ABSTRACT

This article presents current research on clinical practice with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) persons and introduces clinical social work educators and researchers with TGD-specific counseling competencies from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC). The article will align these practice competencies with existing social work education competencies and policies to advance clinical social work education and research on best practice with TGD individuals. To demonstrate how the WPATH and ALGBTIC competencies can be used to create teaching modules, there are four class activities offered for possible use. Finally, a critical review of the limitations of the WPATH and ALGBTIC competencies is presented, suggesting a need to adapt or develop “social work-specific” competencies for use in clinical practice education and research with TGD individuals.

摘要

本文介绍了当前对跨性别和性别多样化 (TGD) 人员的临床实践研究，并介绍了来自世界跨性别健康专业协会 (WPATH) 和男女同性恋协会的具有 TGD 特定咨询能力的临床社会工作教育工作者和研究人员，咨询中的双性恋和跨性别问题 (ALGBTIC)。本文将这些实践能力与现有的社会工作教育能力和政策相结合，以推进临床社会工作教育和对 TGD 个人最佳实践的研究。为了演示如何使用 WPATH 和 ALGBTIC 能力来创建教学模块，提供了四种可能的课堂活动。最后，对 WPATH 和 ALGBTIC 能力的局限性进行了批判性审查，