for assessing individual and organizational competence relative to LGBTQI2-S
• Using video resources as a tool for building awareness and sensitivity to behavioral health challenges experienced by
LGBTQI2-S youth
• Developing social marketing materials to enhance help-seeking behavior and social inclusion for LGBTQI2-S youth
and their families
Participants will view short video clips and participate in a definition activity. In addition, participants will receive a
flash drive with more than 100 resources and tools to support their implementation of culturally and linguistically
competent services and supports for LGBTQI2-S youth and their families. The faculty team for this session will offer
the perspectives of a federal agency, a researcher, a technical assistance provider, and youth.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Sylvia Fisher, Ph.D., Director, Office of Research and Evaluation, Office of Planning,
Analysis and Evaluation, Human Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD
Tessa Cayce, Youth Advocate, National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and
Their Families, Monmouth County, NJ
Kathy Lazear, M.A., Social and Behavioral Researcher, Department of Child & Family Studies, Louis de la Parte
Florida Mental Health Institute, College of Behavioral & Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Jeffrey Poirier, Ph.D. Candidate, M.A., P.M.P., Senior Researcher, Cultural Competence Action Team Member and
LGBTQI2-S Learning Community Co-Lead, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health,
American Institutes for Research,Washington, DC
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