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Upcoming Trainings

BCCAN offers all trainings at no cost unless otherwise indicated. To suggest a topic of interest, please contact us at admin@bcccan.org

LGBTQ+ 101 

11/8/2024

9:00am - 12:30pm

Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit

147 Poplar Ave. 

Monaca, Pa 15061

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"LGBTQ+ 101" is a basic training covering fundamentals of the LGBTQ+ experience. We look at current terms, definitions and vocabulary; explore the social context of discrimination and examine some of the physical and behavioral disparities experienced by the LGBTQ+ community. There’s an extended look at SOGIE (Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity & Expression) with an examination of the challenges and issues facing trans and non-binary people with a discussion of current best practices for working with that population. The program finishes with a look at what you and your organization can do to create a safe, welcoming environment.
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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  • Workshop participants will learn the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity.

  • Participants will learn the context of discrimination in which the LGBTQ+ develop and the wide range of health disparities growing out of that.

  • Participants will learn the most current terms used by members of the transgender community.

  • Participants will learn strategies and best practices for working with the trans community.

  • Participants will learn some of the resources available to help them assist their LGBTQ+ clients.

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Presented by 

Ted Hoover

Trainer, Persad Center

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Gender Diversity 201

December 2024

Date & Time TBD

Location: TBD

With Persad Center’s “LGBTQ+ 101” as a foundation, our “Gender Diversity 201” training focuses in on the specific experiences and needs of the Gender Diversity community; transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, etc. This training examines some of the health, social and legal disparities facing the gender diverse with a discussion of vocabulary, definitions and pronouns. We look at how living within a context of discrimination and exposure to systemic aggression and micro-aggressions can lead to internalization and unhealthy behaviors. The subject of bathroom usage and  the gender diverse is covered with an overview of what guidance federal laws and statutes provide.

The workshop uses extensive hands-on activities; large and small group exercises, role playing, situational scenarios as well as individual and one-on-one activities designed to help the participant understand what their past experiences with the subject of gender have been and how that is informing their current outlook.

The program concludes with group exercises synthesizing all of the training’s elements, giving participants practical examples of what they can do to provide support and advocacy for the gender diverse community.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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  • Participants will learn how Systemic Aggression and Micro-Aggressions can negatively effect the gender diverse.

  • Participants will learn the difference between transgender and non-binary individuals.

  • Participants will learn the federal laws and regulations regarding bathroom use and the gender diverse in employment settings.

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Presented by 

Ted Hoover

Trainer, Persad Center

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3/14/2025

9:00am EST

Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit

147 Poplar Dr. 

Monaca, Pa 15061

Brain Injury 101

This training will discuss the basics of brain injury: what it is; how often it happens—and to whom; and its effects on thinking and behavior. It will also describe basic interventions to improve everyday functioning and communication as well as resources available in Pennsylvania.

 

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

 

• Identify common cognitive and behavioral consequences of brain injury

• Describe those populations that are at greatest risk of brain injury

• Identify resources available to learn more and/or connect to brain injury services

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Presented by 

MJ Schmidt

Training and Outreach Coordinator,

Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania

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COMING SOON

Bridges out of Poverty

Individual Lens Workshop

This workshop is a comprehensive approach to understanding poverty. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of economic class and provides concrete tools and strategies for a community to understand, address, and alleviate poverty.

 

Participants of this workshop will:

 

  • Examine the resources by which you create stability

  • Discover the causes of poverty

  • Create and analyze mental models of economic environments

  • Discover the hidden rules of economic classes

  • Analyze language and story structures

  • Discuss stability within family and support systems and the importance of building social capital

  • Learn new tools and strategies for improving relationships and outcomes

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Presented by

aha! Process, Inc

a Ruby Payne company

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