Webinar-Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors

This webinar will review key concepts and identify risk and protective factors that prevention professionals should be aware of when working with LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in their communities, directly or indirectly. It will also include practical tips to help create welcoming, inclusive spaces.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to define & understand the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity & expression.
• Participants will be more familiar with the risk factors that impact LGBTQ+ youth, including those that increase the risk of substance misuse and other behavioral health concerns, including depression & anxiety.
• Participants will be able to identify protective factors for LGBTQ+ youth and consider ways to strengthen those for the LGBTQ+ youth they work with directly or indirectly in their communities.
• Participants will be connected to resources to help them continue to learn and to create welcoming, inclusive spaces in their work.