2017 Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium has ended

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2017 Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium

9:15am PDT

Discussing Sensitive Topics with Gender-Expansive Teens NUU Bayview RoomJ. Jessie Rose Cohen, LCSW • Ilana Sherer, MD Rolling out Hospital-Wide Trans-Inclusive Systems in Pediatric Hospitals MJ 2008Kristin Avicolli, LCSW • Christine Johnston, MLS • Andrea Pedersen, NP • Alic Shook, RN

11:00am PDT

Addressing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Trauma in Medical and Mental Health Settings OUU 311Finn Gratton, LMFT, LPCC • Jen Hastings, MD Conducting Research with Trans Youth Using a Community-Informed, Gender Affirmative Model MJ 2100Mere Abrams, MSW, ASW • Brenna Lash

1:45pm PDT

Gender Dysphoria: Exploring Beyond the Diagnosis NUU 1001ASusan P. Landon, LMFT • Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD • Aydin Olson-Kennedy, MSW Paving Our Own Paths to Adulthood: Reflections on a Non-binary Experience of Gender MJ 2078Mere Abrams, MSW, ASW • Callum Bobb • Zo Jimenez • Ben Liddie Using the History of Gender to Teach Gender Identity to Youth and Families NUU Oakland/Concord RoomMauro Sifuentes, MA

3:30pm PDT

Supporting the Sphere: Exploring Medical and Mental Health Options for Non-binary Individuals NUU 1001BJ. Jessie Rose Cohen, LCSW • Ben Geilhufe, MA, LPCC • Jen Hastings, MD Understanding Pathways to Personal Gender Through Film: Raising Zoey MJ 2100Dante Alencastre • Ofelia Dafne’ Barba • Zoey Luna