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The Critical Role of Families in Reducing Risk
and Promoting Well-Being for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, andIntersex (LGBTQI) Youth
The Second Webinar in the Understanding and Overcoming the ChallengesFaced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex
(LGBTQI ) Youth Series Hosted by
The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention
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Webinar Objectives Objective 1: Describe specific family behaviors that are related to
increased health risks for LGBT adolescents and family behaviorsthat protect against risk and promote the youths well-being.
Objective 2: Discuss new strategies and approaches to engage andinclude families of LGBT youth in services and activities to increaseparent, family, and caregiver knowledge of LGBT issues andconnections with their LGBT children.
Objective 3: Identify one to three specific change(s) in work withLGBTQI adolescents related to prevention, intervention, and care todecrease risk and promote their well-being in the context of theirfamilies.
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Questions submitted during the presentation will
now be addressed!
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Program Implications and Impactofthe Family Acceptance Projectfor
Greater Boston PFLAG
Stan Griffith
President Emeritus
Greater Boston Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc.
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Greater Boston PFLAGSupport for LGBT
youth, families,
schools and
communities
Each Year We Do:
Over 200 presentations in
middle and high school and for
corporations, religious &
community organizations
Speak to more than 14,000
individuals
We:
Sponsor 10 support groups in
the Boston area, including group
meetings four times a month for
families with transgender
children
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Use MA YRBS to Create Awareness of Risks
Confronting LGB Youth in Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Biennial survey of youth risk conducted by MA Dept. of
Elementary and Secondary Education (with CDC funding)
What About Your Community: About 4/5 of the states and some cities conduct the YRBS. Several
collect data on LGB students some are considering adding transgender
Level of Risk: Shows wide disparities in risk, health and safety between LGB & straight youth
Lack of change in risk, health and safety disparities past 8 years
Lack of Awareness: Majority of health, counseling and prevention specialists are completely unaware
of YRBS data
Majority of health, counseling and prevention specialists and many legislators and policy
makers are completely unaware of current research on the connections:
o between school victimization and elevated health risks
o between parental rejection and elevated health risks
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MA Youth Risk Behavior
Survey (YRBS) - 2011
The MA YRBS Found That:
7% of students surveyed described themselves as
gay, lesbian or bisexual
9.7% of students surveyed described themselvesas gay, lesbian or bisexual and/or reported same-
sex sexual contact
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Documented Risk for LGB YouthMA YRBS - 2011
Students who described themselves as LGB were significantly
more likely than their peers to report attacks, suicide attempts
and drug and alcohol use.
When compared to peers, LGB students were:
More than 7 times more likely to have attempted suicide
in the past year More than 2 times more likely to have skipped school in
the past month because of feeling unsafe
More than twice as likely to have been injured or
threatened with a weapon at school
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Significantly Increased Risk for LGBT Students,
Compared with Heterosexual PeersReported Behaviors GLB
Students*
Other
Students
Attempted suicide in past year 34.1% 4.6%
Required medical attention as a result of a suicide attempt 8.3% 1.7%
Skipped school in the
route to or at school
past month because of feeling unsafe on 9.9% 4.4%
Was
year
threatened/injured with a weapon at school in the past 15.2% 6.0%
Was bullied at school in the past year 33.5% 17.0%
Has been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant 13.0% 4.7%
*All differences between GLB students
significant, p < .05%
and Others are statistically
MA YRBS - 2011
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Prior Program FocusGreater Boston PFLAG
Schools
Over 18 years - safe schools and anti-bullying training inmiddle and high schools
Making Info & Support Available
Over 20 years - support group and help-line services
Traditional passive approach for approximately 15 years
Parents and families come to us
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FAP Research, Messaging & Approach
Facilitate Parental / Family Change
Key FAP Messaging & Framing
Parents love and want to help their children Most parents and families lack accurate information about sexual
orientation and gender identity
Understanding the catastrophic outcomes of rejecting behavior
enables parents to change
A little change has an important impact on risk reduction
The change process tends to be continuous as the parent engages
with the child and self-educates -- and family dynamics change
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Impact of Family Acceptance Projects Work
on Greater Boston PFLAG Mission New Mission: Provide every parentin Massachusetts with accurate info about sexual
orientation and gender identity for children of all ages
Shift topro-active approach
New Methodologies and Approaches:
Web-based outreach
Strategic alliances with other organizations, e.g., MassPTA,
Parents Helping Parents, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, etc.
Outreach to health, counseling and prevention specialists that have contact withparents and families
Community outreach through faith communities
Outreach through corporations and the workplace
Use FAP data for policy development (e.g., Dept. of Elementary & Secondary
Education parental notification policy)
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Application of FAP Research &
Educational Materials Pediatrician conferences
Social worker mailings
Schools of social work and other educational institutions
Grand Rounds at major teaching institutions
Community outreach through faith communities
- Mailings to religious professionals
- Town forums and new chapter organizing
- Presentations at churches, temples, synagogues- Statewide Interfaith Symposium
MA PTA strategic partnership
PFLAG at work
GSA collaborations
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Guidance for School Parental Notification Policy
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Significance of Organizing Around Family
Acceptance Project Research & Approach
Helps families and children
Diversifies the populations with whom we are able to work to
include socially conservative religious, racial and ethnic groups
Strengthens our organization by broadening the range of populations
Connects our organization with other organizations and groups who
can get the message out about the crucial role of families in the
health and well-being of LGBT youth
Creates new allies: parents and family members, friends and
acquaintances
Transforms school, workplace and community environments
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Advantages of Organizing Around Family
Acceptance Project Research & Approach
Strong Frames/Strong Message
Our message, not theirs
Positive Taps into natural parental instincts and societal values
No Arguments
We keep kids from getting beaten up and killing themselves.
We bring families back together.
We strengthen the bonds of love between parent and child.
We promote the health and safety ofallchildren.
We support school environments that are safe, where allchildren can learn and
achieve to their full potential.
You don
t need to change your religious views or your religion to help your child.
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Contact Information:
Greater Boston PFLAG
781-891-5966
http://www.gbpflag.org/
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Questions submitted during the presentation will
now be addressed!
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No matter how tragic a youths past may sound, the originalfamily is the youths lifeline. His/her self esteem is derivedto some degree from this attachment. Even for the youthwho has limited contact with biological parents, thisconnection is far more significant than has been recognized
by the youth or by those working with him or her. For manyyoung people, the most stable adult in their lives has been abiological parent despite the disruptions. Sometimes ouranger at the family who has hurt a youth makes it difficultfor us to recognize their continuing importance in his/her
life.
-From Preparing for Independence: Counseling Issues with the MaltreatedAdolescent, Chapter 6: Enabling Youth to Make Peace with the Past
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Reaching out to family does...assist youth in beginning tomake peace with their past.
Reaching out to
family does not...require a young person to live with family. It is a step toward
helping a young person look to the future with a beginning of
understanding who they are and where they are headed.
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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The numbers are hard
to ignore.
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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The dramatic benefits
from even small changesare even harder to
ignore.
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Background NYC Mayors Commission on LGBTQ RHY: prioritizing
prevention and intervention, with a focus on family work; FAPresearch heavily informed final recommendations
(http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/runaway/LGBTQ_runaway_and_homeless_youth.shtml)
NYCs Department of Youth & Community Development soughtprivate funding to support a family intervention initiative
2 awards: SCO and Green Chimneys
SCO and GC collaborated for maximum effect split citygeographically and pool resources for training and designingapproach
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Model Summary What informs us: FAP, FFT, MST, Stone Fish and Harvey, family
therapy, motivational interviewing
Model developed by clinical team from each agency,
collectively with decades of experience with queer youth andfamily therapy
Approx. 11-14 sessions with a beginning, middle, and end plus
1 month follow up
Training included: special needs of LGBT youth and their
families, coming out process forfamilies, FAP research findings
including accepting and rejecting behaviors, cultural
competency, PFLAG, faith-based groups Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Measurement Not a research project; simply measuring project
outcomes based on grant parameters
Administered 3 times: pre, post, and 1 month follow up
Beck Depression Inventory
Suicidality
Depression
Youth Risk Survey: compilation: FAP: based on accepting and rejecting behaviors
Youth Risk Behavior Survey from DOHMH
Several HIV risk assessment tools
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Action Steps1. Introduce the topic of family/support
network
2. Identify support people (mentors, familyfriends, extended family members)
3. Explore the relationships
4. Have a meeting
Theresa Nolan, 2012
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Questions submitted during the presentation will
now be addressed!
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Please take 5 minutes to fill out the online evaluation,
which will be available immediately upon exiting WebEx.
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Webinar Archives
Approximately 10 business days after the
webinar, you can access the slide presentation,
audio recording, and transcript at www.nttac.org.
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For more information, please contact:OJJDPs National Training and Technical Assistance
Center (NTTAC)
http://www.nttac.org
The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://www.ojjdp.gov
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