PPT-Struggling to Survive: LGBTQ Youth on the Streets of California

Shahera Hyatt Dir CA Homeless Youth Project Youth Homelessness in California Nearly 300000 homeless students identified in CAs public schools in the 201314 school year 5 of our student body. 9 915 948 Bronx 924 937 966 Brooklyn 892 901 938 Queens 947 959 969 Staten Island 986 971 990 Citywide Total 931 939 962 brPage 2br Percent of Acceptably Clean Streets 2014 11 Manhattan Community Board Cleaning Section Acceptable Streets Acceptabl Cultural . Competency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth:. 101 – Awareness and Sensitivity. January 23, 2015. WEBINAR. De Palazzo . LGBTQ Coordinator, Staff Facilitator. Diversity, Prevention & Intervention Department. Erica Nishon. TE 848. Summer 2013. Teaching Exploration Project. Lisa Hawkins. Rationale. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only “Twenty-seven percent of students at both grades 8 and 12 performed at or above the . Funds for Implementation of Receivership in Persistently Struggling Schools. October 28, 2015 . Office of Innovation and School Reform (OISR). Receivership – . Intervention in Struggling Schools . S. LGBTQ* students are at the . highest risk . for experiencing conduct that interferes with their ability to live, learn, and be successful on campus. The threat of violence in relation to their identities; greater risk for sexual assaults accompanied by violence; transgender men and women are at the greatest risk. Nate Monson. Executive Director, Iowa Safe Schools. nate.monson@iowasafeschools.org · www.iowasafeschools.org. Ground Rules. Safe Space. Respect. Use I Statements. Avoid hypotheticals . Take care of self. Jay Vites. SOC 108. In the United States, “over a million youth (5%)” experience homelessness annually (Rosario et al 2012).. Studies have found that LGB youth compose 15–36% of homeless youth, although they compose only 1.3–3.8% of the general youth population (Rosario et al 2012).. Permanent . Families for . LGBTQ . Children and Youth. . A Project of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. California Child Welfare Council . Presentation, March 12, 2014. Curtis F. Shepard, Ph.D., . Queering Learning in Higher Education?. Professor Vicky Gunn. A starting point. For some LGBTQ students identity development is experienced with a heightened sense of shame and low self-worth = . alienation. Assisting LGBTQ Clients & Their Families LGBTQ Legal Clinic - Mississippi Cultural Competency Training October 7, 2014 Introductions Emily Hecht-McGowan Director of Public Policy Denise Brogan-Kator What Social Workers Need to Know to Practice Competently. Haruv from the Couch. Dr. Gerald P. Mallon. Agenda. Introduction . Language. Disclosure. Assessment. Recommendations. Resources. References. Language. Chapter . 20. : . Understanding Health and Mental Health Factors Impacting the LGBTQ Community. Authors: . sarah. r. young, . phd. , . msw. Marcie . fisher-borne. , . phd. , . msw. , mph. 1. Chapter 20: Understanding health and mental health factors impacting the . “. It is not justice if we leave behind members of our community, if we ignore the interconnected oppression of those we share community with.” - . Skylar Lee. Died by suicide at age 16. 16% . of LGBTQ kids have been threatened or injured with weapon at school. Charlene J. Vetter, Ph.D.. Senior Counselor . SUNY Buffalo State. CCNY Annual Conference 2013. Terminology/Basic Vocabulary. Sexual Orientation. emotional, romantic, sexual attraction to another person .