Description

This workshop will assist participants to respond to the needs of all family members when a loved one is transitioning gender. When a family member questions or transitions their gender it has an impact on the whole family. Families have a variety of responses: fear, shame, anger, self-blame, worry, hope, pride - sometimes all within the one family depending on your position in the family.

Assisting families to manage these responses and at the same time affirm the person transitioning is not easy. As with families, practitioners may struggle with using correct language and knowing how to support best outcomes for the transitioning person.

The workshop includes interactive exercises, case studies and research findings. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions, raise issues and share their own experiences in a friendly and supportive environment. At the end of the session, participants should have concrete ideas and strategies for working with families when transgender experiences are present

This event will cover:

  • To become familiar with the latest research about the experience of transgender people, at the high risk time of coming out
  • To develop an awareness of risk and protective factors for a transitioning person and their family
  • To generate increased comfort in being/sitting with families struggling with affirming a transgender experience
  • To increase knowledge of referral options and support needs of transgender people and their families
  • To have a greater awareness of personal values and responses to gender variance.

Trainers

  • Henry von Doussa — The Bouverie Centre
  • Julie Beauchamp — The Bouverie Centre

Categories: Capability 9 - Delivering holistic and collaborative assessment and care planning, Capability 3 - Working with diverse consumers, families, and communities, Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment
Disciplines: Allied Health, Lived Experience Workforce, Medical, Nursing
Levels: Introductory, Intermediate
Lifespans: Child, Adolescent, Youth, Adult, Older Persons

Wednesday 12 June 2019
09:30 to 16:30
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Brunswick

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$210
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Provided by The Bouverie Centre
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