Creating safe and supportive learning environments a guide for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and families /

Creating safe and supportive learning environments a guide for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and families / [electronic resource] : edited by Emily S. Fisher and Karen Komosa-Hawkins. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - xi, 265 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students, parents, and families / Emily S. Fisher -- Putting sexual orientation and gender identity in context: historical influences and social trends / Judy Chiasson and Ronni Sanlo -- Adolescent development: identity, intimacy, and exploration / Omar B. Jamil, Gary W. Harper, and Douglas Bruce -- Promoting resilience in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth / Karen Komosa-Hawkins and G. Thomas Schanding, Jr. -- Transgender and intersex students: supporting resilience and empowerment / Anneliese A. Singh -- Diversity across the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community / Cirleen DeBlaere and Melanie Brewster -- Law, policy, and ethics: what school professionals need to know / Asaf Orr and Karen Komosa-Hawkins -- Training school professionals to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students and parents / Joy S. Whitman -- Safe schools: prevention and intervention for bullying and harassment / Dorothy L. Espelage and Mrinalini A. Rao -- Responsive classroom curriculum for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students / Emily A. Greytak and Joseph G. Kosciw -- Creating inclusive school environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender headed families and their children / Alicia L. Fedewa and Ashley Candelaria -- Counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students / Grady L. Garner, Jr. and Dennis M. Emano -- Educating and empowering families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students / Caitlin Ryan and Stuart F. Chen-Hayes -- Educators as allies in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students and parents / Robert A. McGarry -- Accessing community resources: providing support for all / Kelly S. Kennedy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203807637 (electronic bk.)




Homophobia in schools--Prevention.
Sexual minority students.
Sexual minority parents.


Electronic books.

LC212.8 / .C74 2013

370.86/64