Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons

Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons
Author: Alfred Frank Carlozzi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2018-12-26
Genre: Gender noncomformity
ISBN: 9780815382966

Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons offers mental health professionals and other caregivers information and best practices for working with transgender and gender diverse persons and their families. In each chapter, experts from a variety of fields provide an accessible introduction to medical, legal, educational, and spiritual care for transgender and gender diverse adults and youth within a range of contexts, including communities and schools in urban and non-urban settings. Appendices include helpful suggestions for online resources, as well as additional reading for practitioners, clients, and their families. With rich examples and personal narratives woven throughout, this is an essential reference for mental health professionals, as well as other service providers, educators, and family members seeking to address the needs of transgender and gender diverse persons in an up-to-date, inclusive manner.

Raising the Transgender Child

Raising the Transgender Child
Author: Michele Angello
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-11-22
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1580056350

"Raising the Transgender Child offers much-needed answers to all the questions parents and other adults ask about raising and caring for transgender and gender diverse children"--

Today's Transgender Youth

Today's Transgender Youth
Author: Ryan J. Watson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-06-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429558945

This book focuses on resiliency among gender expansive young people in different cultures, exploring how they engage with and leverage school, media, and religious contexts. The contributions in this volume advance the scholarship regarding the health and well-being of gender expansive young people, at a time where a plethora of recent legislation has limited and removed sundry rights of transgender individuals. While previous scholarship identified disparities among transgender youth, this book approaches resiliency from multiple lenses – from school-based clubs as tools for engagement in advocacy, to proactivity and self-care as strategies to mitigate struggles. These empirical chapters focus on diverse contexts across different countries including Canada, the USA and Australia. The book also includes important commentaries from leading scholars in the field debating the controversial issue of transgender youth "desisting" (to no longer be transgender). This book will be of interest to those studying recent legislation on transgender rights, as well as to those with a broader interest in studying gender in different contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Transgenderism.

Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
Author: Jama Shelton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2021
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780429297687

"This fully revised third edition explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgender persons, providing foundational knowledge for social workers and related professions about working with trans and gender expansive youth. Organized through the lens of four distinct forms of knowledge - knowledge of lived expertise, community-based knowledge, practice knowledge, and knowledge obtained through formal/traditional education - this text balances discussion of theory with a range of rich personal narratives and case studies. Updates and additions reflect recent changes to the WPATH guidelines and the NASW Code of Ethics, include brand new material examining the origins of gender identity and non-binary identities, and offer expanded content considering trauma-informed interventions and ethical issues. Each featuring at least one trans or gender expansive author, chapters present concrete and practical recommendations to encourage competent and positive practice, and This book will be a valuable resource to any social service practitioners working with children or adolescents"--

Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents

Treating Transgender Children and Adolescents
Author: Jack Drescher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781138844773

This book explores differing clinical approaches to treating transgender minors. Commentators from varied disciplines, such as biology, law and ethics discuss questions that arise from the study of transgender minors. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality.

Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
Author: Gerald Mallon
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2021-06-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1787753891

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.

Pediatric Gender Identity

Pediatric Gender Identity
Author: Michelle Forcier
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 303038909X

This book serves as a guide to key topics regarding pediatric gender identity to help clinicians better care for transgender and gender diverse youth. Written by experts in the field, it covers critical considerations for child health providers from a variety of disciplines in a range of clinical settings. Patients, families and other community agencies can also find useful information about current practices and recommendations for care and support. The text begins by overviewing terminology, epidemiology, gender identity development, and relevant neurobiology. Next, the text focuses on the emergence of affirmative treatment paradigms using a patient-centered, consent based framework. Topics include psychotherapeutic support, gender-affirming medical and surgical care, management of co-existing psychiatric conditions, sexual health and fertility, legal considerations, international considerations, and more. Pediatric Gender Identity can be used as a framework to address core clinical issues and offers practical considerations for gender-affirming care. Using the growing science and understanding of gender development, this book is an excellent resource for all professionals working with gender diverse youth, including child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, psychologists, therapists, researchers, school and educational leaders, and students.

Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth

Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
Author: Aron Janssen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319783076

This unique resource offers an in-depth, comprehensive look at different types of mental health needs of transgender and gender diverse youth, how these intersect with gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and provides practical information on how to ethically, responsibly, and sensitively care for these patients. Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth: A Clinical Guide begins with three introductory chapters which contain practical information regarding assessment, psychological interventions, and the potential medical and surgical interventions that are indicated for youth with gender identity concerns. The remaining chapters are illustrated by multiple cases build around overarching chapter themes. Each case chapter opens with broad questions applicable to clinical practices, while the cases themselves focus on a particular co-occuring mental health condition. The case chapters are structured with intersectionality in mind, including elements of ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity, and the patients range over the full developmental spectrum, from pre-pubertal children to older adolescents. Chapter cases range in complexity as well, to provide readers with the tools they need to evaluate patients, and to assist in the decision of which presenting factors to prioritize in treatment at which time. Ending each chapter are clinical take-home messages, closing with additional practical knowledge that can be applied to other cases providers may see in their own practices. Written by expert clinicians in the field, Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth: A Clinical Guide is an ideal resource not only for child and adolescent psychiatrists, but for clinicians across all mental health disciplines working with gender non-conforming youth, and who are interested in providing informed, affirmative, and intersectional care.

Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities

Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities
Author: Shanna K. Kattari
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780429443176

"This book examines issues across the lifespan of transgender and nonbinary individuals whilst synthesizing conceptual work, empirical evidence, pedagogical content, educational experiences, and the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals. It highlights the incredible resilience and resistance of transgender and nonbinary individuals and communities to challenge narratives that rely on a one-dimensional perspective of risk and tragic lives. While there is currently unprecedented visibility and increasing levels of support and acceptance, members of these communities still face shockingly high rates of violence, victimization, unemployment, discrimination, and family rejection. The significant need for services and support coupled with social, clinical, and medical service systems ill-equipped to provide culturally responsive care illustrates the critical need for quality education and training of educators, practitioners, and service providers in best practices of working with members of the transgender and nonbinary community"--