Elementary school teachers fears and experiences of teaching transgender children

ABSTRACT: This study addresses the challenge of supporting transgender children in public school contexts by exploring the lived experience, fears and concerns of school personnel working with or preparing to work with young transgender students in Central New York.

Data collection and analysis on-going. The RSIS research-based training draft from preliminary data was presented at the Transgender Health Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 2010. This training is being piloted in schools fall, 2010.

Case study of a Vermont elementary school that successfully created a supportive environment for a transitioning transgender elementary school child planned for 2011.