Training by topic: LGBTQ+

Supporting youth in care: Identity Development

Learn how to support and help youth develop their identity as a LGBTQ+ youth.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: information packet via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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Supporting and caring for transgender children

Learn how to support transgender children.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: information packet via PDF reading
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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What children and youth want their LGBT parents to know

Learn how to respond to your child's (spoken or unspoken) questions as they come to understand who they are.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: information packet via PDF reading
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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Frequently asked questions from LGBTQ+ prospective foster and adoptive parents

This will help answer initial questions you may have as a prospective foster or adoptive parent of an LGBTQ+ youth.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: information packet via PDF reading
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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Supporting your LGBTQ+ youth: A guide for foster parents

Learn how to support and affirm the LGBTQ+ youth in your care.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: self-study via PDF reading (Tiny Training Byte series)
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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Teens and identity

Learn about how to support youth in care by maintaining roots.

  • Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families, Jo Malbert Narvaez, MPA
  • Format: self-study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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