District Meeting | Providing Affirming Care for Clients who Identify as Trans, Nonbinary, and/or Gender Nonconforming

This training will cover a range of topics related to gender identity, including, social, political, and historical constructs of gender, nonbinary terminology and concepts, and inclusive engagement practices. Attendees will gain a greater level of understanding about nonbinary gender identities, comfort in speaking positively and informatively about these identities, and increased proficiency with using gender-inclusive language and pronouns like, “they/them/theirs”. Clinicians will gain ability to support nonbinary and gender non-conforming clients using best practices and following the principals of Cultural Humility and WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) standards of care. The training will cover life span, providing ways of supporting clients with of the "coming out" process in different stages of life. Clinicians will gain advanced skills in supportive letter writing for clients seeking confirming medical intervention, utilizing DSM V criteria for Gender Dysphoria. The training will provide resources to clinicians, promoting consultation and a community of care approach in supporting the complexity and uniqueness of every individual client's gender journey.