
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
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.
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.
Unpacking & Contextualizing Gender: Recognizing Bias in the Therapeutic Relationship
Gender Diversity Master Class Series for Providers
Unpacking & Contextualizing Gender: Recognizing Bias in the Therapeutic Relationship …
Increasing Family Support for LGBTQ Students to Reduce Risk & Promote Well-Being
October 14, 2025
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.
From Bystander to Upstander: Cultivating Bully-Free Learning Environments for LGBTQ+ Students
October 8, 2025
This session explores bullying prevention through a lens of equity and inclusivity, focusing on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students.