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Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals Working with Transgender and

Gender Expansive Youth
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Expert guidance for child welfare and youth care professionals looking to increase their knowledge about, and skills in, working with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families. Many professionals working in child welfare and youth service (including line workers, supervisors, managers, and administrators), lack adequate knowledge about trans or gender expansive identities, which means they are not sufficiently prepared to address or respond to the needs of trans or gender expansive youth. This guide will provide readers with the information they need to do their jobs effectively with youth of all genders, including guidance on relationships, discrimination, mental health, foster care and homelessness. It provides examples of successful practice in a variety of case narratives from youth and their families.
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, is the Julia Lathrop Professor of Child Welfare/Associate Dean of Scholarship and Research at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York City. For more than 44 years, Dr. Mallon has been a child welfare practitioner, advocate, educator, and researcher. He is currently the Senior Editor of the professional journal, Child Welfare, and the author or editor of over 28 books. In addition to working for his entire careeras a child welfare professional, he has been a foster parent and is the adoptive parent of now grown children.
Introduction: Preparing to Work with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth; Explanation of Terms; 1. The Basics; 2. The Developmental Process of Forming a Transgender or Gender Expansive Identity; 3. Family Issues; 4. Mental Health Issues; 5. Medical Transition Issues; 6. Educational Issues; 7. Discrimination and Anti-Transgender Harassment and Violence; 8. Creating Healthy Social Environments; 9. Relationships & Dating; 10. Child Welfare Programs; 11. Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs ; 12. A Call for Transforming Organizations; References; Resources; About the Author
Strategies for child welfare and youth care professionals to deepen and improve working relationships with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families
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