Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thank You From NPD
NPD Facilitators extend a warm "thank you" to our partners. Continue to strengthen your practice!
Day Three ~ Morning Session
Kevin Gogin and Ilsa Bertolini present "Keeping Our LGBTQ Youth Safe and In School."
Kevin Gogin
Professionally: I am privileged to work with a gifted – and fun – group of professionals with whom I can both consult and collaborate. In addition, I spend time trying to keep current with research and others doing similar work.
Personally: I relish and enjoy my family and friends, and look forward to spending time with them, doing everything from going to movies, ballet, theater, and eating really good food.
Person/experience who has inspired me:
No one person has inspired me, but I am glad to walk in the footsteps of so many pioneers who have preceded me. These are the people who fought for the rights of those with HIV, who were gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender, and who did it with a smile. Also my first trip to Italy in early 1984 changed my life.
Kevin Gogin
Kevin Gogin, MFTSchool Health Programs
Student Support Services Department
San Francisco Unified School District
Kevin Gogin, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1989. He was hired in 2000 to develop the first comprehensive program addressing LGBT issues within a school setting: Support Services for LGBT Youth. Since its inception, he has worked on safe school planning, classroom intervention, and curriculum development and implementation. Most recently, he has collaborated with a team to create the first-ever school district sponsored website that addresses LGBT issues that includes curriculum, data, and school based activities.
Kevin is the Department Liaison with city agencies coordinating the High School Wellness Programs, which provide mental health and nursing services, and referrals at 15 high schools.
He also acts as the point person for Crisis Response for the District. In addition, he provides training on a variety of counseling and intervention strategies including classroom response for crises, drug and alcohol intervention, adolescent reproductive health, and lgbt risk factors and school interventions.
Kevin has spoken at a number of conferences regarding LGBT youth issues including the American Association of Suicidology, American School Health Association, and California Association of School Social Workers.
Ilsa Bertolini
Student Support Services Department
San Francisco Unified School District
Ilsa Bertolini works in the program Support Services for LGBTQ Youth in San Francisco Unified School District. She develops and reviews curriculum in alignment with the state framework related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning youth. Ilsa conducts professional development trainings to school site staff and administrators on meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth and families and responds to school safety concerns regarding LGBTQ youth and families. This includes working with administration to develop comprehensive plans to address homophobia and transphobia in schools.
Two exciting recent events include a middle school “Gay-Straight Alliance Day” where students convened to learn advocacy and presentation skills to bring back to their schools to address homophobia, as well as our inaugural Families Dinner, where over 200 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender parents, district staff and students gathered to meet each other, share a meal, and learn about district resources.
Ilsa is currently the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for Health Initiatives for Youth (HIFY), a Bay Area non-profit which improves the health and well-being of underserved young people. Ilsa has a Master's Degree in Human Sexuality Studies.
Ilsa Bertolini
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