Acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, LGB youth are at greater risk for prsn, suici, and substance e pared to their heterosexual peers. This prentatn will highlight how the gay affirmative practice mol n be ed to help affirm LGB youth and help them feel socially, emotnally, and physilly safe and supported.
Contents:
- THE THERAPTIC RELATNSHIP MEDIAT THE ASSOCIATN BETWEEN AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE AND PSYCHOLOGIL WELL-BEG AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER CLIENTS
- GAY AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE: A MOL FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WH GAY, LBIAN, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH
- THE GAY AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE SLE (GAP): A NEW MEASURE FOR ASSSG CULTURAL PETENCE WH GAY AND LBIAN CLIENTS
THE THERAPTIC RELATNSHIP MEDIAT THE ASSOCIATN BETWEEN AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE AND PSYCHOLOGIL WELL-BEG AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER CLIENTS
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In the wake of the Supreme Court cisn lg Harvard’s admissns procr unnstutnal, the universy’s print, Clde Gay sent a vio msage to stunts, faculty and alumni reaffirmg Harvard’s mment to diversy. Now Gay and her peers will have to fend the advantag offers to s vast populatn of socenomilly advantaged whe stunts, who perceive themselv to be entled to their ele llege admissn spe a lifetime of privilege. This prentatn will highlight how the gay affirmative practice mol n be ed to help affirm LGB youth and help them feel socially, emotnally, and physilly safe and supported.
GAY AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE: A MOL FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WH GAY, LBIAN, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH
Gay affirmative practice has recently been troduced to the social work lerature as a culturally sensive mol for workg wh gay, lbian, and bi * gay affirmative practice *
Homophobia and e of gay affirmative practice a sample of social workers and psychologists. The Gay Affirmative Practice Sle (GAP): A new measure for asssg cultural petency wh gay and lbian clients. Gay affirmative practice: A mol for social work practice wh gay, lbian, and bisexual youth.
Pk therapy: A gui for unselors and therapists workg wh lbian, gay and bisexual clients (pp. AbstractGay affirmative practice has recently been troduced to the social work lerature as a culturally sensive mol for workg wh gay, lbian, and bisexual (GLB) adults, however, this mol has rarely been applied to practice wh GLB youth.
In this article, the thors review the lerature to prent the ma tes of gay affirmative practice, outle the challeng that GLB youth face, and leate the environmental and dividual strengths that n be enhanced to promote well-beg. The thors then apply the gay affirmative practice mol to GLB youth, offerg ncrete rmatn about the specific knowledge, attus, and skills that social workers should acquire to better serve the unique, yet diverse, needs of GLB youth. In recent years, gay affirmative practice has been prented as a mol for providg culturally petent servic to gay, lbian, and bisexual adults.
THE GAY AFFIRMATIVE PRACTICE SLE (GAP): A NEW MEASURE FOR ASSSG CULTURAL PETENCE WH GAY AND LBIAN CLIENTS
Gay affirmative practice mols provi guil for behavrs and beliefs social work practice wh gay and lbian dividuals. The aim of this study was to velop a valid rapid asssment stment to asss the extent to which social work practners engage prcipl nsistent wh … * gay affirmative practice *
Although several thors have prented rmatn on social work practice wh gay, lbian, and bisexual (GLB) youth (e. 1998; Morrow 1993, 2004; Ryan and Futterman 1998), few have specifilly applied prcipl of gay affirmative practice to work wh this populatn. The purpose of this article is therefore to exame the strengths and challeng experienced by GLB youth and to intify the key ponents of gay affirmative practice as appli to practice wh this populatn.
Overview of Gay Affirmative Practice Social WorkGay affirmative practice “affirms a lbian, gay, or bisexual inty as an equally posive human experience and exprsn to heterosexual inty” (Davi 1996, p.
25) and provis a set of guil for treatg gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals a culturally petent manner. Affirmative practners also utilize other ponents of the strengths mol when appropriate cludg: (a) self-termatn by supportg GLB youths’ cisns regardg how to self-intify their sexual orientatn and when and to whom to disclose their sexual orientatn (Appleby and Anastas 1998); (b) focg onhealth, not pathology by viewg GLB youths’ inti as gay, lbian, or bisexual as equally healthy as heterosexual inti (Davi 1996); and (c) nscns raisg by challengg homophobic and heterosexist msag GLB youth have received (Tozer and McClanahan 1999) and workg wh them to exame how homophobia fluenc their liv and the cisns they make. Gay affirmative practice is one form of cultural petency, siar to culturally sensive practice wh racial and ethnic mori (Van Den Bergh and Crisp 2004).