Provide access to responsive, youth-friendly health care services
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Address immediate environmental, physical and social needs’
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Review pathways to support
Review pathways to support
Consider setting up onsite health care services.
Partner with outside youth agencies such as your local Youth One Stop Shop.
Consider opportunities that can be provided for students to access:
- on-site health clinics
- on-site nurse consultations
- on-site school counsellors
- youth workers
- health information
- referral pathways for medical care
- access to LGBTQIA+ youth support groups.
Utilise the guidance team
Utilise the guidance team
School counsellors can offer critical and objective support.
Ensure they have sufficient capacity to rtespond to the needs of staff, parents, and students.
Develop online resource hub
Develop online resource hub
Develop an online hub of information and support resources with students.
Useful resources
Useful resources
The I'm Local Project
The I’m Local Project aims to help queer & gender diverse youth all over Aotearoa to feel valued, recognised and supported in their local communities. The website includes info about the a-z of being queer & gender diverse, as well as a region-by-region map of all the queer and gender diverse support groups for young people in Aotearoa.
Publisher: RainbowYOUTH
The health and wellbeing of transgender high school students: Results from the New Zealand adolescent health survey (Youth’12)
Read time: 29 min
This report documents the results of the first nationally representative survey on the health and wellbeing of students who identify as being transgender.
Publisher: Journal of Adolescent Health
Next steps
More suggestions for implementing the strategy “Address immediate environmental, physical and social needs”:
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Return to the guide “Supporting LGBTQIA+ students”
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Guide to Index of the guide: LGBTQIA+ students
Understand:
Strategies for action:
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Build knowledge of sex, gender, and sexuality diversityShow suggestions for Build knowledge of sex, gender, and sexuality diversity
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Design inclusive school-wide systems and processesShow suggestions for Design inclusive school-wide systems and processes
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Address immediate environmental, physical and social needsShow suggestions for Address immediate environmental, physical and social needs
- Respond to bullying
- Address equitable uniform options
- Provide accessible, gender-neutral toilets
- Provide safe spaces and changing rooms and school trips
- Provide access to youth-friendly health care services
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Develop an inclusive classroom and curriculumShow suggestions for Develop an inclusive classroom and curriculum