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    MODULES
      MODULE ONE: Overcoming Barriers to Culturally Competent Health Care

      MODULE TWO: Gender and Identity: Understanding Cross-Gender Expression

      MODULE THREE: Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Bias-Related Violence and other Trauma Issues

      MODULE FOUR: Relationships and Parenting in the LGBT Community

      MODULE FIVE: Substance Abuse, Addictions, and Recovery Issues in the LGBT Community

      MODULE SIX: Sexual and Gender Development--Children and Youth Issues

      MODULE SEVEN: Aging Issues in the LGBT Communities

      MODULE EIGHT: HIV/AIDS

    TOPICS

      Aging Issues

      Barriers to Culturally Competent Health Care

        Language
        Confidentiality
        Definitions
        Internalized Barriers
        External Barriers
        Institutional Barriers
        Removing Barrier
        Gender Identity and...

      Bisexual Issues

      Clinical Concerns

        For lesbians
        For Gay Men
        For the Transgendered
        For Bisexuals

      Coming Out

        Stages (Gay)
        Stages (Transgender)

      Definitions

      Friendly Environment; Helping your provider create

      Gay Issues

      Gender

        Assumptions about
        Development
        Diagnostic Criteria (in DSM)
        Development Theories
        Identity
        Identity Development
        Identity Disorder (GID)
        Sex & Gender Development

      Health Needs

        Among all LGBT's
        Among Lesbians
        Among Gay Men
        Among Bisexuals
        Among the Transgendered

      Intersex

        Issues
        Care

      Legal Issues

      Lesbian Issues

      Relationships

        Legal Aspects
        Parenting
        Parenting Paths

      Substance Abuse

        Barriers to Treatment

      Sub-Groups in the LGBT Commuities

      Violence

        Bias-Related Violence
        Domestic Violence
          Phases
          Myths
          Prevention
        Sexual Assault
          Myths
          Prevention
        Sexual Abuse

          Adults
          Children
          Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

      Sexual Development

        Atypical Sexual Development
        Theories
        Sex / Gender

      Sexual Identity

        Components

      Substance Abuse

        Predispositions

      Transgender Issues

      Youth

        Assaults
        Hate Crimes
        Resources
        Sexual Harassment
        Substance Abuse
        Suicide


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