This 3.5 hour ethics training will focus upon increasing knowledge, encouraging a welcoming attitude/space, and improving skills for direct service involvement with LGBTQ+ persons across the age span while also supporting social workers in discerning the boundaries of their own personal values and professional ethics in a climate that has changed dramatically in six months. There will be opportunities for discussion in pairs, small and large groups. A google drive resource folder link will be made available for participants; and to participate the expectation will be for the camera to remain on to receive CEU credit.  

Identified Goals:
1. Increase Knowledge on LGBTQ Target Populations, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community so that the Social Workers may better serve the LGBTQ Persons
2. Encourage Welcoming Attitude through enhancing cultural relation by providing education/insight on microaggressions frequently experienced within the LGBTQ community, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community.
3. Improve Skills for Direct Involvement with the LGBTQ persons, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community so that services may be more effectively delivered in promoting amicable relationships and ensuring positive service delivery.
4. Cultivate Personal Ethical Reflection for social workers to balance their personal beliefs within their professional ethics and employer legal requirements.

Areas of Focus within the Training
There will be time for discussion in pairs, small, and large group
1. Ethics: A Review of What Our Profession Requires in conversation with Personal Values
a. Subsection includes Myths/Facts
2. The Danger Zone: Binary Opposition, Microaggressions, & Intersectionality
3. The Role of Compassion: Names, Pronouns, and Safe Enough Space

• Karla L. Fleshman, LCSW, Clinician, Consultant, TrainerBio
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Karla L. Fleshman, LCSW, Clinician, Consultant, Trainer Bio

Rev. Karla Fleshman, LCSW MDiv, TCYM II is the Clinical Director of Transitions Delaware LLC
located in New Castle County providing clinical counseling, consultation services, and cultural
responsibility training with a special focus on creating safer, supportive environments for
LGBTQ+ folx. Rev. Karla graduated from University of Maryland School of Social Work with an MSW in 1991 with a specialization in Health Care and graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary with an MDiv in 1999. Rev Fleshman has received certification as a trainer from the Transgender Training Institute; and is a Certified EMDR Therapist, an EMDR Consultant in Training. She received her Advanced Certificate in Dissociation Studies for EMDR Therapists from the Institute of Creative Mindfulness. Member, World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH). Member, Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA). Member, National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Member, EMDR International Association. member, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Active LCSW license in DE, PA, & MD.