TRAINING SERIES
Monterey County Rainbow Connections Gender Diversity Provider Training
Parent & Youth Panel
The Monterey Behavioral Health Gender Diversity Training is a comprehensive workshop series designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of medical providers, mental health professionals, and educators in supporting transgender and gender diverse youth and their families. This series will help participants build a strong foundation in gender literacy, assessment, medical support, and developmental understanding of gender, enabling them to provide effective, culturally attuned, gender affirming care.
Listen to an insightful audio recording featuring gender-diverse youth and parents as they share their experiences on their gender journeys.
As a bonus to our four-part comprehensive workshop series, this session deepens our learning and enhances the knowledge and skills of medical providers, mental health professionals, and educators in supporting transgender and gender-diverse youth and their families. In this recording, you'll hear from two panels: first, parents of gender-diverse kids share their experiences of navigating this journey alongside their child. The second panel features gender-diverse youth discussing their own experiences, both individually and within their families. Gain valuable insights from their stories and lived experiences.
We’re going to talk about…
- Experiences of youth, parents, and family members on gender journeys.
- Medical and emotional support needs of transgender youth and their families.
- Youth and parent’s experience of Gender Evaluations.
- Best practices for working with youth and familes in providing gender affirming care.
- Developmental gender journeys of transgender youth and their families.
Course Curriculum
Monterey County Rainbow Connections Gender Diversity Provider Training
Parent & Youth Panel
Free Access
- Audio Recording
Presenters
Jen Hastings
Jen Hastings, MD (jen/jen) Board Certified in Family Medicine, has been providing transgender health care for many years. Dr Jen is part of Ibis Reproductive Health, a research group studying the reproductive needs and experiences of transgender and gender expansive people in the US, and a national consultant and educator on transgender healthcare, increasing medical access and understanding. Jen is also an abortion provider with Aria Medical Group. In Santa Cruz, Jen is the physician consultant with SafeRx and the Health Improvement Partnership, working with Opioid Safety, Behavioral Health integration, Trauma Informed Care and Mindfulness in Medicine.
Shawn V Giammattei, PhD
Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD is a clinical psychologist & WPATH certified member/mentor, specializing in couple & family therapy with a particular focus on trans youth and their families. He is the founder & CEO of the Gender Health Training Institute & TransFamily Alliance, a research consultant, international speaker, community educator, and professor teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in LGBTQ psychology, family systems, and gender affirming care, as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on gender, sexuality, and family work.
Juliette Greenham
Mexican writer, former strategy director at international organizations and DEI expert at Gender Health Training Institute. Juliette is coaching the most important organizations in Latin America to change their culture towards trans inclusivity, implementing solid policies and procedures. Juliette helps trans families in their Gender Journey, translating gender-affirming care to the Latin American culture, helping families understand it and remove cultural obstacles so they can flow and be at peace with the process.
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
