Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA+ Populations

3 units

Focuses on developing the knowledge and practice skills necessary for effective, evidence-based practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and ally/asexual/agender (LGBTQIA+) persons and their families. Covers five major domains of practice with LGBTQIA+ persons: (a) theoretical and empirical knowledge to understand LGBTQIA+ persons across the life span; (b) the unique psychosocial concerns and issues of LGBTQIA+ clients and their families of choice/origin. Particular attention paid to issues of race/ethnicity, culture, age, disability, religion, and class as they impact sexual minority populations; (c) identification and implementation of capacity-building interventions with LGBTQIA+ persons; (d) social work values, ethics and social justice concerns surrounding LGBTQIA+ population; and (e) intervention strategies for building inclusive agencies, organizations, and institutions. Student actively examine their own values and attitudes and their professional use of self in their practice with LGBTQIA+ populations.