Providing Trauma Informed Services for the LGBTQI Community
December 8, 2011 1:00 PM EST
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According to SAMHSA's National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) "Trauma-informed care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives." Providers can benefit from understanding the difficulty for LGBTQI victims to receive services for healthcare and also for those in need of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and other addictive disorders. Information about special considerations in working with victims of same-gender violence, and also individuals who identify as LGBTQI and are victims of opposite gender sexual violence, will be reviewed. Resources for victims and survivors and trauma informed-interventions will be included.
Learning Objectives
· Review prevalence and consequences of interpersonal violence as it pertains to LGBT individuals.
· Describe how to create a safe environment for LGBTQI individuals with a history of trauma.
· Learn resources for trauma survivors and when to make appropriate referrals.
· Describe how to create a safe environment for LGBTQI individuals with a history of trauma.
· Learn resources for trauma survivors and when to make appropriate referrals.
About the Speaker(s):
Philip T. McCabe, CSW, CAS, CDVC, DRCC, is a Health Educator at the UMDNJ -School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice; Director, LGBT Healthcare Initiative and LGBT Faculty Consultant for UMDNJ-School of Nursing; NALGAP's President and Board of Directors member; a member of the NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault Board of Trustees; and a member of the NJ Governors Advisory Committee on Sexual Violence-Prevention and Public Education Committee.
