Course Evaluation
This training provides a foundation rooted in mental healthcare and education for those whose loved one just came out as Trans*. Whether their child is 18 months, 18 years, or 80 years, this is for anyone who is in a parental or guiding role for someone who identifies as Trans*.
Learning Objectives: 1) To calm parents and to offer guidance, 2) to provide support that is rooted in best practices, kindness, compassion, and affirmation of their trans* loved one, and 3) to introduce foundational knowledge both on the common experiences of a child coming out to their parent/guardian so that intentions about responses can be prepared for by audience members
Presenter bio: With over 25 years of experience guiding the world’s top leaders in business, education and community via individual, small group and full-staff trainings, Dr. Kryss Shane LSW, LMSW (she/her) has been featured as America’s go-to Leading LGBT+ Expert in The New York Times, ABC News, Yahoo!, and CNN. Her writing has also appeared in the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, Huffington Post, International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership, The New Social Worker Magazine, and many more.
Shane is known for helping businesses address their unique Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion needs in an approachable, manageable and actionable way. This includes alterations to physical spaces, updating hiring practices, re-drafting policies and procedures and more. Shane holds two master’s degrees, two licenses to practice mental healthcare, and she is currently serving as a Lecturer at Columbia University and an Adjunct Professor at University of Massachusetts Global, Fordham University, and Northern Louis University.