This intermediate session focuses on identification and implementation of evidence-based mental health services for individuals who describe themselves as gender non-binary, transgender, or with other gender fluid identities. This session will include case presentations and describe treatment planning for clients in this vulnerable population, including considerations related to implementing services and models that are culturally mindful and promote community engagement. Information also will highlight coordinated care related to social determinants of physical and mental health, including the impact of stigma, poverty, healthcare access, and exposure to trauma. 

Format

Recorded webinar, non-interactive, self-paced distance learning activity with post-test.

This presentation was recorded on September 30, 2021.

Learning Objectives

• Define contemporary terms and concepts associated with trans- and gender non-binary individuals and communities. 
• Describe key clinical practices and approaches that address the needs among trans- and gender non-binary individuals.  
• Identify strategies to select, implement, and evaluate person-centered service interventions within clinical programs working with gender diverse populations and their support systems.  
• Discuss challenges to developing and sustaining culturally mindful training and supervision for an interdisciplinary behavioral health workforce. 

Outline

• Treatment planning for clients who identify as gender diverse, non-binary, transgender, or with other gender fluid identities.
• Case presentations of implementing services and models that are culturally mindful and promote community engagement.
• Coordinated care related to social determinants of physical and mental health.
• Impact of stigma, poverty, healthcare access, and exposure to trauma.
• Presenter Q&A 

Target Audience

Counselor, Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatrist, Physician (Non-psychiatrist), Psychologist, Social Worker, Peer Specialist/Peer Support 

Instructional Level

Intermediate 

Estimate Time to Complete

Estimated Duration: 1.0 hour
Program Start Date: October 1, 2021 
Program End Date: July 08, 2023

How to Earn Credit

Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, nursing continuing professional development contact hours (NCPD, formerly CNE), CE credit for psychologists, CE credit for social workers, or a certificate of participation may do so by viewing the live presentation and completing the evaluation. Participants claiming CE credit for psychologists and those claiming CE credit for Social workers, must have full attendance to claim credit. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians), NCPD (nurses), CE certificate (psychologists), CE certificate (social workers) or certificate of participation (other disciplines) showing the event date and hours earned.  

Continuing Education Credit

Physicians 

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The APA designates this live event for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Psychologists 

The American Psychiatric Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. American Psychiatric Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

Nurses/Nurse Practitioners 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Social Workers  

American Psychiatric Association, provider #1743, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. American Psychiatric Association maintains responsibility for this course.  

ACE provider approval periods: 05/18/2020 - 05/18/2021 and 05/18/2021 - 05/18/2024.  

Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits. 

Faculty and Planner Disclosures

Instructor

• Lisa A. Razzano, PhD, CPRP is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Director of the Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and Director for the James Scholar Program at the UIC College of Medicine. Dr. Razzano is recognized internationally for her funded research and workforce development programs focusing on mental health recovery, physical health co-morbidities, mental health aspects of HIV/AIDS, and community intervention and services research. Dr. Razzano reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. 
• Brandon J. Hill, PhD serves as Executive Director for the Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy at Howard Brown Health. Prior to joining Howard Brown, Hill served as the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains and was Executive Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Hill reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. 

Planners

• Teri Brister, PhD, LPC, National Alliance on Mental Illness. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
• Amy N. Cohen, PhD, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
• John Torous, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. 
• Sherin Khan, LCSW, Thresholds. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
• Donna Rolin, PhD, APRN, University of Texas at Austin. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.  

• Donna Rolin, PhD, APRN, University of Texas at Austin. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests. (Reviewed on 6/15/2023)

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Technical Requirements

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• The latest and 2nd latest public versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari
• Internet Explorer 11+

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• Browser: Google Chrome (latest and 2nd latest version), Safari (latest and 2nd latest version), Internet Explorer 11.0+, Firefox (latest and 2nd latest version), or Microsoft Edge (latest and 2nd latest version)
• Operating System: Windows versions 8.1+, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) +, Android (latest and 2nd latest version), or iOS/iPad OS (latest and 2nd latest version)
• Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher

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• Windows PC: Windows 8.1 or higher; 1 GB (for 32-bit)/2 GB (for 64-bit) or higher RAM; Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver; audio playback with speakers for programs with video content
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