Welcome to NYAC's self-guided, video training module and resource bank for creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. If you are looking for a place to learn how to make your organization or community space more friendly and welcoming to LGBTQ youth, this is one way that we can help.
Before you go through the training:
Download the Pre-Testand Post-Test to track your LGBTQ youth education and receive free Safe Zone posters and stickers upon completion! Click Here
Access and download the Safe Spaces Worksheet to have with you to follow along during the training video and identify areas to focus on later. Click Here
The Safe Spaces Training Module is a series of six videos that can be accessed at any time. The training module part are each around 15 minutes, except for Part 3 on Language and Terminology which is longer. Trainees can take the training in 2 hours in one sitting or take the training in pieces over a matter of days or weeks. You will guided by a voice that will explain each slide, simply push "play" and go!
Please be sure to access the resources available after each video and keep in mind that viewing these videos in full screen allows for the best ability to read all text!
Part I - Introduction: Why Safe Spaces?
To access this training module as a movie via iTunes Click Here.
To access this training as a YouTube video Click Here
To access the slides to this presentation, without narration, click here.
Resources and References
Safe Spaces Training Module Pre-Test and Post Test. Click Here
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association - Guidelines for Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients - Click Here (includes sample intake and demographic questions)
Incluvisity Reference, Kids Together, Inc. - Click Here
Diversity Reference, Walla Walla University - Click Here
School of Unity and Liberation, SOUL, Free Training Resources - Click Here
Part V - Resources and Services
To access this training module as a movie via iTunes, click here.
To access this training as a YouTube video, Click Here
To access the slides to this presentation, without narration, click here.
Resources and References
Lambda Legal - Basic LGBTQ Policies, Training, and Services for Child Welfare Agencies - Click Here
NYAC's Resource Library and Recorded Webinar Trainings - Click Here
NYAC's Resource Library of LGBTQ Youth Best Practices - Click Here
NYAC & Lambda Legal - Bending the Mold: A Toolkit for Transgender Students - Click Here
Approaching Barriers with Strategies Worksheet - Click Here
Request a Training, contact jennie@nyacyouth.org.
Congratulations! If you have completed the Safe Spaces Training Module, please fill out your Post-Test to document your progress. Once again, you can find this document by clicking here.
Once you have submitted your Pre-Test and Post-Test, send them to Jennie Beeson through email or snail mail to receive your Safe Zone posters, stickers, and other requested materials from NYAC, at the information below.
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