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GENDER CONFERENCE NYC 

PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIUM

We invite you to explore the program grid for our Professional Symposium!

Our Professional Symposium will take place the afternoon of Thursday October 22 and the morning of Friday October 23rd.  The following tracks will be offered for our symposium:

Education

Faith (½ track)

Introductory / 101

In-Community Care: An Affinity Space for TGNCNB Providers (½ track)

Legal/Policy/Advocacy

Medical

Mental Health

Multidisciplinary/Research

SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

ALL PROGRAMMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

We are so excited to welcome KYLIE MADHAV as our Professional Symposium Keynote Speaker.

The Keynote address will take place on Thursday October 22, 2020 at 12:30pm eastern time.

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KYLIE MADHAV

Kylie Madhav is currently serving as the Clinical Support Services Manager at New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center. Over her career, she has worked on behalf of immigrant and gender-diverse communities in New York, the Dominican Republic and India. She is a proud quadrilingual, and drawing and cooking are her preferred de-stressors.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

We are offering the following continuing education units (CEUs) 

CME

CLE for NY 

NJ SW 

CEs for NY LMFT, LMSW and LCSW 

National Psychology

While we intend to offer access to replays of our sessions where appropriate, the best experience will be live, where folks can interact with our presenters and other attendees, ask questions, and gain the fullest experience possible.  CEUs are available only by watching sessions live; they are not available through watching session replays.

ALL PROGRAMMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

CES FOR NY LMFT, LMSW AND LCSW

ALL 28 SESSIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED

The Ackerman Institute for the Family 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-0049.
The Ackerman Institute for the Family 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-0052.

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CME

ALL 28 SESSIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR CME CREDIT

The AAFP has reviewed Gender Conference NYC and deemed it acceptable for up to 33.75 Online Only, Live AAFP Elective credit. Term of Approval is from 10/22/2020 to 10/25/2020. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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NEW JERSEY SOCIAL WORK

APPROVED FOR THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS: 

Supporting Patients Through Gender Affirming Surgery (D'Hana Perry / Vib Gonzalez / Nathan Levitt)

Access and Barriers in Trans-Related Healthcare for Youth in Foster Care (Denise Arcos-Pratt / Julian Wolfe)

The Standards of Care, Informed Consent and Letter Writing Made Easy (Laura A. Jacobs)

Improving Mental Health Care for Transgender & Gender Non-Binary People (Marcos Zamora-Sanchez)

Medical Care 101 for Gender Diverse and Transgender Youth (Caroline Salas-Humara / Zachary McClain)

Beyond Family Acceptance: Families & Communities Undoing Cisnormativity (Jean Malpas / Jodie Patterson)

Science versus “Science”: Affirmative Care versus “Rapid Onset”, “80% Desistance”, “Wait and See”, and Other Transphobic Pseudoscience (Laura A. Jacobs)

These courses are approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-CJ. CE approval Collaborative Approval Period: Monday September 28, 202 through August 31, 2022. New Jersey social workers will receive 1.25 Clinical & Social Cultural Competence CE credits for participating in each of the approved courses.

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CLE FOR NY

APPROVED FOR THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS:

Beyond "Harris": The Future of Transgender Legal Advocacy (Alexander Chen)

Organizing with and Supporting TGNBI People Behind Bars (Mik Kinkead/Grace Detrevarah)

Name & Gender Marker Changes (Charlie Arrowood/Celeste Fiore)

LGBTQ/GNC/NB Advocacy In and Out of the Courtroom (Jared Trujillo / Mateo Guerrero / TS Candii / Danielle King)

*Queens County Bar Association has been certified by the NYS CLE Board as an Accredited CLE Provider in NYS, 10/2019-10/2022.

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PSYCHOLOGY

24 OUT OF 28 SESSIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED

Mount Sinai Beth Israel is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  Those who seek more information on CE credit may contact LIsa Cohen, PhD at 212-420-2316

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