Electronic Resources:

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):

  • A Practitioner's Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children

  • Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth

  • KSOC-TV: Supporting Families with LGBTQ Youth

  • KSOC-TV: Intersecting Identities: Improving Health Outcomes for LGBTQI2-S Youth of Color

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS):

  • The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care

  • HHS Publication No. (SMA) 15-4928: Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth

• LGBTQI2-S Workgroup:

  • ​A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth, and Families

• The National Technical Assistance Network for Children's Behavioral Health (TA Network):

  •  LGBTQI2-S Youtube playlist

• Children’s Bureau:

  •  Toolkit to Support Child Welfare Agencies in Serving LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

  • ​Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12 – United States and Selected Sites

• American Psychological Association (APA):

  • Promoting Positive Relationships: Key Protective Factors for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
  • ​Promoting Good Practices for Mental Health Facilities in Working with LGBT Clients with Serious Mental Illnesses
  • Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Clients  
  • Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People 

• The Trevor Project:

  • You Can Ask for Help

• National Resource Center for the Permanency and Family Connections: 

  • Tips for Child Welfare Professionals: Talking About LGBT-Headed Families

  • Twenty Things Supervisors Can Do to Support Workers to Competently Practice with LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families

  • Tips for Child Welfare Professionals: Talking About LGBT-Headed Families

• ​The Fenway Institute:

  • ​How to Gather Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings

  • Understanding Bisexuality: Challenging Stigma, Reducing Disparities, and Caring for Patients

• Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry:

  • Practice Parameter on Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Sexual Orientation, Gender Nonconformity, and Gender Discordance in Children and Adolescents

• Human Rights Campaign:

  • All Children - All Families: LGBTQ Resources for Child Welfare Professionals

• LGBT National Help Center

  • LGBT National Youth Talkline

  • GLBT Near Me

• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

  • The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding

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Books:

• Gullotta, T. P., Ma, M. S. W., Gullotta, T. P., & Blau, G. M. (Eds.). (2008).Family influences on childhood behavior and development: Evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches. Routledge

• Fisher, K.S., Easterly, S., &Lazear, K, J . (2008).  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families-Family influences on childhood behavior and development: Evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches. (pp 193 -214 ) New York, NY: Routledge