WATGDQP course outline and learning objectives

This two-day course will cover:

• Gender diversity in the current social context
• A basic introduction to relevant legislation, including The Equality Act 2010, and how it might relate to service provision
• The treatment pathways and medical contexts relevant to transgender people and their families
• Specific terminology, skills and knowledge relating to the use of language when working alongside trans and gender variant people
• Gender Theory and how it can inform good practice in therapeutic work with trans people and their families
• Theoretical models and psychotherapy practices that support work with trans and gender diverse people
• Current dilemmas in practice with transgender and gender diverse people

The course takes a generic / integrative approach, providing useful tools to take back into your way of working.

Some elements are drawn from Gendered Intelligence's core half-day general course "Introduction to Trans Awareness". If you have previously attended that course, you'll find a few of the exercises on the first day familiar.

Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will:

• Appreciate how sex, gender and sexual orientation interact
• Feel more confident in understanding how gender is constructed and the impact this has on identity, relationships and therapy
• Understand key terms and language, and have strategies to approach their continuing evolution
• Understand the legal and medical contexts for working with trans clients
• Know a range of ideas, tools and theoretical underpinnings to enable better conversations about gender and gender diversity in therapeutic practice
• Be able to identify good practice in relation to working alongside and supporting transgender and gender variant clients
• Feel more confident to engage in conversations about gender and gender diversity
• Have additional learning resources and know where to find further helpful materials