December 13, 2017
Registration: 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Program: 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Location: MPA's Office (The Harrington Company)
4248 Park Glen Road, Minneapolis, MN 55416

Parking is free.

Please note: when driving down Park Glen Road, go past the Park Glen and Walden Woods apartments until you come to the cul-de-sac. Drive through the cul-de-sac and The Harrington Company office will be on your left, you will see the teal trim on the sign and doors.

About the program:

The use of puberty suppression medication in young gender diverse adolescents is becoming more commonplace. Given the implications of these medications, doing a thorough informed consent process with the parent(s) and adolescent is crucial. This discussion will focus on the reproductive implications as well as the role that mental health providers have in this informed consent process.

Please note: You must attend the full program to get continuing education credit for the event.

This program qualifies for 1.0 continuing education credit. 

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the reproductive implications of puberty suppression in young adolescents.

About the presenter:

Dianne Berg, Ph.D., LP, is an assistant professor and licensed psychologist at the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota. She has been working clinically with gender creative children and transgender adolescents for over 15 years and is a published scholar and invited speaker at regional, national and international conferences. She is the co-director of the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health, co-coordinator of the Transgender Health Services Program and a member of the Child and Adolescent Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Dr. Berg and her colleague, Dr. Katie Spencer, are the authors of the Gender Affirmative Lifespan Approach, the theoretical framework for the clinical-research program of the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health.

The Minnesota Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Minnesota Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS:  If you need disability related accommodations, including parking, to make this event accessible, please contact Katie Benson, 952-928-4657, or [email protected]

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