Raising a LGBTQ+ Child or Youth - Creating a Family Adoption and Foster Care Education

Self-Paced TrainingInternationalPaid low-cost ($100 and under)
Written By Tanya Camp

Learn how to provide a supportive and nurturing home for 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

There is a huge need for foster and adoptive homes for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in foster care. In this course, Holly Harridan and Dr. Shelly Ronen help caregivers understand how to support and provide nurturing homes for 2SLGBTQ+ children and youth. Holly is a Senior User Experience Researcher at Bloom Works and an applied Anthropologist with a background in queer and feminist studies. She lived with an informal kinship caregiver as a queer youth. Dr. Shelly Ronen is a Senior User Experience Researcher at Bloom Works. She has a PhD is in Sociology, and specializes in gender and sexuality.

This course covers the following learning objectives:

  • Explain what it means to be an "affirming" home for 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

  • Explain why 2SLGBTQ+ youth are more likely to have a foster placement failure.

  • List 3 resources for guidance on how to be affirming of 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

To register: Creating a Family - R2SLGBTQ+CY

Tanya Camp

I am a graphic designer and website developer with 24+ years of professional experience. My background is in visual communication design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a diploma in New Media Design from the University of Alberta. My focus includes print design, identity systems, marketing design, user experience, usability, and website design. I enjoy collaborating and developing custom-fit solutions, focusing on highly usable yet visually beautiful deliverables.

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