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A great way to start my day- presenting to the Maine Pediatric & Behavioral Health Partnership Program through MCD Global Health on Fostering Inclusive Pediatric Care: Best Practices for Gender and Sexuality Affirmation.

Through the Maine Pediatric and Behavioral Health Partnership (MPBHP), MCD is implementing training opportunities that focus on LGBTQIA+ affirming care for the month of June🏳️‍🌈 .

These opportunities allow providers to increase their knowledge and confidence in managing patients’ behavioral health needs.

➡️ Learn more about the MPBHP: https://buff.ly/4b0Zk5a

An honor to present with my colleague, Bethany Rocheleau, at the Association of SP Educators - ASPE Conference in Vancouver, BC this week.

Our workshop, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Case Development: Optimizing Psychological Safety for Everyone, highlighted some innovative work from our team at the MaineHealth Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation & Simulation over the past few years. Best practices continue to be developed as it relates to teaching about LGBTQ+ (and other marginalized groups) in healthcare education, we were able to share a process that can help other programs optimize their current resources as they develop cases for simulation. While we did not have a perfect solution to present (that does take more resources), we felt that it was important to share the lessons we have learned in this process, so that others can take a step forward without needing to reinvent the wheel.

Thrilled to have been invited to offer a social work perspective on “Trans Children and Youth in the Family Court System” to an international audience at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts pre-conferencefamil institute.

I am learning so much from my co-presenters, Allan E. Barsky, PhD, JD (US- Florida), Lavanya Regunathan Fischer, LLM, LSE (India), John McKendrick, KC (United Kingdom), & Hon. Dianna J. Gould-Saltman (Ret) (US-California).

A full day of learning how to support families with trans youth who are in the process of mediation, combining legal and mental health perspectives.