Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in Care-Virtual
Description
This training will discuss the challenges LGBTQ+ youth experience in out of home placement; Multiple placements due to gender identity or sexual orientation, suicidality, and the risk of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). Guidance in affirming and respecting one’s gender identity, as well as the importance of using proper pronouns will be addressed.
Prerequisites
Please note that in order to register for these free trainings you must be staff, caregiver or volunteer working directly with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in one of our partner counties – Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador Counties.