Sponsored by Lisette Lahana,MSW LICSW
Consultation, Psychotherapy and Training

New England Gender Conference: For therapists and healthcare providers
February 1-3, 2007 Smith College, Northampton, MA
Co-sponsored by The Stonewall Center of UMass Amherst
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Thursday, February 1, 2007 9:30-5pm
Clinical Work with Transgendered Clients:Basic Training Full Description
Lisette Lahana,LICSW

• 9:00-9:30 Registration
• 9:30am-12:30pm Definitions, clinical concepts and using the "Standards of Care"
• 12:30-1:30pm Lunch on your own (Smith Campus Center)
  
• 1-1:30pm OPTIONAL LUNCH TIME VIDEO: Intersex: Redefining Sex (25 min)
• 1:30-5pm Training, Case Presentation, Video clips (from: Transgeneration) and Group Participation

Advanced Clinical Issues February 2-3, 2007
Friday, February 2 9:30-5:30 and 7:30-9pm
Self, Relationship and Community: Psychosocial Issues for Trans People

Smith College, Neilson Library-Neilson Browsing Room, 1st floor

• 8:45-9:15am Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast
  
• 9:15-9:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks
• 9:30-11:25am
  Arlene Istar Lev LCSW, CASAC(Priv. Family Therapy Practice, Albany, NY)
  Couple and Family Issues
  
• 11:35-12:00 25 min VIDEO: No Dumb Questions (2001), Directed by Melissa Regan (Three sisters come to terms with their uncle's gender transition)
  12:00-1:30pm LUNCH (Optional Networking Meetings) On your own (Smith Campus Center or Downtown)
• 1:30-2:45pm Ray Carannante, LMSW (Gender Identity Project and Priv. Practice, New York)
  Understanding Gender Identity Development and Developing Coping Strategies
  2:45-3:00pm BREAK (Snack provided)
  
• 3:00-4:00 Dr. Norman Spack, Senior Endocrinologist, Children's Hospital & Harvard Med School (Boston, MA)
  Ethical and Treatment Issues for Children/Adolescents with Gender Issues and Intersex Conditions
• 4:00-5:30pm
  Trans Speakers' Panel, sponsored by The Stonewall Center of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campus. Trans people will be sharing experiences with their gender identity, therapy and health care
  
  
• FRIDAY EVENING KEYNOTE (FREE and Open to the Public)Professor Jennifer Finney-Boylan, author of She's Not There: A Life In Two Genders
  7:30-9pm
  Smith College Wright Hall, Leo Weinstein Auditorium
  
  

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Saturday, February 3
Gender Transition in the New Millennium: Health, Hormones and Surgery

Smith College, Wright Hall

• 8:45-9:15am Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast (Upstairs Lobby)
  
  Leo Weinstein Auditorium (Downstairs)
  
  
• 9:15-10:30am
  Ben Singer, PhD candidate(Rutgers, NJ)
  On the Medical Margins: A Harm Reduction Approach to Trans-health
• 10:30-12:00pm
  Diane Ellaborn, LICSW, (Priv. Practice, Framingham, MA)
  Eligibility and Readiness for Hormones and Surgery for Transgendered Clients
  12:00-1:30pm LUNCH (Optional Networking Meetings) On your own (Smith Campus Center Dining Area is across the quad)
  
  Smith College Neilson Library, Neilson Browsing Room, 1st floor
  
  
• 1:30pm-2:30pm Dr. Stuart Chipkin, Endocrinologist and Research Professor, UMass (Amherst, MA)
  Crossgender Hormone Treatment Options for Transsexual Clients
• 2:30-4:00-Dr. Pierre Brassard, Gender Reassignment Surgeon (Montreal, Canada)Gender Reassignment Surgical Interventions for FTM and MTF Clients
• 4:00-4:15 Break (Snacks Provided)
• 4:15-5:30pm Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, Facial Feminization Surgeon (Boston, MA)
  Facial Feminization Surgery, Maximizing Results
  
• 5:30-5:40 Closing
  
  Don't miss this great educational and networking event for New England providers!!
  
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