Rural TGNC Cultural Competence
Date Available: 1/25/22
Date Expires: 1/25/23
Course Type: On Demand
Sponsor Name: Jared Boot/Blue Cross Blue Shield
Course Registration Link: https://columbiangwu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agyw0U1lBb1FMBn
CE Value (credits): 10
CE Type: Standard
Contact Information:
Jared Boot
734-604-0920
jboot@msp.edu
Course Description:
TGNC course: This training will be largely based on Singh and Dickey’s (2017) Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients. The purpose of this training intervention will be to provide resources and guidelines to help mental health clinicians develop practice and training competency with transgender concerns for non-geriatric adults in therapy who live in rural areas. This will take place over 10 hours of asynchronous coursework through the online easygenerator platform. Terminology, appropriate language, and education regarding barriers to care, the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (2012) Standards of Care (V7), psychotherapy skills, and advocacy education will be covered. An experiential exercise, the cis-gender checklist (Cedar, 2007), will also be assigned for participants. Participants will also be given information on additional resources and websites to consult. This is an IRB-approved training study to assess efficacy among mental health clinicians who practice with rural clients and pre- and post-test surveys will be administered via Qualtrics to assess for improved knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes among mental health professionals. 8 questions will also be used per 1-hour module to assess knowledge for CE purposes.