Understanding Gender Identity Development Among System Involved Youth Ages 2-18

Kelsey Pacha

Training Description

This training will educate those who support system involved yotuh about five gender identity frameworks, three considered traditional (Kohlberg’s Cognitive Developmental Theory of Gender Identity Development, Bem’s Gender Schema Theory, & Bandura’s Social Learning Theory of Gender), and two newer iterations (Veale’s Identity Defense Model of Gender Variant Development & Diamond’s Biased-Interaction Theory of Psychosexual Development.) Participants will explore the socioemotional & intersectional contexts in which gender identity development occurs for all children, compare & contrast these six models, and apply them to a video case study. Participants will identify best practices to engage introspection about gender based on developmental & chronological age for cisgender, transgender, gender nonconforming, & gender creative system involved youth.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Explain  the biopsychosocial model of gender and distinguish between cisgender, transgender, gender nonconforming, and gender creative system involved youth.