Workshops to Support Specific Populations
Supporting Clients who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer
3-hour workshop
This session focuses on the issues LGBTQ clients may face when using support services--and the role of the support worker in creating a positive support experience. It will discuss myths about and personal reactions to LGBTQ clients and provide an opportunity for participants to examine personal beliefs and how those may have an impact on the support the worker provides. The workshop will focus on positive communication and support.
This workshop will help your staff:
3-hour workshop
This session focuses on the issues LGBTQ clients may face when using support services--and the role of the support worker in creating a positive support experience. It will discuss myths about and personal reactions to LGBTQ clients and provide an opportunity for participants to examine personal beliefs and how those may have an impact on the support the worker provides. The workshop will focus on positive communication and support.
This workshop will help your staff:
- understand the issues many people who are LGBTQ face when using support services
- explore myths and common misconceptions held about clients who are LGBTQ
- explore their own personal beliefs/conceptions about clients who are LGBTQ and discuss how those beliefs/conceptions may impact the support the worker provides
- apply characteristics of positive support to their work with clients who are LGBTQ
Supporting Clients Aging with HIV
3-hour workshop
This session explores the combined impact of HIV infection and the aging process on older adults living with HIV. We'll use case examples and interactive activities to enhance awareness of the potential care needs of people living with HIV, build empathy for members of marginalized communities, and provide practical skills for addressing challenges faced by people living with HIV.
This in-service workshop will help your staff:
Capacity Builders is very pleased to partner with Realize to make this highly interactive workshop available to PSWs provincially.
3-hour workshop
This session explores the combined impact of HIV infection and the aging process on older adults living with HIV. We'll use case examples and interactive activities to enhance awareness of the potential care needs of people living with HIV, build empathy for members of marginalized communities, and provide practical skills for addressing challenges faced by people living with HIV.
This in-service workshop will help your staff:
- compare and contrast life with HIV today and in the early days of the epidemic, and use this information to better understand the experiences of people living long-term with HIV
- understand and respond confidently to the unique health and social challenges facing clients aging with HIV
- challenge myths and misconceptions about older adults, HIV, and sexual health
Capacity Builders is very pleased to partner with Realize to make this highly interactive workshop available to PSWs provincially.
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