Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth (2 credit hours)

Program Summary:  This course offers guidance and positive strategies for mental health promotion and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ youth.  The course highlights affirming environments, professional competence, culturally competent care, risk and protective factors, and sources of joy.  Tips and advice from LGBTQIA2S+ youth and adults are shared, and the importance of involving LGBTQIA2S+ youth in the development of programs is emphasized.  The course includes the HRC Glossary of Terms for help with terminology.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Unfortunately, this course is not available in CE Broker for Florida professionals.

“Book  Open the Course Reading Here.

Reading #1: Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth:  A Resource Guide for Professionals, Families, and Communities Publisher:  Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Reading #2:  Glossary of Terms  Publisher:  Human Rights Campaign

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring mental health promotion and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ youth.

Learning Objectives:  Identify positive strategies for supporting LGBTQIA2S+ youth.  Identify professional and cultural considerations.  Share tips from LGBTQIA2S+ youth.

Review our pre-reading study guide.

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1: Which of the following is an environmental/ systemic factor that contributes to an increased risk of suicide for LGBTQIA2S+ youth?
 
 
 
 
2: According to the Trevor Project's past-year findings among LGBTQIA2S+ youth, _____________ considered suicide.
 
 
 
 
3: Professionals and media tend to focus on _________  among LGBTQIA2S+.
 
 
 
 
4: Having  just one supportive adult in their life can reduce a young person's risk of poor mental health, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
 
 
5: Which of the following describes "nothing for them without them?"
 
 
 
6: Services promoting SOGIE change efforts, such as 'conversion therapy,' are harmful and should be avoided.
 
 
7: Focusing on ____________ will foster success.
 
 
 
 
8: AI/AN youth are four times _________ likely to die by suicide than youth in any other group.
 
 
9: Sources of Strength is a program for ____________ students that focuses on improving school climate and connectedness around mental health and well-being.
 
 
 
 
10: ___________ environments can be advantageous for rural LGBTQIA2S+ as they help youth connect with a larger network of their peers.
 
 
 
 
11: Continue with your reading and refer to the Human Rights Campaign Glossary of Terms for the following questions:  Which glossary and terms are preferred and used by LGBTQIA2S+ people?
 
 
 
 
12: Which of the following is a term used to describe someone who is actively supportive of LGBTQIA2S+ people?
 
 
 
 
13: Which of the following is a term for clinically significant distress caused when a person's assigned birth gender is not the same as the one with which they identify?
 
 
 
 
14: People who are transgender identify as
 
 
 
 
15: Which of the following describes an inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people?
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.


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