Presenter: Caroline Carter, PsyD
This generation of youth are profoundly expanding our understanding of the possibilities available for gender identity and expression. In light of this, many clinicians who work with youth, despite their specializations, may find themselves working with a young client who holds a transgender or gender nonbinary (TGNB) identity and/or expression. This training will focus on providing practitioners with a deeper conceptual understanding of TGNB youth.
When: August 13, 2021
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: This professional training session is a live, interactive webinar. We will send you the link to join the session after your register. The program is presented in conjunction with the Institute for Girls’ Development, Pasadena, CA who will send the link and manage registration.
CE units: 2.0
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This generation of youth are profoundly expanding our understanding of the possibilities available for gender identity and expression. In light of this, many clinicians who work with youth, despite their specializations, may find themselves working with a young client who holds a transgender or gender nonbinary (TGNB) identity and/or expression. This training will focus on providing practitioners with a deeper conceptual understanding of TGNB youth.
Practitioners will learn to differentiate diverse gender identities from gender nonconformity in expression; identify current research findings for increasing wellness in TGNB youth; understand gender dysphoria and recognize unique ways it can manifests in TGNB youth; understand the unique struggles and ways to support TGNB youth who hold an intersecting BIPOC identity; and describe key clinical interventions for treating TGNB youth individually, as well as systemically within their families.
OBJECTIVES
Attendees will be able to
- Delineate current research findings on treatment of TGNB youth.
- Identify, at minimum, three key clinical best practices for working individually with TGNB youth.
- Identify two unique struggles of TGNB youth who hold an intersecting BIPOC identity, as well as 2 unique ways to support these youth.
Course Level: Beginning to Intermediate (useful for psychologists/therapists new to this field and to those with some experience in this field)
Cost: $95 Early Bird Rate until June 30
- Then $110
- $75 Student Rate
Are you a part of a group? We offer a $10 discount to individuals coming in a group from an organization or school. Please register individually but provide the names of everyone in your group in the ‘order notes’ of checkout.
Please go to the registration page on the Institute for Girls’ Development website for more details.
Click here to go to an Institute for Girls’ Development registration page
SCHEDULE
8:45 – 9:00am Sign in via live chat
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and introduction
9:10 – 9:30 Cultural paradigm shifts in the understanding of gender
9:30 – 10:00 Current research on TGNB youth
10:00 – 10:35 TGNB youth Best Practices “Mini Clinical Toolkit”
10:35 – 10:45 Supporting TGNB BIPOC youth
10:45 – 11:00 Questions and Discussion
11:00 – Evaluations and sign out via live chat.
LOGISTICS (Sign in/out, evaluations and certificates)
You will be asked to sign in and out of the event using the Chat feature of the webinar platform (SecureVideo). With a completed sign-in/sign-out, certificates will be emailed to the address you provide when you register. In addition, you will find a course evaluation in the materials that will be emailed to you when you register. This is a Word document which you can fill in and save. Please do so and return it by email to cdcooper@IFGD.care.
PRESENTER
Caroline Carter, PsyD
LA Gender Center
Licensed Clinical Psychologist – PSY 30377.
Dr. Carter is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY30377) who has been working with transgender and gender nonbinary individuals for the last ten years. Dr. Carter sees TGNB clients and their families in her South Pasadena practice. She has a strong passion for working with TGNB children and teens, as well as the role of interpersonal connection and support for increasing resiliency among youth and families. This passion led Dr. Carter to help develop and run Gender Camps, which consists of two summer programs created to bring together TGNB youth ages 6-12.
Dr. Carter additionally serves as a group facilitator with Transforming Family, an organization which provides monthly support for families who have a TGNC child or adolescent. From 2011-2020 Dr. Carter worked with the Los Angeles Gender Center where she served as an Affiliate Therapist within LAGC’s Child, Adolescent & Family Service Program.
Dr. Carter has trained clinicians and educators on gender diversity both locally and nationally. Dr. Carter earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University and her Masters in Women’s Studies in Religion from Claremont Graduate University. You can learn more about Dr. Carter at drcarolinecarter.com.
CE APPROVAL
Illuminated Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Illuminated Education maintains the responsibility for this program and its content.
The California Board of Psychology accepts APA approval for continuing education credit. In addition, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts APA approval for CE activities for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPPCs and/or LEPs.
Outside of California, please check with your licensing board to see whether APA approval is accepted for CE credit in your state. Please contact Dr. Chris Cooper (Illuminated Education CE Coordinator) if you have further questions (626-744-9472; cdcooperphd@earthlink.net).
ACCOMMODATIONS, REFUNDS AND REQUESTS
If there are any accommodations which would be of benefit to you or if you would like a refund after you register, please contact Lisa Brooks, at LBrooks@IFGD.care or 626.585.8075 ext. 115.
For (1) questions about CE credit, or (2) if you have concerns about any aspect of the course or wish to know about the Illuminated Education grievance policy, please contact Dr. Chris Cooper, CE Coordinator, Illuminated Education (626-744-9472 or cdcooperphd@earthlink.net)
For questions about program content please contact Paige Hobey, Director of Community Education and Outreach, at the Institute for Girls’ Development (626-585-8075 ext. 121) or PHobey@IFGD.care.