Monterey County Rainbow Connections
A Family Acceptance Project® Training
Family Acceptance Project® – Family Support Model Training
October, 21, 22, 23, 2025
9 am – 12:30 pm PT
9 CE’s Available
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Educational Goal
Participants will learn how to apply FAP’s Family Support Model in clinical settings, including use of FAP’s multilingual educational resources and intervention strategies.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe 2 Family Acceptance Project® strategies to help families to decrease risk and promote well-being for their LGBTQ children.
- Identify 3 best practices that you can apply to create a trauma-informed environment to safely engage, assess and support diverse LGBTQ+ children & youth and their families.
- Describe 3 family behaviors that contribute to increased health risks for LGBTQ adolescents, including suicidality, substance abuse, depression and HIV, and 3 family behaviors that protect against risk and promote well-being.
- Identify 2 Family Acceptance Project® resources to help diverse families to decrease family rejection and health risks and to increase family acceptance and well-being for LGBTQ children and youth.
- Describe the process for developing a family support plan for reducing risk and increasing well-being for LGBTQ children and youth.
Presenters
Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW
Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW (her/hers) is a clinical social worker, educator and researcher and director of the Family Acceptance Project® (FAP) at San Francisco State University who has worked on LGBTQ health and mental health for more than 40 years. With her team, Dr. Ryan conducted the first research and developed the first evidence-based family support model to help diverse families to support their LGBTQ children and youth – in the context of their families, cultures and faith traditions. Her work has established the field of family intervention and acceptance for LGBTQ children & youth and is being implemented across systems of care.
Antonia Barba, LCSW
Antonia Barba, LCSW (she/hers) is a consultant, educator and clinician who has worked in the field of community mental health for 20 years. She is a founder and co-chair of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s (NCTSN) Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Collaborative Group and has trained extensively on trauma-informed care with LGBTQ+ youth and families. Antonia collaborates with Dr. Caitlin Ryan to provide FAP trainings and to implement FAP’s Family Support Model to help diverse families to prevent health risks and increase well-being for LGBTQ+ children and youth.
9 CE Credits Available
The Gender Health Training Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Gender Health Training Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.