While LGBTQ people are enjoying increasing acceptance and visibility nationwide, sexual and gender minority youth continue to struggle with unique challenges and disparities. This webinar is designed to help volunteers understand the pressures faced by queer, gender diverse, and questioning young people in the foster system, navigate the ever-changing terms and codes of LGBTQ culture, and prepare to best assist them by meeting them where they are.
This webinar is presented by the Maryland CASA Association and is eligible for in-service credit. Please be sure to include the webinar on your activities log to receive in-service credit.
About the presenter: Kate Bishop, Education Coordinator at the LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton, is a professional development trainer with expertise in health disparities, working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, and intimate partner violence. She is certified trainer with Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Over her career, Ms. Bishop has worked as an advocate for domestic violence survivors, sexual assault therapist, crisis hotline worker, Certified Resource Specialist, adolescent and adult sex educator, and various other roles. Before joining Chase Brexton, she developed the capacity building program at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural competency trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University with a concentration in Adult Mental Health.
Webinar information:
- Please note that our webinars are limited to 150 people and the sessions fill up very quickly. Due to a very high no-show rate, we ask that you only register if you are certain that you will be able to participate so that as many interested participants will be able to attend.
- Certificates of Completion/CEUs will be emailed to all participants who participate in the full webinar and complete a 10 question survey at the conclusion of the webinar.
- We have made a change to our webinar service, so all webinars will now provide the audio through your speakers instead of having to dial in. If you don’t have speakers on your computer, we still offer the option to dial in using the telephone.
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