Embracing Identities - Suicide Prevention with Trans Youth
Content Reviewed: March 7, 2025
4 Videos
1 hr. 2 min.
This 1-hour Continuing Education (CE) offering is designed to equip healthcare professionals and counselors with the essential knowledge and skills needed to effectively address the critical issue of suicide among transgender and gender-diverse youth. With a focus on understanding the unique risk factors, recognizing warning signs, and implementing evidence-based strategies, this course aims to provide participants with the tools to enhance the safety and well-being of trans youth. The course also highlights the significance of affirming and inclusive approaches and the impact of interprofessional collaboration in suicide prevention within this specific demographic.
This 1-hour Continuing Education (CE) offering is designed to equip healthcare professionals and counselors with the essential knowledge and skills needed to effectively address the critical issue of suicide among transgender and gender-diverse youth. With a focus on understanding the unique risk factors, recognizing warning signs, and implementing evidence-based strategies, this course aims to provide participants with the tools to enhance the safety and well-being of trans youth. The course also highlights the significance of affirming and inclusive approaches and the impact of interprofessional collaboration in suicide prevention within this specific demographic.
Faculty
Megan Arbour, PhD, RN, CNM, CNE
Associate Professor
Frontier Nursing University
Brian Masciadrelli, PhD, LMSW, LICSW
Adjunct Instructor in Music Therapy
SUNY Fredonia
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