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 Presented by our committee, the SOGIE Collective:

This presentation aims to provide social workers with the language of LGBTQIA+ identity and how to implement it in clinical practice utilizing a foundation in Queer Theory. Participants will learn the definitions and appropriate use of terminology such as gay, bisexual, pansexual, Queer (as a reclaimed word), asexual, aromantic, intersex, nonbinary, and genderqueer. Participants will also receive an overview of the basics of polyamory/nonmonogamy, gender identity versus expression, pronouns, and sex assigned at birth in relation to practice with clients.

While it is important to normalize LGBTQIA+ identities in clients we work with, informed practice necessitates additional skills and knowledge not commonly covered by social work graduate programs. This presentation fills this gap in education for social workers in the field and helps deepen understanding for those already involved in LGBTQIA+ practice by providing an updated perspective.

Participants will be given space to ask questions regarding case examples from their own professional experience in order to foster honest conversation about a topic that may still be taboo for some social workers.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify foundational LGBTQIA+ terminology and skills needed to better serve their clients
• Gain an increased awareness about the challenges that maybe impacting the LGBTQIA+ community through a social work lens
• Identify tangible ways in which they can make their own practice more inclusive in order to support clients in various stages of the identity development process

NASW-NYC Member: $38 | Other Chapter Member: $48 | Non-Member: $57

2 SW CE Contact Hours

Sarah Dottor, LMSW (they/them/theirs) is a graduate of the UConn School of Social Work and specializes in individual and group clinical practice. Their therapeutic work is founded in a strengths-based and psychodynamic approach with clients, as well as a focus on facilitating spaces of honest conversation for mental health practitioners in best practices for serving the LGBTQIA+ community.

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NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

Please ensure that your registration information is accurate as this may impact your continuing education certificates.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. To receive your certificate of completion, you must be present for the entire webinar and complete an evaluation.

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All refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. Valid requests must be received no later than three business days prior to course date. NASW-NYC reserves the right to refuse any refunds requested later than three days prior to the course date.

• All refunds are subject to a 30% administrative processing fee.
• Refund requests typically require 1-2 weeks processing time.
• Refunds ONLY; credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

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NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.