UMD 2018 Pre-Institute Training Program Reducing Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias - PDF document

UMD 2018 Pre-Institute Training Program Reducing Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias through Education and Coaching: How agency educators can reduce anti-LGBTQ2S bias through training, facilitation, and coaching. Note: Each session of this two-day Pre-Institute includes opportunities for questions and discussion. Agenda Day 1- July 24 th , 2018 8:30 AM-9:00AM Welcome, Course Overview, and Introductions  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 9:00AM-10:00AM Comfort Zone Exercise  Participants will learn an experiential exercise to start difficult conversation with staff  Participants will explore their fears or barriers around teaching LGBTQ+ topics with colleagues  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 10:00-10:15AM Morning Break 10:15AM-11:00AM Gauging Needs and Stories from the Field  Participants will hear different scenarios from other trainers about experiences with anti-LGBTQ+ bias in trainings or other education settings  Participants will discuss strategies for the scenarios presented

 Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 11:00AM-12:00PM Introduction to Anti-LGBTQ Bias Participants will build their knowledge-base on:  What anti-LGBTQ+ bias is and how it effects youth in care  How anti-LGBTQ+ bias manifests at different levels and through different behaviors (institutional, individual, implicit, and explicit)  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 12:00pm-1:30PM Lunch 1:30PM-3:00PM Intersectionality and Systems of Oppression Exercise and Discussion Participants will engage in activities that build their knowledge-base on:  Different types of systems of oppression  What modern day discrimination looks like  Intersectionality  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice 3:00PM-3:15PM Afternoon Break 3:15PM-5:30PM Getting to Underlying Beliefs Activity

 Participants will practice identifying the underlying beliefs that cause anti-LGBTQ+ biased behavior  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Day 2 8:30AM-9:00AM Welcome and Summary of Day 1  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 9:00-AM-10:00AM Do’s and Don’ts when Addressing Bias Activity and Discussion  Participants will learn the strategies to address anti-LGBTQ+ bias and which strategies to avoid  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 10:00AM-10:15AM Morning Break 10:15AM-12:00PM Facilitation Techniques  Participants will discuss strategies for self-disclosure, creating a safe space for learning, using empathy and research to decrease bias, and coaching versus training techniques  Participants will engage in activities that will help them practice their facilitation around anti-LGBTQ+ bias in training or coaching sessions

 Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 12:00PM-1:30PM Lunch 1:30PM-3:00PM Frequently Encountered Biased Questions Activity  Participants will create an FAQ of questions they have received in training and get coaching from facilitators on potential ways to respond  Participants will get tools that will help them respond to anti- LGBTQ+ remarks  Participants will practice responding to difficult anti-LGBTQ+ questions and statements  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National 3:00PM-3:15PM Afternoon Break 3:15PM-4:00PM Wrap Up and Q&A  Next Steps  Angela Weeks- Project Director, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care  Avery Irons, Senior Project Associate, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice  Lydia Proulx, Youth Program Specialist, Youth Move National