Webinar Overview:
There is an increasing need for group work that is accessible to and affirming of gender expansive youth. The presenter will share knowledge and strategies in a decolonized feminist framework to facilitate a resilience-based group with gender expansive adolescents across intersections of identifies and experiences.
Learning Objectives:
Presenter: Lucas DeMonte (he/him/his) is a white queer trans man recently graduated from the University of Florida with his M.Ed./Ed.S. As the current Patient Advocate for the UF Youth Gender Program, he has assisted over 300 Gender Expansive youth and young adults. He has consulted with multiple mental health and community agencies on Trans and Gender Expansive identities and social justice issues. His prior professional experiences include case management with adolescents on probation, serving as a victim advocate, and providing HIV testing and rural outreach in marginalized communities. When he isn’t working or talking to everyone he sees, Lucas spends time tending to his orchids, accidentally trying to read multiple books at a time, and hiking with his dog. You can reach him by mentioning that there’s free food at an event, or more reliably at lucas.demonte@ufl.edu. Lucas will be attending Northern Illinois University in the Fall to pursue his doctorate.
Continued Education Clock Hours (2) Available:
*The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling have approved this course under continuing education provider BAP#50-15249 and National Board of Certified Counselors Provider #2010 materials prepared for FCA, 2750 Taylor Avenue, Suite A36, Orlando, FL 32806-4474. Please note, certificates will be issued within 30 days of the conclusion of this webinar.