TA Network

Additional resources are forthcoming. Please send resource suggestions to Sarah Warner at LGBTQI2S@ssw.umaryland.edu.

Electronic Resources:

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
  • A Practitioner's Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children
  • ‌Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
  • KSOC-TV: Supporting Families with LGBTQ Youth
  • KSOC-TV: Intersecting Identities: Improving Health Outcomes for LGBTQI2-S Youth of Color
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS):
  • The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care
• LGBTQI2-S National Workgroup:
  • A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth, and Families
• The National Technical Assistance Network for Children's Behavioral Health (TA Network):
  • LGBTQI2-S Youtube playlist
• Children’s Bureau:
  • Toolkit to Support Child Welfare Agencies in Serving LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
  • ​Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12 – United States and Selected Sites
• American Psychological Association (APA):
  • Promoting Positive Relationships: Key Protective Factors for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
  • ​Promoting Good Practices for Mental Health Facilities in Working with LGBT Clients with Serious Mental Illnesses
  • Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Clients
  • Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
• The Trevor Project:
  • You Can Ask for Help
• National Resource Center for the Permanence and Family Connections: 
  • Tips for Child Welfare Professionals: Talking About LGBT-Headed Families
  • Twenty Things Supervisors Can Do to Support Workers to Competently Practice with LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families
• ​The Fenway Institute:
  • ​How to Gather Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings
  • Understanding Bisexuality: Challenging Stigma, Reducing Disparities, and Caring for Patients
• Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry:
  • Practice Parameter on Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Sexual Orientation, Gender Nonconformity, and Gender Discordance in Children and Adolescents
• Human Rights Campaign:
  • All Children - All Families: LGBTQ Resources for Child Welfare Professionals
• LGBT National Help Center
  • LGBT National Youth Talkline
  • GLBT Near Me
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding

Literature Review:

• Matarese, M., Greeno, E. and Betsinger, A. (2017). Youth with Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression in Child Welfare: A Review of Best Practices. Baltimore, MD: Institute for Innovation & Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work

Books:

• Gullotta, T. P., Ma, M. S. W., Gullotta, T. P., & Blau, G. M. (Eds.). (2008). Family influences on childhood behavior and development: Evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches. Routledge
• Fisher, K.S., Easterly, S., & Lazear, K, J . (2008). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families-Family influences on childhood behavior and development: Evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches. (pp 193 -214) New York, NY: Routledge