- PMD: 4,6
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- understand the impact of a GSA on LGBTQ middle school students' depressive symptoms;
- understand issues of intersectionality related to the implementation of middle school GSAs (e.g., do GSAs impact BIPOC LGBTQ students in the same way as they do their White peers?);
- learn how to adapt the content of GSA meetings to be developmentally appropriate for middle school students; and
- learn strategies for obtaining parental permission/buy-in for student participation in GSAs.
Description
This poster presentation will present the results of a study on the impact of gender-sexuality alliances (GSAs) on LGBTQ+ middle school students’ depressive symptoms.
Presenter(s)
Emma C. Goldberg, Southern Connecticut State University
