Diversity Resource Guide

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Ability and Disability
APA Disability Issues Office
Advocacy in Indiana
Guidelines for Assessment of and Intervention with Persons with Disabilities
Indiana Disability Rights
Indiana Disability Resources and Advocacy Organizations
Self-Advocates of Indiana

Age
Addressing Mental Health Needs of Older Adults
APA Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change
APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults
APA Resolution on Ageism
Fighting Ageism
Generational differences at Work

Office on Aging
Overgeneralizing the Generations
Speaking Up Against Ageism

Body Size Diversity 
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents
Weight Diversity: A Stigma-Reduction Mechanism to Reduce Weight-Based Achievement Disparities

Ethics and Diversity
APA Resource:  Inclusive Language Guide
APA Resource: Unfair Access

Basic Assumptions About Ethics in Psychology
Common Logical Fallacies in Psychology
Ethnicity
Implicit Association Test
Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality

Serving a Diverse Public
Strengthening Ethics in Organizations

Gender
APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men
APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women
Gender Minorities (e.g., transgender, intersex, genderqueer)
Guidelines for Psychological Practice
Indiana Transgender Network
LGBTQ+ Healthcare – OutCare

Recommending Transsexual Clients for Gender Transition: A Therapeutic Tool for Assessing Readiness
Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance

Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Non-Conforming People
TransYouth Family Allies

Gender and Sexual Minority Educational Resources
APA Resource: About Transgender
APA Resource: About Sexual Orientation

Gender Identify Educational Resource: Genderbread 2.1

LGBT
Local Resources
Gender Nexus - Non-profit organization in Indiana that empowers people who are gender diverse to lead authentically healthy and holistic lives by connecting them with supportive services to meet their physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, occupational, and environmental needs.
Indy Pride

Inclusive Language
APA Inclusive Language Guidelines

National Resources
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline (888-843-4564 - Gay & Lesbian National Hotline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States)
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund 

Websites
Center of Excellent for Transgender Health
Gender Creative Kids
Lead with Love

National LGBT Health Education Center
TransYouth Family Allies
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Yes Institute: “The Source for Knowledge on Gender and Orientation” 

Active Facebook Groups
Parents of FTMs
Parents of Transgender Children
Transforming Families

National Hotlines
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860; http://www.translifeline.org
Trevor Project Lifeline (for LGBT youth ages 24 and younger): 866-488-7386; http://www.thetrevorproject.org
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255; http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Books
The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
 
Race
APA Task Force on Diversity Educational Resources
Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Populations
Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations
Racial Equality Tools

Religion and Spiritual Orientation
Cultural Formulation Interview (DSM-5)

Rurality
APA Resources for Psychological Practice in Rural Areas
Indiana Rural Health Network
Rural Health Information Hub

Sexual/Affectional Minorities (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, demisexual)
Best Practices for Mental Health Facilities Working with LGBT Individuals
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
LGBT Resources for Practitioners

Report of the APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation


Social Class (socioeconomic status)
APA’s Guidelines for Psychological Practice for People with Low-Income and Economic Marginalization
Children, Youth, Families and Socioeconomic Status
Class Differences

Education and Socieconomic Status
Ethnic and Racial Minorities & Socioeconomic Status

Report of the APA Task Force on Socioeconomic Status
Report: Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula

Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula
Socioeconomic Status Office
The Social Class Factor