THIS LISTING IS FOR SEXUAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY LEARNING COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS ONLY. If you are interested in signing up, please enroll in the Direct Service/Therapist Track first, then enroll in the Clinical Consultation Sessions Course.

**The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center is committed to addressing gaps in understanding LGBTQ+ mental health care and improving outcomes for LGBTQ+ persons. Choosing the SGDLC Certificate program means choosing a learning experience that is both research and practice based, enhancing one's knowledge and skills around mental health practice and LGBTQ+ competency! The SGDLC was developed to introduce healthcare providers to basic concepts related to LGBTQ+ mental health and wellness, preparing them to serve LGBTQ+ clients competently. The SGDLC is intended to be delivered to behavioral healthcare providers, including (but not limited to) mental health professionals and drug and alcohol counselors, and medical professionals such as physicians, medical assistants, and nurses.**

The purpose of the clinical consultations is to help providers apply what participants learned in the SGDLC Training Workshop to their actual clinical practice and delve further into the intersections of identity LGBTQ+ clients hold. These consultations each have a topic of discussion specific to working with LGBTQ+ clients. To assist in these conversations, the facilitators provide readings beforehand and also prepare case examples if the providers do not bring their own. 

Each session is held over four consecutive months virtually, totaling six clinical consultations about two weeks apart. All sessions need to be attended and completed in order to recieved your certificate.

Schedule for Clinical Consultation Sessions (3 Groups, ten people each; 6 one-hour meetings)

Session 1 - June 9th: Collection of SOGI Data -- How to Ask Someone's Gender Identity and Sexuality

Session 2 - June 23rd: Mental Health Care with Lesbian, Gay and Bi+ Clients

Session 3 - July 7th: Mental Health Care with Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Clients

Session 4 - July 21: Substance Use Disorder Treatment with LGBTQ+ Clients

Session 5 - August 4th: Facilitating Sexual Health Conversations with Lesbian, Gay and Bi+ Clients

Session 6 - August 18th: Facilitating Sexual Health Conversations with Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Clients

Due to size, there will only be 10 people per group. Time will be assigned to the partipants after program enrollment.

Group #1 9am-10am EST 

Group #2 10am-11am EST
Group #3 12 pm-1 pm EST