Trauma Informed Diversity Awareness Masterclass

Posted Saturday 18 January 2025 | Blue Knot Foundation

This masterclass fosters the knowledge and skills to work competently and confidently with transgender and gender diverse people accessing therapeutic and other services. It explores the intersectionality of complex trauma, discrimination, and minority stress to build understanding on how these factors impact the health of transgender and gender diverse people.

Participants gain a practical and inclusive framework for implementing trauma-informed principles within best practice guidelines when working with transgender and gender diverse populations, aligning policies, and procedures with existing legislation.

By participating in this professional development training, participants will:

• apply an understanding of the intersectionality of complex trauma, discrimination and minority stress and their impact on health to work effectively with transgender people accessing your service
• embed trauma-informed and gender affirmative care principles within an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach when working with transgender clients
• apply knowledge and skills to develop a practical inclusive framework for implementing gender affirmative change in your organization based on best practice and current legislation
• acquire confidence in using current language and definitions in the evolving landscape of language pertaining to transgender people.