Where:
Butler County Educational Service Center400 N. Erie Blvd. Ste. A
Hamilton, OH 45011
Driving Directions
Contact:
Lauren Perry
FCFC Training Coordinator
Butler County Family & Children First Council
(513) 785-6770 (office)
perryl@bcesc.org
Your Trainer:
Amanda Erickson (she/her), Director of Education & Outreach, has worked with Kaleidoscope Youth Center since 2017, focusing on advocating for LGBTQIA+ youth across Ohio through education for youth-serving professionals including teachers, social workers, and more. Amanda has a Bachelor of Science in Education from Bowling Green State University, and spent two years post-college as a Peace Corps Volunteer educating teachers in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. Since returning to the US, she has worked in education and programming in the local nonprofit sector.
Intent, Impact, and Allyship
Join us for a comprehensive training designed for youth-serving professionals who wish to cultivate spaces of affirmation and belonging for their young people.
Explore the intent and the actual impact behind common microaggressions and other slights against LGBTQIA+ people, particularly transgender adolescents. Learn about what it truly means to be an ally, and take a deep dive into the many ways that professionals can improve the general climate of schools, community centers, organizations, etc. through various strategies from simple word choice to organizational policy change.
Participants will:
1. Increase awareness regarding intent, impact, and microaggressions, and identify the ways in which each may show up within daily work.
2. Identify a situation in which an inappropriate comment or question may occur, identify possible intents behind the comment or question, and explain why the comment or question could be problematic.
3. Demonstrate at least one potential affirming response to a young person coming out as LGBTQIA+.
4. Identify three individual next steps for application and integration outside the course.
5. Identify three organizational next steps for application and integration outside the course.
Target Audience: youth-serving professionals, administrators, teachers, social workers, and more.
Cost: Free! (Priority will be given to partner agencies in Butler County).
CEUs: APPROVED BY THE SOH, CSWMFTB FOR 3.0 CEU's FOR COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDER #RSX050901 AND #RCX051001 (Meeting the Ethics Standards).
