Monterey County Rainbow Connections Trainings
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
May 6, 2026
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
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.
Allies in Action: Supporting GSAs and Cultivating Empowerment and Leadership of LGBTQ+ Students
This 1-hour interactive session offers resources for new and prospective advisors, plus creative activities and inspiration for current club leaders.
Soporte y Evaluación Médica
Esta sesión ofrece una visión general de las opciones de apoyo médico para jóvenes transgénero, incluyendo los bloqueadores de la pubertad y la terapia hormonal.
Increasing Family Support for LGBTQ Students to Reduce Risk & Promote Well-Being
This training will discuss FAP’s evidence-based approach to help diverse families to support LGBTQ students in the context of their families, cultures and faith communities, including multilingual resources and strategies to increase family connectedness.
Gender Affirming Surgeries
This interactive 3-hour training is designed for medical and mental health providers to deepen their understanding of gender affirming surgeries (GAS) for youth and young adults.
Increasing Family Support for LGBTQ+ Students to Reduce Risk and Promote Well-being
This 1-hour session will provide an overview of the Family Acceptance Project® (FAP) family support approach to help diverse families to support their LGBTQ children.
Desinformación y Mala Información
Entrenamiento de Diversidad de Género para Proveedores de Monterey County Rainbow Connections
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