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35 - Preparing Future Generations

Critical Considerations and Best Practices in Training Psychologists about the Human Rights of Sexually and Gender-Diverse People and Communities

from Part IV - Teaching, Research, and Training in Psychology and Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2020

By
Julie M. Koch ,
Hung Chiao  and
Juan A. Nel
Edited by
Neal S. Rubin  and
Roseanne L. Flores
Neal S. Rubin
Affiliation:
Adler University
Roseanne L. Flores
Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York
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Summary

In this chapter, the authors build upon previous chapters that focus on LGBTQI populations and on the education of psychologists about human rights. Here, they focus on the human rights of sexually and gender-diverse people and communities and how best to prepare psychologists for the future direction of psychology as a field that engages in practice, research, advocacy, and outreach. The authors share an international context related to the current status of sexually and gender-diverse people and provide a strong rationale for the need for psychologists to understand the role of human rights in their work with this population. They describe the need for improved training for psychologists about human rights of sexually and gender-diverse people. They provide an overview of current training models and objectives, as well as recommendations for the future.

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sexually diversegender diverseLGBTQSOGIEtrainingcurriculumaffirmative
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights , pp. 520 - 534
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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