What is it the WPATH 8 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.
The importance of the wpath
What is the difference between all the other wpath and the newest version
Why was it created, and develop, and the impact it has made
Provide why it is helpful to the mental health and therapeutical field working with transgender
Why is it important to reference the wpath 8 working with transgender
Discuss each chapter of the wpath and the new chapters added
Discuss how the wpath is culturally accepted and why not and how can it be applied to the Haitian and Cuban culture
Gender Pronouns the importance to them
Provide a list of pronouns, what are they, why it is used, understanding , why it matters, how does it impact an individual
Gender identity theory
Why is it important to ask
Why does appropriate pronoun usage support inclusion
What can we do to make a more inclusive environment?
How can we apply and teach families of Haitian and Cuban descent about pronouns?
How do counselors approach the conversation about transgender to Haitian and Cuban families?
WRAP ( wellness recovery access plan) and SOFFAs( For Significant Others, Partners, Friends, Family, and Allies of Trans People ) provide what they mean and why it’s important to have natural support in the transgender community, and how it helps their mental health, how do we implement to the Haitian and Cuban culture, how to be a trans ally what you should and not do and why it’s important not to out an individual
explain what you can do working with trans-Haitian and Cuban a therapeutic environment
Why the resistance, cultural, acculturation, and multicultural
Limitations and challenges and what the mental health field can change the sigma or help and assist
