Description
Book SynopsisIn the Margins Book Awards - Winner
A reflective workbook aimed at teachers and support staff of students who are transitioning or questioning their gender. This book provides insights, practical tools, and opportunities for self-reflection. It discusses the unique needs of teachers and schools as they navigate supporting the gender journeys of their transgender, non-binary, or gender questioning students by enabling staff to identify, understand, and incorporate the needs of this population.
The chapters of this essential resource offer guidance on how to implement appropriate school policies and inclusive curriculum, learn topical terminology, address bullying, and develop bathroom guidelines. This book will help school staff ensure that students feel safe, included, and respected, while creating a judgment-free space for teachers, support staff, and administrators' own self-exploration as they embark on the process of acquiring new and relevant information. Personal anecdotes from real-life educational experiences heighten awareness and perspective, alongside interactive activities, enjoyable quizzes, answers to common questions, and positive affirmations.
Table of Contents1. Your Private Space: An Introduction
2. Unfamiliar and Concerned
3. Self-Reflection
4. Viewing Practices and Curriculum
5. It Can Be a Foreign Language
6. Medical and Social Changes: Sorting It Out!
7. Behaviours, Bullying, and Bathrooms!
8. It Takes a Village
9. Parents and Students: What Do I Say?
10. Let's Talk About Therapy
11. Creating a Culture of Inclusion
12. Privilege: Loss or Gain?
13. Celebrations Come in Different Sizes
14. Passing on the Message
15. Resources, Answer Keys, and Glossary...Oh, My!
