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Overview of the course

This course involves reviewing the document: Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons (APA, 2021).

Introduction

Sexual minority persons are a diverse population inclusive of lesbian, gay, bi (e.g., bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid), and asexual sexual orientations. The Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons provide psychologists and other mental health professionals with: (1) a frame of reference for affirmative mental health practice (e.g., intervention, testing, assessment, diagnosis, education, research, etc.) with sexual minority clients across the lifespan, and (2) knowledge and referenced scholarship in the areas of affirmative intervention, assessment, identity, relationships, diversity, education, training, advocacy, and research. These guidelines also recognize that some sexual minority persons possess diverse gender identities and expressions (e.g., transgender, gender nonbinary or gender fluid). 

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To take the course, review the manuscript listed above (See links below to access the materials). You can either read the materials from the website or print a hardcopy to review. At any time, you can take the test. For this course, the individual Help-Feature for each question is not available. However, you can take the test as many times as you like, until you pass. You will receive feedback each time you submit the test for scoring, until you pass. We hope you enjoy the course and reviewing this valuable information. To access a copy of the course materials manuscript in pdf format see the links below. As with all our courses, you can review the materials in their entirety before making any purchase.

APA GUIDELINES for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons (access here or here)