Transgender Youth

My item of interest is a workshop on crisis planning for transgender youth specifically in the school setting. This workshop will be helpful for anyone who wants to further their understanding in working with transgender youth and how to effectively provide crisis intervention for these students. The transequality website is also extremely helpful to those who do not know current policy and can really be used to help advocate for the students. The rights of transgender youth are clear and not to be compromised.
I feel that the number of transgender students is rising and as social workers we need to be aware of these student’s rights. I have encountered some administrators who do not support the rights of transgender students. It is our responsibility to protect and fight for the rights and ensure that their rights are being protected and honored in the school.

https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/kyr/KYR-school-June17.pdf

Crisis planning, implementation and focus on a special population “Transgender youth”
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
9:00am – 2:15pm Registration starts at 8:30am
Central Middle School
18146 Oak Park Avenue, Tinley Park

About the workshop: The purpose of this workshop is to provide school and agency personnel involved with crisis teams and crisis management, interventions for responding to crisis that result from sudden loss and death. This year’s focus will be on managing the aftermath of school crisis.