Working with LGBTQ Youth: Bridging Research and Practice
Adult Workshop
(Preregistration Required-Space is Limited)

Occidental College
1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90041
Registration 8:30 am to 9 am
Session begins promptly at 9 AM and ends at 5 PM

Participants must attend the full day in order to receive CEUs.
Early registrations were due by Saturday, October 10, 2009.
ONSITE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE FOR $60.00
ON THE DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

Goal: Participants will gain insight into the legal, social, cultural, and therapeutic issues that affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) youth.

Description: This workshop is for adults who work with LGBTQ youth. Participants will gain insight into the legal, social, cultural, and therapeutic issues that affect this population.

This workshop will feature experts in the fields of youth suicide, LGBTQ psychology, and transgender, homophobia and heterosexism reduction. We will present theory, research, and practical activities that will benefit those who work with LGBTQ youth.

The organizer for the event is Judy Chiasson, PhD, of LAUSD's Human Relations, Diversity & Equity. Dr. Chiasson is an educator, researcher, writer, and community activist. Dr. Chiasson is also a founder of Gays and Lesbians Initiating Dialogue for Equality (GLIDE), a speaker's bureau that conducts over 350 workshops per year about sexual orientation and gender identity; LGBT Child Abuse Prevention Council; and the Gay, Lesbian & Allied Administrators Association (GALAA).

The facilitators will be:
Dr. Judy Chiasson Coordinator, Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity, LAUSD
Susie Sassoon, MOP 17 Staff Member
Anne Monk, IMPACT Coordinator, LAUSD

Friends of Project 10 Inc. is a 501-c3 nonprofit organization (tax id# 95-4080446). All payments are tax deductible. Visit www.project10.org for more information.