This program is aimed at reducing or eliminating risky sexual behaviour, specifically that which involves the transmission of HIV/AIDS, among youth, regardless of gender and sexual orientation. While it is an abstinence-based program, youth learn effective ways of reducing risk involved in sexual activity such as proper condom use as well as to develop pride in themselves and their communities. This program was originally designed for the low-income African American youth population; however, it may be applied to any youth audience for the purposes of reducing or eliminating sexual health risks. The level of evidence of this program (or credibility) is noted as promising, but not yet proven. While the program has shown some improvement in the youth's understanding of HIV/AIDS issues, results were not consistent and varied according to the level of sexual involvement of the youth were engaging in previous to their initiation into the program. Limitations of this program include: the program is designed to be culturally competent for African- American youth and may not apply to other cultural groups; all members of the evaluated group were volunteers and as such may have been more open or willing to change their sexual behaviours, and this program has not yet been evaluated by a third party.
Applying Person-Centered Counseling to Sexual Minority Adolescents
This article, written by S. J. Lemoire, and Charles P. Chen, appearing in the Journal of Counseling and Development in the spring of 2005 (Vol. 83 Issue 2, p146-154, 9p), outlines the benefits of treating stigmatized LGBT youth using a person-centred approach. This article suggests that using Carl Rogers' person-centered approach to counseling stigmatized youth addresses their specific and unique needs in ways that other counseling modalities may not, and furthermore ventures to explain the six aspects of person-centered counseling that may be particularly helpful. This article would be useful to Child and Youth practitioners seeking effective, evidence based therapies for their LGBT clients as well as students and researchers. The authors note limitations in the person-centered approach; however, they do provide additonal aspects that help to mitigate these limitations. Authors are affilitated with both the University of Toronto Schools and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT),Canada. Please find the persistent link posted below :
Understanding the Needs of Families: The Constitution of "Lavender Families" - A LGBT Perspective
This article, written by Stephen Neville and Mark Henrickson, focuses on a study done about LGBT families and the conditions and circumstances within the family. This article focuses on the importance of the health-care system treating each family on an individual basic and not assuming the parents or child(ren) be heterosexual. Even though this article is specific to the field of nursing, an individualistic approach when dealing with families is extremely relevant to the helping profession as a whole. This article would be helpful for child and youth practitioners wanting to understand the identites, relationships and lives that LGBT people and familes build. LGBT Families
Be Proud! Be Responsible!
This program is aimed at reducing or eliminating risky sexual behaviour, specifically that which involves the transmission of HIV/AIDS, among youth, regardless of gender and sexual orientation. While it is an abstinence-based program, youth learn effective ways of reducing risk involved in sexual activity such as proper condom use as well as to develop pride in themselves and their communities. This program was originally designed for the low-income African American youth population; however, it may be applied to any youth audience for the purposes of reducing or eliminating sexual health risks. The level of evidence of this program (or credibility) is noted as promising, but not yet proven. While the program has shown some improvement in the youth's understanding of HIV/AIDS issues, results were not consistent and varied according to the level of sexual involvement of the youth were engaging in previous to their initiation into the program. Limitations of this program include: the program is designed to be culturally competent for African- American youth and may not apply to other cultural groups; all members of the evaluated group were volunteers and as such may have been more open or willing to change their sexual behaviours, and this program has not yet been evaluated by a third party.
Applying Person-Centered Counseling to Sexual Minority Adolescents
This article, written by S. J. Lemoire, and Charles P. Chen, appearing in the Journal of Counseling and Development in the spring of 2005 (Vol. 83 Issue 2, p146-154, 9p), outlines the benefits of treating stigmatized LGBT youth using a person-centred approach. This article suggests that using Carl Rogers' person-centered approach to counseling stigmatized youth addresses their specific and unique needs in ways that other counseling modalities may not, and furthermore ventures to explain the six aspects of person-centered counseling that may be particularly helpful. This article would be useful to Child and Youth practitioners seeking effective, evidence based therapies for their LGBT clients as well as students and researchers. The authors note limitations in the person-centered approach; however, they do provide additonal aspects that help to mitigate these limitations. Authors are affilitated with both the University of Toronto Schools and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT),Canada. Please find the persistent link posted below :
http://search.ebscohost.com.rap.ocls.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17749430&site=ehost-live
Understanding the Needs of Families: The Constitution of "Lavender Families" - A LGBT Perspective
This article, written by Stephen Neville and Mark Henrickson, focuses on a study done about LGBT families and the conditions and circumstances within the family. This article focuses on the importance of the health-care system treating each family on an individual basic and not assuming the parents or child(ren) be heterosexual. Even though this article is specific to the field of nursing, an individualistic approach when dealing with families is extremely relevant to the helping profession as a whole. This article would be helpful for child and youth practitioners wanting to understand the identites, relationships and lives that LGBT people and familes build. LGBT Families