Monterey County Rainbow Connections Provider Training
The Monterey Behavioral Health Training is a comprehensive series of workshops designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of medical and mental health professionals, educators, and community members in supporting LGBTQ+ youth and their families. Through this series, participants will build a strong foundation in literacy, medical support, and developmental understanding of gender, enabling them to provide the highest standard of culturally attuned, education, medical, and mental health care for LGBTQ+ young people and their families. Sessions will cover crucial topics related to diversity and integrating perspectives from youth, parents, and families.
Empowering Communities, Enhancing Care, Celebrating Diversity
Upcoming Trainings
Creating a School-wide Interconnected System of Care for LGBTQ+ Students
November 12, 2025
This 1-hour workshop equips educators with the essential knowledge and tools to affirm and support gender-diverse students in K-12 school environments.
Affirming Gender Diversity in Education: Understanding, Protecting & Supporting Gender‑Diverse Youth in School
November 12, 2025
This 1-hour workshop equips educators with the essential knowledge and tools to affirm and support gender-diverse students in K-12 school environments.
Creating and Implementing a Gender Support Plan
December 10, 2025
This training not only introduces the GSP framework to providers, but also provides opportunities to practice filling in a Gender Support Plan, to modifying a GSP for their individual context, and to navigate potentially difficult conversations with youth, their caregivers, and/or their teachers or other school staff.
Family Support Model Training
October 21, 22, 23
During three 3-hour sessions participants will learn how to use FAP’s culturally grounded assessment measures, how to provide organizational safety and support for LGBTQ children and youth, how to develop and implement a family support plan and how to provide psychoeducation for racially and religiously diverse families, including families that reject their LGBTQ children.
Helping Families to Promote Well-Being & Reduce Health Risks for LGBTQ+ Children & Youth
December 11
Increase the knowledge of participants to help diverse families to decrease family rejection and health risks and to increase family acceptance and well-being for LGBTQ children and youth.