School Supports for LGBTQ Students: Counteracting the Dangers of the Closet (original) (raw)
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The California School Psychologist, 2008
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (LGBTQ) students are likely to be in every classroom in every secondary school in the United States; yet, their needs are often overlooked. LGBTQ students are at risk for developing academic, social, and emotional problems due to harassment and bullying experienced at school. Although schools have an ethical and legal duty to provide a safe educational experience for all students, few schools implement policies and programs to support LGBTQ students. School psychologists, with training in adolescent development, counseling, consultation, and systems change, are in a unique position to help schools be more responsive to the needs of LGBTQ students. By adopting a public health framework that focuses on primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and intervention for LGBTQ students, school psychologists can implement strategies and make recommendations for school-wide changes to promote positive development for all students. This article highlights challenges faced by LGBTQ students and presents methods for responding to the needs of this minority group using the public health framework.
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This study will seek to determine the current level of support, acceptance and inclusion perceived by the students at the New School in Santa Fe, California. This will help determine the needs and areas for improvement for LGBT identified students.” LGBT youth are an extremely vulnerable population. These students often face little community connection, resulting in a lack of safe space for LGBT youth to have access to social and emotional support. Especially in a more conservative community’s high schools, there are a lack of safe spaces due to the frequent dominance of ideologies that are not accepting of the LGBT population. Therefore, vulnerable youth face added disadvantages such as experiencing social isolation, underachievement in school, depression, and self-harm. The purpose of this mixed methods study is to collect survey and narrative data from LGBT identified students at the New School. The primary function of the survey and interview process will be to accomplish a needs assessment and discover the issues and strengths that LGBT students see within their school and larger community. The results of this study will provide data and narratives to support the development of a new LGBT Center in Santa Fe that will be tailored to servicing the needs of local LGBT youth. With this information the Center will be able to create a custom suite of services to address the needs of the vulnerable LGBT youth population.
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