Working with Gender Independent Children and Youth
With Dr. Joey Bonifacio
More and more, we are being asked to provide support for children, adolescents and families who have questions and/or challenges regarding gender identity. This workshop will address the need for integrated services that are informed by such issues as questioning gender identity, coming out, potential risk for suicide, protective factors and creating resiliency when working with gender independent children and youth. The training aims to increase awareness and understanding from a best practice perspective. Dr. Bonifacio will be the medical lead of a transgender clinic starting this fall at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
About Our Presenters
Originally from Vancouver, Dr. Bonifacio completed his general pediatrics and Chief pediatric residency at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. He completed his Social Pediatrics fellowship in Montreal working with visually-impaired children, new immigrant youth, and adolescents with gender dysphoria. He then completed his Adolescent Medicine fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. He is a staff adolescent medicine physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and Sick Kids and will be the medical lead of a transgender clinic at Sick Kids starting this fall. He provides medical care at Evergreen, a youth agency for street and street-involved youth, and Covenant House, Canada’s largest shelter for homeless youth. His interests include new immigrant teens, homeless and street-involved youth, and LGBT adolescents. Joey completed his AB (Cornell), MD (UBC), MSc (McGill, Bioethics), MPH (Harvard) and is finishing his MA (U of T, Medical Anthropology). As well, we are putting together a morning panel, that consists of Rupert Raj, EGALE, Dr. Chelsea Derry (and more to come!)
Registration/Continental Breakfast: 8:15am
Conference: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Includes lunch and continental breakfast
Where: The Manor
16750 Weston Rd.
Kettleby, ON L0G 1J0
Cost
$135.00
(Very Early Bird Special must register by June 28, 2013)
$145.00
(Early Bird, register June 29-September 6, 2013)
$175.00
(Register after September 6, 2013)
Cancellations must be made prior to September 9, 2013. An administration fee of $35.00 will apply. All cancellations made after September 9, 2013 will not be refunded.
For further information, please contact:
Liway Subalvaro
Phone:905-780-9927 Fax:905-780-0872
Email: lsubalvaro@fsyr.ca
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