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
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.
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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Hormones and Puberty Blockers: A Gender Affirming Medical Approach for Gender Diverse Youth
February 18, 2026
This interactive workshop will provide mental health & medical professionals with a comprehensive overview of gender affirming hormone therapies for transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse youth. Participants will explore the basics of puberty blockers and hormone therapy, interspersed with vignettes and reflective discussions to reinforce concepts and ensure practical integration into clinical practice.
Understanding and Supporting Students with Neurodivergence and ADHD
February 11, 2026
This one-hour training is designed to equip educators and school staff with foundational knowledge and practical strategies to support neurodivergent students, with a particular focus on autism and ADHD