{"product_id":"assessment-gender-diverse-clients","title":"Assessment With Gender-Diverse Clients and Current Trends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriday, February 5, 2027, 1:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern. Live on Zoom. Ten seats.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA three-hour live workshop for clinicians who evaluate gender-diverse clients, and for clinicians who refer for evaluation and read the reports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAssessment is often treated as neutral. It is not. Intake language, norm selection, instrument design, and interpretive habits can all reduce validity when a client is transgender or gender diverse, and the errors rarely announce themselves in the score report. This workshop works through where bias enters the assessment workflow and what a defensible evaluation does about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we cover\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe workflow before any instrument is given.\u003c\/strong\u003e Intake language, consent, and the documentation choices that shape everything after them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere norms and instruments do not fit.\u003c\/strong\u003e How standard norming and instrument design can fail a gender-diverse client, and how to state that limitation in the interpretation rather than hide it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe differential.\u003c\/strong\u003e Distinguishing gender-related distress from co-occurring presentations that are commonly conflated with it, worked through a case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReport language.\u003c\/strong\u003e Writing findings that are accurate, affirming, and usable by the reader, including what the evaluation cannot conclude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe current environment.\u003c\/strong\u003e What the present legal, policy, and referral landscape changes in referral questions, norming, and documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLicensed psychologists and licensed mental health clinicians who conduct psychological evaluations, and clinicians who refer for evaluation and want to read reports with sharper questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFormat and tuition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree hours, live on Zoom, capped at ten. Tuition $99. The Zoom link and materials go by email to registrants before the session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eContinuing education\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis workshop does not award continuing education credit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLed by Niki Serravalle, Psy.D., LPCMH, NCC, a licensed psychologist whose practice centers on psychological evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CFBL Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68640533578034,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0861\/1528\/7346\/files\/CC79DB42-3C59-49A5-A635-8EACCAF3F2B3_70504380-2028-49d8-91e2-457f807ef2a1.png?v=1794405581","url":"https:\/\/balancedlivingde.com\/products\/assessment-gender-diverse-clients","provider":"Center for Balanced Living","version":"1.0","type":"link"}