This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- describe specific family behaviors that contribute to increased health risks for LGBTQ students, including suicidality, substance abuse, depression, and HIV, and family behaviors that protect against risk and promote well-being.
- discuss the role of family acceptance and rejection of LGBTQ students on their health and well-being and Family Acceptance Project (FAP) evidence-based strategies and resources to help families to decrease rejection and health risks and increase family support and connectedness for their LGBTQ children.
- discuss ways to apply FAP’s family support approach to decrease rejection and increase family connectedness and acceptance within school communities.
Description
This session provides a research-based framework to help families to decrease rejection and risks and increase connectedness and support for LGBTQ students experiencing pandemic-related loss of school and external supports.
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Presenter(s)
Caitlin Ryan, PhD, Family Acceptance Project/San Francisco State University
