Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Children and Youth Recorded Webinar

Explore ways to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) children and youth.

Publication year: 2016
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Capacity Building Center for States

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Learn what child welfare professionals can do to support LGBTQ children and youth by affirming and validating their sexual development, gender identity, and gender expression. Explore the impact of harmful interventions and review the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report, "Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth."

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Capacity Building Center for States. (2016). Supporting and affirming LGBTQ children and youth [Recorded webinar]. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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