{"id":1985335,"date":"2023-07-28T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-health-department-cautions-future-therapists-about-documenting-conversations-with-lgbt-youth\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T17:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:18:51","slug":"hawaii-health-department-cautions-future-therapists-about-documenting-conversations-with-lgbt-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-health-department-cautions-future-therapists-about-documenting-conversations-with-lgbt-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Health Dept. warns therapists to be cautious when documenting talks with LGBT youth."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaii-health-department-cautions-future-therapists-about-documenting-conversations-with-lgbt-youth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Training Reveals\u200b Hawaii Department of Health&#8217;s Controversial Approach to LGBT Youth<\/h2>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">recent report<\/a> by Fox News, employees \u2064of \u200cthe\u200c Hawaii Department of Health have\u200d been training future \u2063therapists to conceal conversations with LGBT youth from their parents.\u2063 The\u200b training, titled &#8220;Affirming practice with LGBTQ+\u2062 youth,&#8221; was delivered \u2063by\u2064 Kimberly Allen and Robin Lee, members\u200c of \u2063the\u2064 department&#8217;s Child and\u200b Adolescent Mental Health\u200d Division&#8217;s Safe Spaces Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-anti-racism-training-reportedly-includes-pyramid-of-white-supremacy-pie-of-privilege\/\" title=\"School Anti-Racism Training Reportedly Includes \u2018Pyramid Of White Supremacy,\u2019 \u2018Pie Of Privilege\u2019\">training presentation<\/a>,\u2063 obtained through a\u2062 Freedom of Information Act request,\u200b advised therapists to be cautious about documenting conversations with LGBT youth, as parents may\u2063 have access to this information. The presentation emphasized that it should always be the \u2063individual&#8217;s decision\u200b to disclose their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-eyewitness-account-from-the-stop-the-steal-event-at-the-us-capitol-including-a-memorial-to-ashli-babbit-pictures-video\/\" title=\"Another Eyewitness Account from the Stop the Steal Event at the US Capitol \u2014 Including a Memorial to Ashli Babbit (Pictures, Video)\">sexual orientation<\/a> or gender identity,\u2062 as being \u2064out \u2064could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-health-department-cautions-future-therapists-about-documenting-conversations-with-lgbt-youth\/\" title=\"Hawaii Health Dept. warns therapists to be cautious when documenting talks with LGBT youth.\">potentially \u2062pose risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u2062the training highlighted Hawaii&#8217;s age of consent for \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-health-dept-trains-therapists-to-hide-childrens-sexuality-from-parents\/\" title=\"Hawaii Health Dept. teaches therapists to conceal kids' sexuality from parents.\">mental health services law<\/a> for youth\u200c aged 14 and older. It urged therapists to \u200cbe aware of\u200b this legal\u200c requirement \u2064when providing\u200d support to \u2062LGBT youth.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Allen,\u200d chair of the \u2064Safe Spaces \u2063Committee,\u200d explained that \u200bthe intention behind discouraging documentation \u2064of LGBT youth&#8217;s information is to prevent \u2062harm and protect their privacy.\u200d She emphasized that therapists should carefully consider \u200dthe\u2064 potential \u200cconsequences\u2064 of including a \u2062youth&#8217;s identity in their medical records.<\/p>\n<p>The training also addressed the \u200dlack\u200c of support that \u200bsome\u2063 LGBT individuals may face from their \u2064families or religious leaders. It acknowledged that despite living in a\u2064 more liberal \u2063and affirming \u200dstate, external influences can still\u200b impact an individual&#8217;s experiences and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the \u2062training encouraged therapists to reflect on \u2062their own privilege and consider how they can use it to support marginalized individuals. It included a section\u2064 where trans \u200cstudents\u2063 explained the importance of\u200d pronouns and \u2064listed various forms \u200cof prejudice, such as heterosexism, cissexism, homophobia, transphobia, toxic\u2064 masculinity, and \u200cmicro-aggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Parental notification regarding children&#8217;s gender \u2064identity\u2064 has become a contentious issue in recent years, \u2062particularly in public schools. According to Parents\u200d Defending Education, over 17,000 schools nationwide have policies allowing or recommending staff to conceal a student&#8217;s gender identity \u2062from their parents.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this training has sparked debate and raised questions about \u200dthe \u200dbalance between protecting LGBT youth and respecting parental rights.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690455510071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0zc8zwWGoXeRzcNJLiJVWI\">CLICK HERE\u200c TO GET THE\u2062 DAILYWIRE+\u2063 APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News reported that employees of the Hawaii Department of Health advised therapists to refrain from documenting discussions with LGBT youth, aiming to conceal their sexual and gender identities from parents. During a training presentation on May 5, staff and graduate students were given this recommendation by the state&#8217;s Department of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1985336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}