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Intersections of LGBTQ+ Identity, Disability, and Aging: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know

Course
Virtual
1 CE Hour
Clinical

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Description

LGBTQ+ people are more likely to experience chronic illness and disability (CID) across the lifespan, with inequities perpetuating into older adulthood. Therefore, mental health professionals who work with LGBTQ+ older adults are likely to encounter clients with CIDs in their practice. In this workshop, you will learn about intersections of disability, LGBTQ+ identity, and aging, including prevalence and types of disabilities experienced by LGBTQ+ older adults and impacts on their psychosocial functioning. You will also learn strategies for providing culturally responsive and effective mental health care for this underserved population.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this presentation is to help learners understand how systemic oppression impacts LGBTQ+ older adults with CIDs and how to provide culturally responsive care to this population.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the prevalence of chronic illness and disability among LGBTQ+ older adults.

  • Describe one or more psychosocial impacts of heterosexism, cissexism, ageism, and ableism among LGBTQ+ older adults with chronic illness and disability.

  • Apply one or more strategies to provide culturally responsive services to LGBTQ+ older adults with chronic illness and disability.

References

  • American Psychological Association. (2022). APA guidelines for assessment and intervention with persons with disabilities. https://www.apa.org/about/policy/guidelines-assessment-intervention-disabilities.pdf

  • Fredriksen-Goldsen, K. I., Emlet, C. A., Kim, H-.J., Muraco, A., Eroscheva, E. A., Goldsen, J., & Hoy-Ellis, C. P. (2013). The physical and mental health of lesbian, gay male, and bisexual (LGB) older adults: The role of key health indicators and risk and protective factors. The Gerontologist, 53(4), 664–675. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns123

  • Fredriksen-Goldsen, K. I., Kim, H-.J., Bryan, A. E. B., Shiu, C., & Emlet, C. A. (2017). The cascading effects of marginalization and resilience in attaining good health among LGBT older adults. The Gerontologist, 57(S1), S72-S83. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw170

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2023). Lesbian, gay, and bisexual behavioral health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA Publication No. PEP23-07-01-001). Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/LGB-Behavioral-Health-Report-2021-2022

  • Surfus, C. R. (2023). A statistical understanding of disability in the LGBT community. Statistics and Public Policy, 10(1). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/2330443X.2023.2188056

Clinical
Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Pending review.

Social Worker

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical or General continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC 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 #SW-0654.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Counseling Services, Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by AADA. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Jordan Westcott, PhD, NCC

Dr. Jordan Westcott (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on how structural factors impact mental health and wellness for marginalized populations, particularly older adults, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and intersections therein. She is particularly interested in how counselors can advance health equity for these populations. Her dissertation focused on the intersection of aging, disability, gender, and sexual orientation by exploring healthcare access among older sexual minority women with disabilities.

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