Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth Edition: 2

Containing invaluable information on a topic that is not widely discussed or written about, Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth discredits negative stereotypes surrounding these youths and offers insight into their experiences through personal narratives and case studies. Introduction to practice with transgender and gender variant youth / Carrie Davis -- Knowledge for practice with transgender and gender variant youth / Gerald P. Mallon -- Ethical issues in the mental health treatment of trans adolescents / Stephanie K. Swann and Sarah E. Herbert -- Internal and external stress factors associated with the identity development of transgender and gender variant youth / W. Christian Burgess -- Social work practice with transgender and gender variant children and youth / Gerald P. Mallon and Teresa Decrescenzo -- Social work practice with female-to-male transgender and gender variant youth / Sofia Pazos -- "For colored girls only" : reflections of an emerging male-to-female [...]transgender and gender variant youth consciousness / Wendell D. Glenn -- Group-work practice with transgender and gender variant youth / Gus Klein -- Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth and their families / Ken Cooper -- Legal advocacy on behalf of transgender and gender nonconforming youth / Cole Thaler, Flor Bermudez, and Susan Sommer -- A call for organizational trans-formation / Gerald P. Mallon -- Summary of recommendations for the clinical treatment of transgender and gender variant youth / Gerald P. Mallon