LGBTQ+ and Disability Part 1: An Introduction to Working with Clients with Intersecting Identities
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Join us for our first training in our LGBTQ+ series. We will focus on working with clients with intersecting identities. Learning objectives will include:
- Increased knowledge on the application of CRC/ACA ethics for working with LGBTQ+ Youth
- Increased knowledge and ability to utilize common language around LGBTQ+ identity
- An understanding of intersectionality as it relates to LGBTQ+ identities and other marginalized identities
- Identify common narratives faced by LGBTQ+ Youth and Youth with Disabilities including the intersectionality of identities
- The ability to describe the socio-political impacts on work with gender expansive adolescents or gender expansive clients
Presenters:
D.J. Ralston, M.A.
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs
Senior Research Associate
The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Areas of Expertise Include: The Public Workforce Development System, Partnership and Collaboration, the Integrated Resource Team Model, Social Security Work Incentives, the Intersection of Disability and Poverty, Working with LGBTQIA+ Populations and Transition-Age Youth, Professional Development and Organizational Change Management. DJ (they/them) has close to 20 years of experience, related to disability and employment programs and policy, across the public workforce development system at the local, state, and national levels. In DJ’s current role as a Sr. Technical Assistance and Research Analyst they provide technical assistance (TA) and training for the VA DARS EPIC Disability Innovation Fund grant, the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) and the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR). Their early career experience included working for the Alaska Department of Labor as a case manager for the Adult/Dislocated worker programs as well as leading Alaska’s Disability Program Navigator Initiative. Following their time in Alaska, they were hired by the National Technical Assistance Center for the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Disability Program Navigator Initiative and its successor the Disability Employment Initiative. More recently, they led GW's work supporting state VR agencies in improving engagement and outcomes for participants living at the intersection of disability and poverty as part of the Targeted Communities Technical Assistance Center, funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Additionally, they provided training and TA as a subject matter expert for the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC). They have a Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling from Western Washington University, completed and maintain a Community Partner Work Incentive Coordinator (CP-WIC) Certification from Virginia Commonwealth University, and recently completed their Doctoral coursework in Human and Organizational Learning, Executive Leadership Program and is in the process of completing their dissertation.
Katherine Hurley, M.A, M.F.A, NCC
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Senior Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student
The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Lucas DeMonte, M.Ed., Ed.S., LPC
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Ph.D. Student at Northern Illinois University, Counselor
Northern Illinois University
Website: www.niu.edu
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