Description
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Location: Penn State Lehigh Valley
Room 224
May 3, 2024
3 CE credit program
Registration 8:30-1; Program 9-12 pm
Presenter: Dr. Diana Sorrentino
Program Description
- Gender Diversity Throughout History
- History of Medicalization
- Developmental Model of Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities
- Biological Aspects of Gender Dysphoria
- Gene Variants; Influencing Brain and Body Incongruence
- Prenatal Hormones; Influencing Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
- Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) Studies
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Studies
- Mullerian Agenesis
- Chromosome Factors and Influence
- Nature vs. Nurture Case Example
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will have increased knowledge regarding the global history of gender diverse, gender variant, and transgender individuals.
- Participants will better understand the history of medicalization and gate-keeping for gender affirming care.
- Participants will be able to apply knowledge of biological, chromosomal, genetic, hormonal, and physiological aspects which contribute to the etiology of gender incongruence to their clinical practice.
- Participants will have an enhanced understanding of their own level of competency in providing transgender affirming care.
References:
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002, amended effective June 1, 2010, and January 1, 2017). http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.html
American Psychological Association. (2015). Guidelines for psychological practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people. American Psychologist, 70(9), 832–864. doi: 10.1037/a0039906
