Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students: A Catholic Schools Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781560236061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 168 str.

Michael J. Bayly

Opis

Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students is a comprehensive training guidebook for educators who are committed to diversity and the full inclusion of LGBT students in every aspect of the Catholic high school experience. Based on five years of pilot testing in Catholic schools, this unique book emphasizes safe-staff training in integrating the Church's pastoral, social and moral dimensions with the special needs of LGBT students. The book presents strategies and resources for building safer schools, helpful materials for communicating with parents, and general guidelines for developing and maintaining professional helping relationships with LGBT students.

Spis treści

• Foreword (Thomas J. Gumbleton)
• Preface
• Introduction (Genevieve Goodsil-Todd)
• Suggestions for Using this Resource
• Session 1. Laying the Foundations
• Handouts
• Reading Assignment
• Session 2. Defining Safe Staff
• Handouts
• Reading Assignment
• Session 3. Coming Out
• Handouts
• Reading Assignment
• Session 4. The LGBT Reality and the Catholic Church
• Handouts
• Reading Assignment
• Session 5. The Classroom Setting and Beyond
• Handouts
• Appendix 1. Prayers and Reflections
• Appendix 2. Countering Common Fallacies and Stereotypes of LGBT Persons
• Appendix 3. Annotated Bibliography
• References
• Index

O autorze

Michael J. Bayly